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‘An open fire, the dog snoozing at our feet’: readers’ favourite UK pubs for food
27.11.2023 - 13:27 / theguardian.com
Last November, a group of us took a trip to the Peak District for my dad’s 60th. We booked the Packhorse Inn in Little Longstone for the celebratory dinner, just off the famous Monsal Trail. The pub sources all its produce locally and changes its menu monthly. When we arrived, we were welcomed with roaring fires and delights on the menu such as pork belly with black pudding and mustard mash, game pie, and a top tier sticky toffee pudding. It was worth it, although we ended up having to navigate a muddy walk home afterwards through cow fields in complete darkness.
Eloise
O’Connors Bar in Ballycastle is a traditional low-ceilinged Irish bar, with a welcoming open fire and superb food and drink. The menu is wide-ranging, using local produce, with especially great fish and seafood in season and the freshest of daily specials. The Guinness, too, is just perfect. Local tipplers, family groups, visitors and international tourists fill the bar and snugs. Food, drink, service and atmosphere combine to make this a favourite pub of mine to eat in.
Aileen
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The Muirs Inn, Kinross, between Edinburgh and Perth, close to Loch Leven, was the setting for an evening of two halves. First off a warm, welcoming conservatory extension dining room with lots of light hosted us for exquisite courses including chunky, flaky cod on a Mediterranean tomato and capers stew, and beer-battered North Sea haddock, with shortbread to finish. The second half featured a game of pool and a cheeky cocktail next door in the traditional part of the pub. Wonderful landlord, sharp service and keen prices.
Sophie
It’s almost impossible to choose a favourite pub, but the Stile Inn on Harrow Street stands out in a crowd. Local Banks’s beer on tap and a unique menu of authentic Polish food: homemade pierogi, polish sausage, goulash, barbecued pork steak … you don’t get this everywhere. If there’s more than four of you, you get a free pudding, and portions are huge – takeaway boxes are standard. It might be on a Wolverhampton backstreet but they’ll make you welcome: they regularly run charity nights and serve a special lunch on Christmas Day so nobody has to spend it alone.
Sarah Collings
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