Tag Archives: pub
Guides to the good stuff or old-fashioned advertising?
When is a ‘guide’ an impartial publication to help a diner find the best place and when is it merely a vehicle for paid listings? Can recommendations be trusted if money has passed from venue to publisher? Can readers rely … Continue reading
Filed under News, north-east
Yorkshire brewery’s Olympic Medal Pursuit
As Yorkshire sits at seventh place in the Olympic medal table it seems medal fever is now even spreading to food and drink. Inspired by Otley’s silver medal athlete Lizzie Armitstead, Pool-in-Wharfedale based independent brewery WharfeBank has produced Medal Pursuit. … Continue reading
The British pub is dead. Long live the British pub
“Their loss is also the disappearance of a kitchen, or a sitting room, or some comfortable dim place where there is warmth and a welcome, and no questions asked, all over Britain.” This detailed, informative and affectionate look at the … Continue reading
Filed under Small bites
The George and Dragon, North Yorkshire’s 1st community pub
After two years of fundraising and hard work, The George and Dragon in Hudswell has now reopened as North Yorkshire’s first community pub. Locals raised £227,600 in a matter of weeks to purchase the property, and a £50,000 grant from … Continue reading
New pub opened in Old Glossop
A Bank Holiday treat this weekend – a new local pub, The Wheatsheaf, opened on Friday. Now when I say new, that’s not entirely correct as this pub has been up near the Church for so long it was even … Continue reading
Filed under Derbyshire
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