Top tables
Pub owners/managers give tips on customer service. What should you do when a customer complains that a medium steak is too rare?Martha Welch...
Archives for November 26, 2007
Pubs fighting for food share
The ban on smoking in UK pubs and bars has not delivered the predicted boom in people eating out at their local, according to exclusive new research...
Virtuous circle for gastropubs
The past decade has seen gastropubs shift identity from a metropolitan oddity to a high- street staple. So mainstream is the gastropub that it's...
Christmas Checklist: Choosing a tree
Choosing a tree must be one of the most important jobs in the run-up to Christmas. While many pubs opt to dust down a plastic one, there's nothing...
The Greyhound
The Greyhound, Battersea
The Highwayman Inn
Owner/licensees: Craig Bancroft/Nigel Haworth Tenure: Thwaites leasehold Head chef: Michael Ward Turnover: £1m Covers per week: 1,100 Wet:dry split:...
Brewers fearful of beer duty hike
Brewers are warning of a "perfect storm" for brewing if the government increases beer duty in the next Budget.A rise in duty, brewing chiefs today...
The Gun
Owners: Tom & Ed Martin Head chef: Micky O'Connor Covers: 60 to 70 Covers a week: 700 Best-selling dishes: roast rump of Welsh lamb with baby...
Christmas Checklist: Party products
Canapé casingsYou can't have a Christmas party without canapés. Not only do they go perfectly with cocktails and stimulate the appetite in...
Christmas Checklist: Food and drink
Adnams YuletideCreated specifically for the festive season, Adnams Yuletide is a 4.5 per cent ABV dark ruby beer described as having a dryish palate...
Anchor & Hope is UK's best gastropub
The Anchor & Hope in Southwark, London, has been voted the UK's top gastropub for the third year running. The Top 30 Gastropub Awards is...
Olive Branch
Owner/licensees; Ben Jones and Sean Hope Tenure: Freehold Head chef: Sean Hope, chef proprietor Turnover: £1.1m Covers: 48, plus 24 outside Covers...
Pub prices "cooling
Average pub prices are "cooling", according to property agents Fleurets. The company's annual price survey revealed the average price of a freehold...
Jolly Sportsman
Owner/licensees: Bruce Wass Tenure: Freehold Head chef: Bruce Wass Turnover: £650,000 Covers: 80 Covers per week: 350-500 Wet:dry split: 30:70...
Rose & Crown
Owner/licensee: Peach Pub Company Head chef: Gavin Allcock Tenure: Punch lease acquired 2002 Covers: 42-cover restaurant, 24 in the bar, plus private...
The Pig's Ear
Licensees: SNPE, Simon Cherry/Olly Daniaud Head chef: Chris Sharpe Turnover: £500,000 Covers: 50 Covers per week: 350 Wet:dry split: 50:50...
Felin Fach Griffin
Owners: Freehold, Charles and Edmund Inkin Head chef: Ricardo van Ede Covers: 60 inside; 25 outside Covers per week: 600 (peak) Wet:dry split: 33:67...
Refurb Diary - Entry One
Gordon Warden took over the Charles Wells-owned Olde Kings Arms in Hemel Hempstead in 2002. A major refurbishment has just begun.
The Star
Owners: Andrew and Jacquie Pern (freehold) Head chef: Andrew Pern Turnover: £3m Covers per week: Approx 1,000 including private dining Wet:dry split...
The Drunken Duck Inn
Owner/licensees: Steph Barton, Paul Spencer Tenure: Freehold Head chef: Marcus Hall Turnover: £2m net Covers per week: Bar lunches 300-400, à la...
The Narrow
Owner: Gordon Ramsay Holdings Head chef: John Collin Restaurant manager: Justin Whitehead Covers: Dining room 32, bar 36 Covers per week: Approx 750...
The Eagle
Owner: Michael Belben Background: The pub was launched in 1991 by Michael Belben and David Eyre. With its tiny open kitchen, next to the bustling...
Griffin Inn
Licensees: Toby Erlam, James Pullan and Marcus Wysock-Wright Tenure: Freehold Head chefs: Andrew Billings and Nick Petersen Turnover: Over £1m...
Brighton's Engineer named Racing Pub of the Year
The Engineer in Brighton has beaten off fierce competition to be named the official 'Racing Pub of the Year 2007'. Licensees Phil and Bev Reeves...
Gastropub news digest....
De Bretton Group Fawkes out The de Bretton Group, the Yorkshire-based hospitality business, has bought the Guy Fawkes Hotel in High Petergate, York,...
Marston's licensees celebrate seafood success
A drive by Marston's Pub Company to encourage licensees to offer more seafood has resulted in a host of new dishes on pub menus.Winners of a...
Gurnard's Head
Owner/licensees: Charles and Edmund Inkin Tenure: Freehold Head chef: Matt Williamson Covers: 65 inside, 35 outside Covers per week: 700 (peak) Wet:...
Hamish Champ: Interest rate fears? Try visiting Hamleys, a month before Christmas
I'm led to believe that people of a certain age start to wonder about the afterlife. They ask themselves things like, does it exist? If so, what will...
The Pipe & Glass
Licensee: James MacKenzie & Kate Boroughs Tenure: Freehold Head chef: James MacKenzie Covers: 65, plus 22 in the bar Covers per week: 750 to...
Alford Arms
Owners: Becky & David Salisbury. The Alford Arms is part of Salisbury Pubs, which includes the Royal Oak, Marlow, the Swan Inn, Denham, and the...
Christmas Checklist: 12 ways to profit
If your summer was washed out, Christmas could be your last chance to make up for lost revenue, so it's especially important to get it right this...
Sports Café tight-lipped on Massive Pub Company speculation
Sports Café, the AIM-listed sports bar operator, was remaining tight-lipped over speculation that it was poised to buy up to 25 pubs from...
Pub cook goes back to school
Pupils at a Devon primary school are learning more about food thanks to Matthew Mason, head chef at the Jack in the Green pub near Exeter.Matthew is...