Upon entering you are greeted by a busy bustling upstairs bar and will notice upon peering at the counter that you are instantly spoilt for choice.
Not only does this place serve ham… (although the ham is
pretty darn good!), they serve a fantastic selection of charcuterie, cheeses,
breads, scotch eggs, nibbles etc.
I happily munched my way through what I can
say was a rather impeccably handmade scotch egg (complete with salad and spicy
wholegrain mustard) and a half pint of cornichons whilst gazing upon a
Wensleydale Blue cheeseboard (complete with olive oil drizzled bread and fresh
olives) at a friend opposite.
As well as the upstairs bar there is a downstairs area (complete with board games and even a shuffleboard!) where you are greeted with long-end tables, the kind
you can fit a good sized party around or at least feel unawkwardly obliged to
talk to the group who perches next to you.
The staff (and their impressive
confidence/passion/knowledge) were great. On both occasions I went to purchase
beer I was helped to choose the beer to suit me. I found
myself provided with several tastings before even purchasing. I started off
with the record store day special by the local West Yorkshire Revolutions
Brewing Company, followed by the Amaro IPA.
I really enjoyed the
passion and service of the staff, it really does make a difference in my book.
Being a student and in my final year it is not ideal to go partying every
night, but ideally it’s nice to know after a hard week of uni work and library
study that I can spend what’s left of my student loan in the company of good
friends with good beer and good food on offer. I’d much rather push my pennies
towards this than a full on night out... but maybe that's the fact that being in my twenty-somethings is kicking in.
A friend of ham is a friend of mine. I will definitely be back.
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