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The Greyhound

Loughborough

Leicestershire

Former pub managers Tina and Paul Stevens have just taken on their first tenancy with Everards.

The Greyhound, at Burton on the Wolds, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, is described as a traditional village local with a group of regular real-ale drinkers making up the core trade. The couple are keen to up the quality of the fare served in the pub's restaurant - but are conscious that going overboard on their offer could alienate their newly-acquired regulars.

She said: "We're keen to offer people a nice place to drink and they can order food if they want - but we certainly don't want to turn their beloved local into a restaurant. Everybody has been really friendly and welcomed us and it's going really well - we've only been here for a few weeks."

Tina oversees the front of house and Paul heads up the kitchen, which will offer a menu of traditional pub grub with an emphasis on game, when in season, and fresh fish. The pair, who boast a combined 30 years' experience in the trade, were most recently behind the bar at the Boot, in Soulbury, near Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire.

The couple hope to boost turnover to £9,000 a week and said that the pub had been under-trading and had not served food over the Christmas period.

Tina and Paul praised Everards for its support in helping to get the pub up to scratch. Tina said: "It wasn't in a great state, we've had to redecorate and Everards have helped us with the cost."

The pub offers a good range of real ales, most of which are from the Everards stable.