Baba Dough Pizza in West Bridgford

Baba Dough on Radcliffe Road in West Bridgford are slinging out some pretty decent pizza for our delight. Located in the space formerly occupied by the Olive Cafe by Trent Bridge they are paying homage to their Dad and former owner of the Cafe who they know as Baba I used to enjoy eating at…

Jerk n Tings on London Road: Mutton Curry and Jerk Chicken

Jerk ‘N’ Tings have taken up residence with their Food trailer at the hand car wash on London Road not far from Trent Bridge serving up a whole load of Caribbean Food action. I really like this style of food and was pleased to spot them in the car park a couple of weeks ago….

Breakfast at the Trent Navigation

The Trent Navigation Inn on Meadow Lane is adjacent to and the Tap pub for the Navigation Brewery. It has always been a solid and reliable pub for a pint and a bit of pub grub and we have been here many a time pre and post football and cricket matches. Over the years I…

Cafe Olive on Trent Bridge – Quick Lunchtime Snack

Cafe Olive in West Bridgford just off Trent Bridge is a good option for grabbing a quick lunch if you are in the area. I have been coming here on and off since about 2013 usually getting some sort of breakfast situation (read more here) We popped in this week to escape a rain shower…

Cloughies Cob Stop – The Breakfast Tray

Cloughies Cob Stop is a hatch in the wall eatery serving mostly breakfasts and assorted cobs located near to the City Ground. It is on Pavilion road which leads down to the ground just off London Road. As the name suggest they sell a lot of cobs but most importantly they also serve up a…

Fish and Chips at the Waterside Bar and Kitchen on Trent Bridge

The Waterside Bar & Kitchen has just recently opened on the South Side of Trent Bridge taking up the space formerly occupied by the South Bank Bar. I strolled along the Victoria Embankment this week to see what the food was like. I had heard that the place was a lot fancier than the old…

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…

Lady Bay Fish and Chips Shop – Now we are talking about Fish and Chips Friday!

Lady Bay Fish and Chips on Trent Boulevard is a little bit of a hidden gem. Over the past weekend they came up in a conversation about Fish and Chips south of the river We were talking about the line outside Georges on Melton Road almost every night, and discussing what the newly reopened …. was like, Then someone said “Have you…

Nottingham Riverside Festival 2014 – Some Local Food, Some Fairground Food and Plenty of Fun

This weekend between the 1st and 3rd August we visited the Nottingham Riverside Festival which was  sprawling along the banks of the River Trent between Trent Bridge, the Suspension Bridge and spilling out over onto the playing fields by the Meadows.    For some of us it would be all about those fairground rides like the Roller…