Tuckers Cafe & Takeaway on Friar Lane is one of the last proper old school greasy spoon cafes in the city centre, and an absolute classic in the genre. It is the sort of place that needs to be cherished and we do so in our droves. The last time I wrote about Tuckers was…
Category: City Centre
Hey! Chili in Nottingham – top ramen action
Hey! Chili on Heathcote Street in Nottingham are serving up some excellent Asian food swerving their way across the Continent with a playlist featuring a number of popular dishes from Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan. I was here in the hunt for Ramen hoping for some top notch noodle action in a bowl….
Back to The Roundhouse Bar & Kitchen for a Pint and a Burger
The RoundHouse Bar & Kitchen has finally re-opened around a year after it closed last summer. It has been a big miss on our Friday Night beer bimbles as we had it firmly pencilled in on our regular pub crawl up from the Canal Side past the Castle Back then it was very much know…
Pizza at Pizza Pilgrims
Pizza Pilgrims ambled in to the Nottingham Pizza scene last month taking over the space formerly occupied by Edin Gondzica’s Sexy Mama Love Cichetti on Carlton Street in Hockley. They have totally transformed the former Jewellers Store with just the clock left on the outside to show the buildings former use. Inside it has been…
Back to Suede Bar for a Pizza d’action
Back in 2012, when I first started out on the journey of The Nottingham Food Blog, Suede Lounge Bar and Pizza Kitchen was the place to go in town for a Pizza. I was oblivious to all that so when I came into the office raving about a new place I had found called Oscar…
Detroit Pizza (Detroit X Strezza) on Canal Street
Detroit x Strezza @detroitstrezza recently opened their doors in the old Sainsbury’s site attached to and part of the Industry bar on the corner of Canal Street and Carrington Street I popped in over lunch to grab a taste and to see what they had to offer, it was no surprise that they are serving up their…
Light Lunches at the Cross Keys
The Cross Keys on Byard Lane in Nottingham is run these days by the Redcat Pub Company who have pubs all over the country and in Nottinghamshire alone they also host Copper (in Mapperley and the city), Tom Browns Brasserie, Waterside Bar & Kitchen, and The Prince Rupert It is not one of my regular…
Lunch Special at Spice Cay
Spice Cay “The Home of Caribbean Tapas” on Pelham street offer up a rather decent priced Lunchtime takeout deal of a dish and a side for £6. I have had my eye on this for a while, but as it’s only available between 12-2 Monday- Friday’s, I needed to come up to try on a…
Breakfast at Snax in the City
Snax in the City is a small cafe and cob shop on Derby Road just about 5 minutes walk up the hill from the Maid Marian Island and next door to Tough Mary’s Bakehouse. I have had my eye on this place for a while for possible breakfast opportunities but until recently I have been…
Fireaway Pizza on Mansfield Road
Fireaway Pizza, a chain with outlets all over the country have recently opened in Nottingham. They first opened in 2016 in London ‘with the aim of bringing better pizza to the UK‘ describing themselves as ‘Authentic Italian fast fired – Pizza with an Innovative Twist’ Now they have over 120 branches across the country with…