Smokey Beast famed locally for their take on Authentic Smoked slow cooked BBQ meat can now be found down at Hopkinson by Nottingham Train station. If they sound familiar then you may recall them from their spot over in Sandiacre which they recently vacated to set up shop down here on Station Street What should…
Tag: Food near Nottingham Train Station
Detroit Pizza (Detroit X Strezza) on Canal Street
Detroit x Strezza @detroitstrezza recently opened their doors in the old Sainsbury’s site attached to and part of the Industry bar on the corner of Canal Street and Carrington Street I popped in over lunch to grab a taste and to see what they had to offer, it was no surprise that they are serving up their…
Vat and Fiddle: Fish and Chip Friday
The Vat and Fiddle launched their new menu recently and I was truly delighted to see that they had included ‘Homemade Fish & Chips‘ as one of their Main Meals Finally I can write up a proper Fish and Chip Friday post from the Vat and Fiddle in Nottingham. In the past I have half…
Sunday Roast Wrap at the Vat and Fiddle
It is almost the end of 2022 and I cannot let the year slip by without a mention on the blog for my trusted local pub the Vat and Fiddle. We come here a lot and if I wrote about every pint we supped and every morsel we ate here then the blog could easily…
The Pubs are Open so lets go Back to the Vat and Fiddle
I confess that this post is a little bit self indulgent and only really written to post the moments when me and my mate Martin finally got to meet for a beer some 6 months since our last outing down the pub The pubs are finally back open, well open outside anyway so we can…
Sunday Lunch at Fellows Morton and Clayton
Fellows, Morton & Clayton or FMC as we call the place for short was our port of call by the canal for Sunday Lunch this week. I have eaten and imbibed here a lot over the years and have blogged several times about the place. In that time a number of landlords and Landladies have…
Pub Grub at the Canal House: Memories of many meals scoffed
The Canal House is a place that has featured a lot on the blog over the years. The first post being back in 2013, the last until today was 2018, but I can assure that we have eaten and drunk here a lot more times since then. I started working on this post way before…
Fish and Chips from Carringtons near Nottingham Train Station
Carringtons Fish and Chip shop on Carrington Street in Nottingham is open serving up your classic Chippy and Kebab needs. At the moment they are operating on a 2 in at a time policy and they are takeaway only. The seats inside where we used to hangout eating a tray of chips on a Friday…
Several Fridays at the Vat and Fiddle
We seem to start most of our Friday nights in Town with a pint or two at the Vat and Fiddle which has been our ‘local’ or one of our ‘locals’ for many a year. Surprisingly I had only written three blog posts about the place, I hadn’t realised that until recently when I finally…
Cafe at Hopkinson
Hopkinson Vintage, antiques and Art Centre by the Train Station in Nottingham is a great place to check out if you are in town, or just getting off the train to visit the city. Not only is it an amazing place to hunt out interesting bits and bobs, but it also houses a lovely cafe…