The Trent Navigation on Meadow Lane has always been a very reliable pub in the area for a decent pint and pub food at a reasonable price. A popular haunt on a match day for supporters of the local cricket and football teams, it can be rammed one day and ‘one man and his dog’…
Category: Pub Food
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 at The Olde Salutation Inn featuring the Beast Burger
The Olde Salutation Inn (or ‘The Sal’ as we call in these parts) on Maid Marian way is an excellent pub catering to the Rock crowd, Real Ale drinker and those of us who just want a good pint and some pub grub without any fuss, frills or pretention. It is self described as an…
Vat and Fiddle: Fish and Chip Friday
The Vat and Fiddle launched their new menu recently and I was truly delighted to see that they had included ‘Homemade Fish & Chips‘ as one of their Main Meals Finally I can write up a proper Fish and Chip Friday post from the Vat and Fiddle in Nottingham. In the past I have half…
Sunday Lunch at the Lincolnshire Poacher
The Lincolnshire Poacher is a cracking pub and one of the best real ale pubs in Nottingham. It is located a short 10-15 minute walk away from the centre and used to be one of the classic locations on a Pub crawl up Mansfield Road. Over the years many of the pubs on that crawl…
Sunday Roast Wrap at the Vat and Fiddle
It is almost the end of 2022 and I cannot let the year slip by without a mention on the blog for my trusted local pub the Vat and Fiddle. We come here a lot and if I wrote about every pint we supped and every morsel we ate here then the blog could easily…
Sunday Lunch at the Sun Inn in Gotham
The Sun Inn in Gotham is a pub very dear to my heart, it was here that my Father bought me my first legal pint and I bought him his last ever pint before he passed away. Located next to the church, it is one of three remaining pubs in the village the others being…
Lunch at the Cock and Hoop
The Cock and Hoop is one of the must go to public houses in the Lace Market District of Nottingham. I have written about the place several times before most recently back in 2020 when I enjoyed a Sunday Lunch and a Fish and Chip Friday I had read that they had just updated their…
Krusty Burgers at The Blind Rabbit
The Blind Rabbit at Weekday Cross in Nottingham is described as “a good old-fashioned neighbourhood bar that serves delicious cocktails, cold beers & tasty food.“ The blurb on their website tells us “The creative team behind Das Kino, The Magic Garden & Penny Lane, bring you a New York inspired Bar & Grill, serving unique cocktails…
Pub Grub at Sir John Borlase Warren
The Sir John Borlase Warren up at Canning Circus is a great pub for a pint and along with it’s neighbours The Falcon Inn, The Good Fellow George and The Organ Grinder one of several in the near vicinity to make a good pub crawl It was on one such beer bimble that we found…