Sheffield retro: 29 photos show how we ate in the 90s

It was when our love affair with pesto and balsamic vinegar began, while it also saw the launch of the game-changing stuffed crust pizza.

These photos take you on a culinary tour around Sheffield during the 90s, showing some of the most popular restaurants of the decade.

Many of the establishments pictured have sadly long since closed, but for anyone lucky enough to have dined there, these photos are sure to bring back happy memories of great meals out.

For others, the nostalgic pictures in this retro gallery are a portal into a period when fashions, interior decor and the foods we craved were very different to today.

The much-loved 90s dining establishments pictured range from Italian to Chinese and Indian restaurants, via traditional British pub grub.

There’s even a fast food restaurant which opened at a Sheffield school back then, with both the restaurant and the school itself having since closed.

Do these photos bring back any memories for you? Where do you think was the best place to eat in Sheffield during the 1990s?

5. Rock Island

Rock Island Diner, at The Oasis, Meadowhall, in September 1999, with Spiros restaurant to the left | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Steve Ellis

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6. Mei's

Owner/chef Colin Tse removing ducks from the oven at Mei's Chinese Restaurant, Charles Street, Sheffield, in 1999 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Mike Waistell