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    High-profile closure in Somerset
    April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 HardensBytes

    The ambitious Somerset restaurant 28 Market Place has closed down, just three years after opening. Occupying a group of 17th and 18th-century buildings in the historic market town of Somerton, the restaurant and its adjoining bakery and wine shop were founded by former Soho House and French Laundry director Ben Crofton and his wife Vanessa. […]

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    Mitch Tonks extends his Rockfish empire
    May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 HardensBytes

    West Country seafood impresario Mitch Tonks has opened a new outdoor fish and craft beer bar in Plymouth, adjacent to his Rockfish restaurant on Rope Walk, overlooking Plymouth Sound. The Sardine Bar serves fried fish and chips and curried mushy peas, alongside Mount Bay sardines from the range of tinned local seafood Tonks introduced during […]

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    Eggleton’s Pony loses its Trap
    October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 HardensBytes

    Chef Josh Eggleton is to reopen the Pony and Trap in Chew Magna – one of the foundation stones of Bristol gastronomic scene – in a new guise and a new name in the spring, as a wedding venue, cookery school and restaurant to be known as the Pony Chew Valley. The gastropub has been […]

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    Trio behind two West Country pubs add Somerset’s The Lord Poulett Arms to their portfolio
    June 28, 2018 HardensBytes

    The team behind two popular West Country pubs have added a third to their portfolio. Dan Brod, Charlie Luxton, and Matt Greenlees, who have found past investment from Soho House chief executive Nick Jones, among others, have bought a third pub. The trio, who run the Beckford Arms near Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Talbot Inn in […]

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    Pizza and cider chain The Stable announces first London site
    March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 HardensBytes

    Handmade pizzas and more than 80 ciders, sourced from the West Country, will be on offer when The Stable opens its doors in Whitechapel on 21 April. This will be the 14th venue for the popular restaurant chain, founded in Dorset in 2009, and its first site in London. The Stable, owned by Nikki and Richard […]

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