Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, said to be Britain’s oldest pub, is to reopen on Monday, 4 April, after its closure was announced in February by “heartbroken” landlord Christo Tofalli in the face of rising costs. Former manager Martin Robinson is now the licensee, flanked by chefs Ian Baulsh and Sam Walker. The […]
It survived the Norman conquest, the Black Death, a visit from arch puritan Oliver Cromwell, the introduction of licensing in 1828 and a ban on cock fighting in 1835. But Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, reputedly a fixture of St Albans since the year 793 and a claimant to the title of Britain’s oldest pub, was […]
The Sustainable Restaurant Association has announced its shortlist for the People’s Favourite category at the Food Made Good Awards 2016. Among the nominees is the staff canteen at one of the West Country’s best known dairies; a Hertfordshire park café with a 10-strong team of volunteers with learning difficulties; an organic, vegetarian tearoom in the Lake […]
