02 — The kitchen

From the kitchen

Fire, pastry, and potatoes worth staying for. Tell us about allergens — the kitchen is small, and the fryer is not a vegetarian one.

Today

Today the shin-pie gravy has a splash of First Fire in it, and the marrow toast is back on.

V vegetarian · VG vegan · GF gluten free

Snacks

While the pint settles

  • Scratchings, apple mustard

    £4.50

    Salt, fat, and a sharp spoon of mustard. GF

  • Warm olives, orange, chilli

    £5

    A small bowl. Sticky fingers encouraged. VGGF

  • Scotch egg, piccalilli

    £7

    Soft yolk, house pickle, still warm.

  • Bone marrow toast

    £8.50

    Dripping bread, parsley, a heap of salt.

Battered fish and chips with peas, lemon and tartare sauce on a white plate

From the hearth

The fire does the work

  • Beer-battered haddock

    £17

    Mushy peas, tartare, a wedge of lemon.

  • Beef shin pie

    £18.50

    Bone-marrow gravy. Mash, or potatoes if you ask nicely.

  • Half coal-roast chicken

    £17.50

    Bread sauce, watercress, the skin properly blistered.

  • Mushroom & chestnut wellington

    £16.50

    The same gravy idea, made with ale. VG

  • Pork & fennel sausage

    £15

    Mash and onion gravy. Two sausages, not three.

A steak and ale pie cut open on a wooden board

Sides

For the middle of the table

  • Hispi, anchovy butter

    £6

    Charred wedges, salty butter. GF

  • Hispi, lemon & chilli

    £6

    The same cabbage, no fish. VGGF

  • Chicory, pear, stilton

    £8

    Bitter leaves, a sweet pear. VGF

  • Jersey royals, mint

    £5

    Butter, salt, a handful of mint. VGGF

A pint of bitter beside a plate of pie, chips and peas on a pub table

Puddings

If you are still here

  • Sticky toffee

    £8

    Warm, with clotted cream. V

  • Baked rice pudding

    £7.50

    Jam, nutmeg, a skin if you want it. VGF

  • Stout affogato

    £6.50

    A scoop, and a shot of Hearth Stout over it. V

Sticky toffee pudding with ice cream and toffee sauce on a dark plate

Kitchen 12–3 and 5–9. Sundays it runs through the roast, then puddings until close. Mondays the fire is dark.

03 — Sunday

Sunday, on the bone

Three cuts, one gravy, and yorkshires that actually stand up. Served from noon until the potatoes run out.

See the roast
Sliced roast lamb in gravy with Yorkshire puddings and stuffing on a white plate