Sans Patrie opened a week ago at Canning Circus on Alfreton Road in Nottingham. It is a really cool spot to hang out at with a great sounding menu that includes breakfast and pizza (two of my not so guilty pleasures). Inside it is laid out really well, it’s casual almost Scandanavian in style serving…
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Fish and Chip Friday at The Sir John Borlase Warren
The Sir John Borlase Warren lies up at Canning Circus in Nottingham. It is on the triangular island where the road splits into Derby Road and Alfreton Road and sits next door to the Falcon Inn where we recently scoffed a Sunday Lunch (read more here) This Friday though we were here in search of…
Buns: Burgers Shakes and Fries. Checking out the Classic Cheese and the Triple Stacker
Buns on Ilkeston Road in Nottingham is one of the latest burger emporiums serving up a ‘smash burger’ in the City. Their menu tells us that their ‘House Beef Buns’ are ‘all handmade fresh to order using 100% halal angus beef’ and that they ‘only use the highest quality ingredients to construct the perfect burger…
Sunday Lunch at The Falcon Inn
The Falcon Inn at Canning Circus is an Old Shipstones Pub and one of the great traditional Real AIe pubs in the City. In the past I have enjoyed drinking some nice pints of ale in here and some tasty bar snacks while on a pub crawl up Derby Road and Alfreton Road to Canning…
Sunday Lunch at the Hand in Heart
Last weekend we popped into the Hand & Heart on Derby Road for a spot of Sunday Lunch. Many people have told me that they provide a really good Sunday Dinner here and our visit to check that out has been long overdue. I have written about the Hand & Heart before but when I…
Tough Mary’s Bakehouse – Fantastic Local Artisan Bakery on Derby Road
Tough Mary’s Bakehouse part way up Derby Road is one seriously great bakery. I first popped in last month just to get some bread having heard great things about them. I had also been served some of their sourdough on a visit to No 8 deli in West Bridgford and had one of their Cobs…
Korean Style Fried Chicken at The Gallus
The Gallus on Alfreton Road does not look much from the outside, but do not let appearances fool you, this is a very special place. I had heard the word on the street that there was a small unassuming take-out up near Canning Circus selling some of the best Korean Fried Chicken in town and…
Tastees on Alfreton Road – MyFoodHunt attempt number 1
Tastees on Alfreton Road in Nottingham is a takeaway and a sit down restaurant that has a supposed leaning towards the cuisine of Pakistan. We came up here midweek to try it out with a group of friends who basically like curry and also some who were from Pakistan who had suggested this as a…
The Waiting Bar Chinese Restaurant in the Generous Briton – Getting my Dumplings and Soup Fix
The Generous Briton on Alfreton Road is one of the many local Nottingham pubs that has closed down over the years. These days it has a new life as The Waiting Bar Chinese Restaurant , one site on the local web says “The Waiting Bar offers regional Chinese cuisine specialising in Szechuan and Cantonese dishes.” I…