G. H. Porter Provisions in Newark – My Favourite Bacon (and more)

G H Porter Provisons is one of my favorite delis and butchers in town and probably the whole country. Officially they describe themselves as ‘a smokery, butchery, and delicatessen‘ and have been trading here in Newark since 1890 I last wrote about this place in 2013 when I moved back to Nottingham from Chicago (read…

Day out at Welbeck Farm Shop

When we heard that the Welbeck Farm Shop had been named the Farm Butcher of the Year in the FARMA awards 2015 we really thought that we needed to get in the car and drive over to Worksop and the Welbeck estate to check them out. It turned out to be a pretty good idea. Here…

Bon Appetit in Netherfield- A Favourite spot for a Roast Pork Cob

About 10 years ago I flirted with being a house owning grown-up and bought myself a small terrace house in Netherfield. Just around the corner from that house was a really good local butcher called Robinson the Butcher and inside that butcher was decent and honest sandwich counter called ‘Bon Appetit’. I often popped in and…

C. Brumpton Butchers – “traditional family butchers” – and pies and sausage rolls too!

C Brumpton Butchers have two shops, one on Melton Road in West Bridgford, and one in Cotgrave Village on Plumtree Road. I have visited the one in West Bridgford a couple of times now. It first came to my attention when I saw their meat and products at Harry Wheatcrofts garden centre so I thought…