The Gallus on Alfreton Road does not look much from the outside, but do not let appearances fool you, this is a very special place. I had heard the word on the street that there was a small unassuming take-out up near Canning Circus selling some of the best Korean Fried Chicken in town and…
Tag: Canning Circus
Our Burger at The John Borlase Warren
The Sir John Borlase Warren at Canning Circus is one of the places that you need to visit if you are heading up Derby Road for a night out or even planning a pub crawl. I was blogging about this place back in 2014 when I wrote about “The Canning Circus Circuit – Three Great…
The Waiting Bar Chinese Restaurant in the Generous Briton – Getting my Dumplings and Soup Fix
The Generous Briton on Alfreton Road is one of the many local Nottingham pubs that has closed down over the years. These days it has a new life as The Waiting Bar Chinese Restaurant , one site on the local web says “The Waiting Bar offers regional Chinese cuisine specialising in Szechuan and Cantonese dishes.” I…
China Fu at Canning Circus for some Ma Po Tofu
China Fu Restaurant up at Canning Circus on Alfreton Road has that ‘authentic’ or should I say ‘slightly worn out’ look about it when you walk on by. I had often looked curiously at the menu as I was heading into out of the Organ Grinder pub on the other side of the road and…
The Organ Grinder aka The Blue Monkey Pub – this is mostly about a great pub and beer
The Organ Grinder just on the edge of Canning Circus is an amazing pub serving that rather excellent beer from the Blue Monkey Brewery. It is so synonyms with that Brewery that we often say we are going to meet at ‘the Blue Monkey’. Now I know that this is essentially a food blog, but…
The Hawksley – Hamburger and a Pint
The Hawksley on Derby Road is another one of the Nottingham City Centre pubs that features part of the cave system. It is right next to the Hand and Heart pub which we have visited before that has a restaurant inside the caves. Here at the Hawklsey the pub kind of adjoins the sandstone and there…
The Canning Circus Circuit – Three Great Pubs for a mini pub crawl
If you head up to Canning Circus where the A610 from out of the city centre splits into Alfreton Road, Derby Road, and Ilkeston Road you will find a nice little grouping of three really well supplied pubs full of Real Ale pumps. This is a perfect group for a mini-pub crawl. It is just a short bus…
The Falcon Inn – Wood Fire, Good Beer, and Pulled Pork
The Falcon Inn is well situated up on Canning Circus in Nottingham, it has recently reopened and is now a collaboration between the Adrian and Tina Draper, who run Fellows, Morton, and Clayton down on Canal Street, and Anthony Hughes of the Lincoln Green Brewing Company. I didn’t know any of that when I walked in…