Pub Lunch at the Bread and Bitter

The Bread and Bitter, another one of the excellent Castle Rock pubs in Nottingham, sits up at Mapperley Top on the Woodborough Road. It is tucked away off the main road alongside the spoons pub and is located within a former bakery I have supped a fair few pints in this pub over the years…

Game Casserole at the Lincolnshire Poacher

I love visiting the Lincolnshire Poacher on Mansfield Road. It has an excellent beer selection and serves some really great food. It is a proper pub with lots of different rooms and spaces to sit in, so you get a real mixture of people drinking there and each find their own spot in the pub…

Paajis at Keans Head: A cut above your average Pub Curry

Paajis are the current residents in the kitchen at the Keans Head pub in the Lace Market district of Nottingham. They are working the kitchen as a delivery hub whilst also serving their take on Indian Street Food and curries to the punters insides the pub. I had already ordered some food from them via…

Pub Lunch at The Stratford Haven

The Stratford Haven on Stratford Road in West Bridgford is an excellent local pub for a pint and a bit of pub grub. I can still remember the days when the building was a pet shop as we used to go there to get stuff for our cats and dogs, that was back in the…

Pub lunch at Fellows, Morton & Clayton

I have written a lot of blog posts about eating at the Fellows, Morton & Clayton pub over the years. In that time it has change hands a fair bit and was closed for a while, so each time I do come it has been different. We were out on a beer bimble this particular…

The Navigation: Friday night out for Pub Grub and Real Ale

The Navigation Inn on Wilford Street lies right next to the Castle Gate Lock and on the city side of the bridge over the canal. This Friday we were hunting around for somewhere to grab a bit of food and a pint, and remembered this place so we came along to see if we could…

Fish and Chip Friday at Fellows, Morton, and Clayton

Fellows, Morton & Clayton on Canal Street in Nottingham has been a long standing member of the local real ale pub community. Over recent years it has had a bit of a turbulent time, it has been opened and closed down a couple of times, and throughout all that time I think we have all…

Curry Night at The Embankment

On Friday night we found ourselves at the Embankment Pub down by the river having a few pints after work. It got to the point when we really needed some food before the consumption of beer got out of hand. “lets go for a curry” someone said, followed by “but the beer here is so…

Vat and Fiddle – Sauce Shop and Castle Rock Brewery Collaboration

I popped into the Vat and Fiddle Pub, the Castle Rock Brewery Tap Room, to hunt down the Brown Sauce from The Sauce Shop. The Vat is one of my locals for a Friday night beer and I am often in there getting a pint of Harvest Pale and a little bit of pub grub…

The Boat Inn in Lenton – Real Ale and Pub Grub

The Boat Inn at Lenton is a proper local, serving a decent pint and plenty of simple pub grub to soak it up with. The pub is tucked away on Priory Street  a small side road joining up to Abbey Bridge one of the main roads running past the QMC and backing on to the…