Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in Sheffield, gastropubs on Jun 5th, 2010
The Milestone is a very cool gastro pub tucked away in an old heavy industry district in Sheffield called Kelham Island. Home to a brewery and few cool old style boozers, this part of Sheffield is not quite city centre and it’s all the more pleasurable for it. Parking is easy and it’s just a [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Leeds, London, North Yorkshire, gastropubs, pubs on Apr 12th, 2010
Aplogies for just a list but I am going to be a tad controversial……………………we need to make the site more interesting because it’s getting a bit like a food diary…………..
Memorable;
Breakfast at The Wolseley www.thewolseley.com
Fried haggis with duck egg the best breakfast I’ve ever had! Fantastic building with heritage, place to be seen, EXCELLENT SERVICE OLD STYLE. £20 [...]
Posted in Beer, Leeds, gastropubs on Dec 3rd, 2009
This ‘traditional’ pub has actually only been open a few years as it’s part of the regeneration and creation of ‘Holbeck Urban Village’. I was told by the developers that part of the planning deal for the entire mixed use development, it had to include a old fashioned pub.
Well it was certainly a good move.
The [...]
Posted in Beer, North Yorkshire, gastropubs on Jul 21st, 2009
A little late but a very worthy addition to the site is the Blue Lion at East Witton. D and I have been wanting to visit the Blue Lion for over a year on recommendation from Pat and Tony P so our anniversary was a good excuse. The Haynes took Mr Chester off our hands so [...]
Posted in Beer, North Yorkshire, Restaurant Pub/Hotel, gastropubs on Jun 22nd, 2009
Saturday saw us travel up to darkest North Yorkshire with friends Jon and Sam for a long awaited and well overdue dinner date.
Jon had booked the restaurant and so it was a lovely surprise when we found out we were heading for Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn - the pub co-owned by Neil Morrisey of [...]
Posted in gastropubs on Apr 29th, 2009
I had a working lunch at The Pine Martin with a couple of business colleagues, as we entered the car park the sign stated “Country Pub and Eating House” which picked my curiosity. The building is quite stately outside and inside there were quite a few rooms with open entrance to each other thereby making [...]
Posted in gastropubs on Jul 29th, 2008
With Chester in tow we started our 3 centre holiday at the birth place of the Globe Troffers. Arrived Friday lunch and kicked off with a small taster platter and 1 crab and lobster sandwich washed down with a pint of black sheep for G and a large glass of Mamre Brook Chardonnay, absolutely delicious.
Aysgarth [...]
Posted in food festival, gastropubs on Jul 8th, 2008
Sunday saw a trip down to Derbyshire with Paul and Carol to the Belper Food and Drink Fest. Belper is a small market town on the edge of the Peak District and famed for the ‘Fresh Basil’ delicatessen which really is an aladdin’s cave of lovely foodie things.
The festival was quite small and there were [...]
Posted in gastropubs on Jun 17th, 2008
A particular reason for our trip to Staffs was to visit The National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas which is a monument to those who have given their lives, suffered and sacrificed in the service of their country since the Second World War. All we can say is that this is a moving and poignant place [...]
Posted in gastropubs on Jun 14th, 2008
Had a great run out to the Dales to see some clients of mine who make fine art glass - their work is absolutely stunning, have a look – http://www.gilliesjonesglass.co.uk
We rebranded them and helped them with their website and promotionial stuff and they are based in the most ridiculously pretty village called Rosedale Abbey (great campsite [...]