The Crafty Crow in Nottingham up by the entrance to the Castle is one of those pubs that you really should go to more often. I myself am an infrequent visitor even when I am in town, but I feel that I do not do, or have not done, this place enough justice with the count of steps I…
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The Frame Breakers – Excellent Pub Lunch with Great Food and Beer in Ruddington
Frame Breakers on the High Street in Ruddington is a right proper pub serving up in their own words ‘Great Beer and Good Food’. It is part of the Nottingham Brewery Family, the same group that have the Ned Ludd in the City Centre. The last time I came into this pub it was called the Bricklayers…
Breakfast at The Crafty Crow – Great Pub, Great Food
The Crafty Crow up on Friar Lane is a great real ale and craft beer pub. It is the tap house for the Magpie Brewery so you should expect to see a good selection of their beers, but you can also expect to find a really good selection from all across the country. They also…
Purecraft Bar and Kitchen – Great Burger, Craft Beer, and a Decent Steak
Purecraft Bar and Kitchen, Located in an old bank that I had never noticed before, on St Peter’s Gate is another new venue in Nottingham City centre serving up ‘craft beers’ and upscale bar food. Inside it is high ceilings and spacious, very spacious to be honest or was that actually empty of punters? I went in midweek so perhaps…
The Burger Special at Junkyard
I popped into Junkyard on Sunday Evening on my way back home for a quick beer and found myself feeling peckish so I ordered a Burger from the Junkyard Specials menu. It was a pretty decent burger, actually I would go as far as to say one of the tastiest I have eaten recently. You could tell that it…
Colorado Craft Beer Festival at the Canal House – Beer and a Burger
On Friday we popped over to the Canal House to sample a couple of beers as part of the Colorado Craft Beer Week. They were featuring beers from the Odell Brewing Company, Left hand, and Oskar Blues. This was good news to me as some of new favourite beers are from the Odell Brewing…
Junkyard Bottle Shop and Beer House – Elevated Bar Food and some Fantastic Beers
Junkyard Nottingham sits unobtrusively at the top of Bridlesmith Walk, on the cusp of the Lace Market just yards from the busy road that acts as a boundary between the centre and the Lace Market district. It is not more than 100yds from the Lace Market Tram stop and only really 5-10 minutes walk from the Old Market Square….
Annie Ocean State Tavern at Annie’s Burger Shack
I think by now I have told everyone that I know that they have to eat at Annie’s Burger Shack in the Lace Market. I can honestly say that not a single person has had a complaint about the food. the only moans I have heard is that they cannot get a table because it…
Via Fossa Cask Room – Real Ale and Pizza to go (or stay)
Via Fossa on the Canal Side in Nottingham has recently been refurbished with the front room that opens out onto Canal Street having been re-launched (is that the right term?) as the Cask Room. They seem to have split the place into two areas one at the front for the real ale drinkers and the hipster craft beer…
The Crafty Crow – Real Ale and Craft Beer and Local Food
The Crafty Crow on Friar Lane in sight of Nottingham Castle is one of the newer pubs on the Real Ale and Craft Beer scene in Nottingham. We have been in for a beer on a few occasions over the last couple of weeks and it is fair to say that they have a decent selection of real…