Businesses in Lincoln

Six restaurants with the trading company and named director taken from the Companies House register, including one whose ownership the register does not place in Lincoln.

Dinner, Sunday lunch, tea on the hill and under-£20 meals, each with a menu price, how to book and whether it means climbing Steep Hill.

A collection, not a ranking: the six cafés Lincoln's coffee guides keep recommending, with the roaster behind each cup taken from the café itself and the company behind each from Companies House.

Sorted by where the dog can actually go, garden only, bar only or anywhere, with whose words each policy rests on.

The independents still serving after midnight near the Brayford campus, with every closing time read from the venue’s own ordering page rather than a listings site.

Only what each venue states on a surface it controls, with the source and the date it was checked. A venue that says nothing is absent rather than guessed at.

Lincoln's current Chinese restaurants and takeaways, with links on to the city's Asian supermarkets.

The fully vegetarian places to eat, the menus that mark vegan dishes, and the places that have closed but still appear in listings.

Where to eat Nigerian, West African and Caribbean food in Lincoln, and where to buy the groceries to cook it.

The uphill run from the Strait to Bailgate, shop by shop, with the refill shop on Bailgate.

Every High Street charity shop with the registered charity it funds, split into money that stays in Lincolnshire and money that goes national, plus the independent vintage shops.

The seven bookshops trading in central Lincoln, with what each stocks and who is behind it, from an owner-run independent and a history society's charity shop to the chain.

Back To Mono, Elliott's and Imagine Records, with what each stocks, when each opens and who runs it, plus the Lincoln Record Fair.

The Asian and international supermarkets in central Lincoln, from Korean groceries and Chinese ingredients to a larger mixed shop.

The Polish, international and Eastern European shops in Lincoln that stock Polish food, each checked against the food hygiene register.

Which of the halal butchers named for Lincoln are trading today, which have closed and which could not be found at their address.

Lincoln salons, braiders and barbers that explicitly describe or show work with Afro-textured hair.

Sourced locations in Lincoln and North Hykeham, and the questions to ask before you book.

Free houses and brewery-owned pubs, with the freeholder behind each from CAMRA's records, the well-loved pubs that turn out to be pubco-owned, and where to go if you are leaving Wetherspoons.

Real touring bands and a weekly organ festival, not just the tribute nights that fill most Lincoln gig guides, from The Drill, Engine Shed and Lincoln Cathedral, dated from each venue's own listing.

Every student night at The Engine Shed and Home from Freshers week to December, dated from each venue's own listing, with the Freshers clashes marked.

The castle grounds, the Usher Gallery, the Guildhall tours, Whisby and a tips-only walking tour, each with who runs it and exactly which part is free.

Independent strength and PT gyms, the YMCA's climbing wall, a members' tennis and squash club and a fight gym, with the director, charity or club behind each.

Independent Lincoln businesses that carry our verified independent badge, grouped by how we confirmed each one is locally owned.

Ten areas, each with a walking time to the Brayford Pool campus and to the High Street, and the independents within eight hundred metres.

The real Freshers dates, the wristband price and the dated Engine Shed events.

Independent venues built around a shared activity or a regular night, so you meet people by turning up.

Churches in and around the centre of Lincoln, each with its Sunday times read from its own website.

The two mosques in Lincoln with their Friday prayer times, plus Friday prayer on the Brayford campus.

Where to pray on the Brayford campus, and the closest gurdwara and Hindu temple.