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David Jesudason

Owner / operator · Author — desi pubs and British-Indian pub culture; beer, publicans, and the race and class politics of who runs a pub. UK-wide, with strong London and Black Country coverage.

author of Desi Pubs: A Guide to British-Indian Pubs, Food and Culture for CAMRA Books (2023), covering more than 60 British-Indian-run pubs from first-hand reporting; a bylined beer and food writer whose work runs in Foodism and the drinks trade press. On desi pubs he is the primary authority in print rather than one voice among several.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• Foodism (he discloses that the Khannas are almost like family to him) ↗their review · 2025-08-29
  • The Gladstone ArmsBorough

    “is easy to get to and has a very mixed demographic of young music types, craft beer drinkers and pie-lovers”