LEOMINSTER GOES CRAFT (SORT OF)

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Back in Leominster, changes happens slowly.

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Get your ARP shelter here
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Art Deco bingo hall not yet a BrewDog
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Not yet a Brunning & Price
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Not yet been to Wheelbarrow Castle

It must be hard being Leominster, even with the marvellous revitalisation of the Chequers, last year’s tick.

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Classic smart basic pub

25 minutes up the A49 you have the pashminas and prettiness of Ludlow, 25 down the road you have Barrels and a giant map.

But with a squint and a bit of sunshine I can make it look pleasant enough.

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As always “Look up !”

And who can resist an alleyway of underwear;

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Trust Mrs RM to notice the bra

Or the dresses with pockets for horses (top) by Lenka ?

Total tourists : Two, us, and to be honest it was painfully quiet 3 weeks after the Return of Pubs.

The Dutch cafe (not that sort) we so enjoyed in 2018 was inexplicably shut, and I thought for a moment of a record 11th different Spoons in July (purely for research).

But Mrs RM noticed the Press Room, a corner pub with scary words like “Craft” and “Italian” outside.

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Quirky

It used to be the town’s Tourist Office, guiding folk to the spot where Mrs RM and I had a raging argument about cheese.

Whoever owns it has done a fine job. Cosy, efficient, child-friendly, and with home made cakes.

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Cosy

Ignore the bar and the Shipyard. Inside that fridge was a very decent collection of local and, yes, craft beer.

When I mentioned my pre-emptive to Duncan this week (of course he’d beat me there) he just said “The one with the cakes ?”.

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Yes, the one with the cakes

To prove we resisted the cakes as part of “Cut the gut”, here’s the bill;

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610 Deep would be good, but it was Three Tuns
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Not perfect, but GBG standard

A lovely* Dad came in with his young lad, and perused the snack menu ending up with a whole pork pie that would later feed them through the Second Wave.

“Awesome” he said, confirming the Press Room’s craft credentials, which were only mildly undermined by the anti-woke sign and pot pourri in the Gents.

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Casual sexism alive and well

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*I wrote “Stand on ceremony Dad” in my notes but Mrs RM told me off.

 

 

Published by retiredmartin

Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

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