The Toll Bridge Sandwich Bar by the River Trent has been a regular stop off for a cup of tea and a sandwich over the years when we have been taking a walk around the river. It is located on the Meadows side of the bridge in the old Toll House building, the sign detailing…
Category: The Meadows
Fish and Chip Friday at the Embankment Club and Kitchen
It was Fish and Chip Friday and I found myself in The Embankment Pub by Trent Bridge looking up at a Chalkboard that was enticing me with an offer of Beer Battered Haddock with Chips for £9.95. How could I possibly resist? The Board had promised a plate of “Locally sourced Haddock fillet, hand battered…
Fish and Chips at the Brewhouse and Kitchen on Trent Bridge
The Brewhouse & Kitchen at Trent Bridge is the latest encumbent of the pub building that has housed The Town Arms, The Aviary, and Casa during my Nottingham Lifetime. I popped along the Victoria embankment from my nearby apartment with the sole intention (pardon the pun) of checking them out as a possible option for…
Nottingham Caribbean Carnival 2017 – Jerk Chicken Please and lots of it!
This past Sunday was the Nottingham Caribbean Carnival on the Trent Embankment next to the Meadows. This carnival has been running since 1970 when a group of West Indians, mainly from the island of St Kitts, held a carnival parade in the Meadows. Since then I can recall it being held on the Forest recreation…
A Fish and Chips Friday at The Trent Navigation
The Trent Navigation on Meadow Lane just steps from the Canal and from Notts County is the home of the Navigation Brewery and one of the local landmark pubs in the area. It is a great place to meet up for a pint before a home match and is even a place to meet up before heading off for…
Bean by the River – lovely coffee, sandwiches and homemade cake
Bean by the River is located on the South Side of the embankment just next to the old band stand opposite the Suspension Bridge where you can cross over the River Trent from the Meadows to West Bridgford and vice versa. I had been looking at this prime space for ages thinking it could make a…
The Embankment Club and The Dispensary – Beer? Breakfast? Pizza? It is all good!
Back in August I last wrote about The Embankment Club near Trent Bridge when I came in for Castle Rock Beer and Pub Food. At that time it was in mid transformation and they were still renovating the place to add a new bar and additional restaurant space. Now those rooms have opened and we have been back…
Mr Tea Too – Breakfast Butty on Queens Industrial Estate
Mr Teas Too Van is located over on the Queens Drive Industrial Estate just off Longwall Avenue. You may have seen a white board on the junction of Queens Drive, Crossgate Drive, and Robin Hoods way pointing down Crossgate Drive towards this van? No? well I did and I needed a cup of tea and a bacon butty so I pulled…
Sunday Lunch at The Embankment on Trent Bridge
The Embankment on Arkwright Street just a few minutes stroll from Trent Bridge has recently been taken over by Castle Rock Brewery. As a devotee of the beers served by the Castle Rock Brewery this news was music to my ears, and salivations, or is it salutations? to my taste buds. I can remember coming…
The Jerk Shack – Gonna get me some chicken, rice n peas
Have you spotted that Food Truck Van in the Wickes Store down near the river at the Wilford Bridge crossing? I kept on seeing it n the car park, as I drove along Queens Drive, on my way to and from town and being a curious food hunting type of guy I just had to pull in to find…