The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
still excellent.

-- 
Eiron.

Eiron wrote:
<snip>
May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato 
pizza in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

Weather Report wrote:
> Eiron wrote:
> <snip>
> May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato
> pizza in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

If you like cheese and you like chips, you'll love......

....Beduff.

Talking of pizza places, the local Pizerria in Kenilworth town centre 
does a really nice green salad with feta cheese and pickled chillies. It 
eases some of the guilt as you shovel down another slice of that fat 
soaked carbohydrate that is called 'pizza'.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

Eiron wrote:
> The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
> English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
> So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
> cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
> still excellent.

http://www.whitelionpailton.co.uk/Menu.htm

I was going to slate them for just providing the usual 'from frozen' pub 
food, but I noticed that they serve deep fried whitebait with brown 
bread and butter, so they can't be all bad. I must admit to quite liking 
this sort of pub food (and having a pint or two with a meal), but the 
menu's are just too big. Somehow I'd feel more comfortable if they just 
cooked a few things well, rather than have such a bewildering choice.

Some of the puddings are served with custard, which gets them back 
another point out of ten.

The best pub meal I ever had was actually a full english breakfast 
washed down with a couple of pints of London Pride. However, that was 
about half past eight in the morning and in London.

Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places 
local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"Weather Report"  wrote in message 
news:jbzQh.20$nM6.9@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> Eiron wrote:
> <snip>
> May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato pizza 
> in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

It's where they get the cheese from that worries me, being Beduff, you know 
how it goes, 'ere Dwayne, extra cheese on this one, wink wink.

"Chris H"  wrote in message 
news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places local 
> to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.


Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.

http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=

Road_Hog® wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote in message
> news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places
>> local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.
>
> Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.
>
> http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=

I'd rather eat my own liver (soaked in a delightful alcoholic marinade) 
than eat there.

The last time I was there, the lager[1] was warm and the food was cold.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

[1] Stella is usually a sure bet when faced with a choice of John Smiths 
or some other 'creamy' ditchwater.

Chris H wrote:
> Road_Hog® wrote:
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places
>>> local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.
>>
>> Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.
>>
>> http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=
>
> I'd rather eat my own liver (soaked in a delightful alcoholic
> marinade) than eat there.
>
> The last time I was there, the lager[1] was warm and the food was
> cold.

Bad form 'n' all....

I just had a look at their menu and noted that they don't do whitebait 
with brown bread and butter. Thus proving that they are beyond the pail.

Lots of use of the word 'rustic' to describe a slice of bread.

<shudder>

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

Eiron wrote:
> The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
> English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
> So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
> cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
> still excellent.
> 

The Bull and Butcher on the Southam Road at Ryton do cheap steaks on a 
Monday night.  IIRC 8oz for £3.99 ans 12oz for £5.99?  As is often with 
British pubs you ask for rare and get a medium steak, but the B&B seem 
to mostly deliver what you asked for.  Also some decent ales from Devon.

The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
still excellent.

-- 
Eiron.

Eiron wrote:
<snip>
May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato 
pizza in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

Weather Report wrote:
> Eiron wrote:
> <snip>
> May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato
> pizza in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

If you like cheese and you like chips, you'll love......

....Beduff.

Talking of pizza places, the local Pizerria in Kenilworth town centre 
does a really nice green salad with feta cheese and pickled chillies. It 
eases some of the guilt as you shovel down another slice of that fat 
soaked carbohydrate that is called 'pizza'.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

Eiron wrote:
> The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
> English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
> So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
> cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
> still excellent.

http://www.whitelionpailton.co.uk/Menu.htm

I was going to slate them for just providing the usual 'from frozen' pub 
food, but I noticed that they serve deep fried whitebait with brown 
bread and butter, so they can't be all bad. I must admit to quite liking 
this sort of pub food (and having a pint or two with a meal), but the 
menu's are just too big. Somehow I'd feel more comfortable if they just 
cooked a few things well, rather than have such a bewildering choice.

Some of the puddings are served with custard, which gets them back 
another point out of ten.

The best pub meal I ever had was actually a full english breakfast 
washed down with a couple of pints of London Pride. However, that was 
about half past eight in the morning and in London.

Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places 
local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"Weather Report"  wrote in message 
news:jbzQh.20$nM6.9@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> Eiron wrote:
> <snip>
> May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato pizza 
> in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

It's where they get the cheese from that worries me, being Beduff, you know 
how it goes, 'ere Dwayne, extra cheese on this one, wink wink.

"Chris H"  wrote in message 
news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places local 
> to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.


Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.

http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=

Road_Hog® wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote in message
> news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places
>> local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.
>
> Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.
>
> http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=

I'd rather eat my own liver (soaked in a delightful alcoholic marinade) 
than eat there.

The last time I was there, the lager[1] was warm and the food was cold.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

[1] Stella is usually a sure bet when faced with a choice of John Smiths 
or some other 'creamy' ditchwater.

Chris H wrote:
> Road_Hog® wrote:
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places
>>> local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.
>>
>> Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.
>>
>> http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=
>
> I'd rather eat my own liver (soaked in a delightful alcoholic
> marinade) than eat there.
>
> The last time I was there, the lager[1] was warm and the food was
> cold.

Bad form 'n' all....

I just had a look at their menu and noted that they don't do whitebait 
with brown bread and butter. Thus proving that they are beyond the pail.

Lots of use of the word 'rustic' to describe a slice of bread.

<shudder>

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

Eiron wrote:
> The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
> English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
> So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
> cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
> still excellent.
> 

The Bull and Butcher on the Southam Road at Ryton do cheap steaks on a 
Monday night.  IIRC 8oz for £3.99 ans 12oz for £5.99?  As is often with 
British pubs you ask for rare and get a medium steak, but the B&B seem 
to mostly deliver what you asked for.  Also some decent ales from Devon.

The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
still excellent.

-- 
Eiron.

Eiron wrote:
<snip>
May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato 
pizza in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

Weather Report wrote:
> Eiron wrote:
> <snip>
> May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato
> pizza in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

If you like cheese and you like chips, you'll love......

....Beduff.

Talking of pizza places, the local Pizerria in Kenilworth town centre 
does a really nice green salad with feta cheese and pickled chillies. It 
eases some of the guilt as you shovel down another slice of that fat 
soaked carbohydrate that is called 'pizza'.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

Eiron wrote:
> The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
> English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
> So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
> cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
> still excellent.

http://www.whitelionpailton.co.uk/Menu.htm

I was going to slate them for just providing the usual 'from frozen' pub 
food, but I noticed that they serve deep fried whitebait with brown 
bread and butter, so they can't be all bad. I must admit to quite liking 
this sort of pub food (and having a pint or two with a meal), but the 
menu's are just too big. Somehow I'd feel more comfortable if they just 
cooked a few things well, rather than have such a bewildering choice.

Some of the puddings are served with custard, which gets them back 
another point out of ten.

The best pub meal I ever had was actually a full english breakfast 
washed down with a couple of pints of London Pride. However, that was 
about half past eight in the morning and in London.

Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places 
local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"Weather Report"  wrote in message 
news:jbzQh.20$nM6.9@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> Eiron wrote:
> <snip>
> May i also recommend that you travel the extra mile to snappy tomato pizza 
> in beduff. The cheesy chip are exquisite!

It's where they get the cheese from that worries me, being Beduff, you know 
how it goes, 'ere Dwayne, extra cheese on this one, wink wink.

"Chris H"  wrote in message 
news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places local 
> to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.


Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.

http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=

Road_Hog® wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote in message
> news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places
>> local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.
>
> Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.
>
> http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=

I'd rather eat my own liver (soaked in a delightful alcoholic marinade) 
than eat there.

The last time I was there, the lager[1] was warm and the food was cold.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

[1] Stella is usually a sure bet when faced with a choice of John Smiths 
or some other 'creamy' ditchwater.

Chris H wrote:
> Road_Hog® wrote:
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:57fuogF2cgvm0U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Anyone know of any local pubs that 'break the mould'? All the places
>>> local to me (Kenilworth) are Harvester clones.
>>
>> Oh yes, when I lived in Kenilworth, my local was this, one to avoid.
>>
>> http://www.beefeater.co.uk/restaurant.aspx?id=40016355&pc=CV81BG&lat=&lon=
>
> I'd rather eat my own liver (soaked in a delightful alcoholic
> marinade) than eat there.
>
> The last time I was there, the lager[1] was warm and the food was
> cold.

Bad form 'n' all....

I just had a look at their menu and noted that they don't do whitebait 
with brown bread and butter. Thus proving that they are beyond the pail.

Lots of use of the word 'rustic' to describe a slice of bread.

<shudder>

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

Eiron wrote:
> The Denbigh Arms in Monks Kirby has changed its menu from traditional
> English to mostly curry and the prices have gone up.
> So the village has Spanish and Indian but if you want decent English
> cuisine you must go down the road to Pailton, where the White Lion is
> still excellent.
> 

The Bull and Butcher on the Southam Road at Ryton do cheap steaks on a 
Monday night.  IIRC 8oz for £3.99 ans 12oz for £5.99?  As is often with 
British pubs you ask for rare and get a medium steak, but the B&B seem 
to mostly deliver what you asked for.  Also some decent ales from Devon.