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Pub Guide

Opening Times

Issue 141 Winter 2009-10

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PUB PIECES

New tenants at the King William IV at Fenstanton are taking it more up market with a firm emphasis on high quality food. Nick Steiger, former proprietor of the Grange in Brampton and chef-patron at the Old Bridge in Huntingdon, has taken on the Greene King tenancy at the King William IV at Fenstanton in partnership with Trevor and Karen Fowler who have run the Samuel Pepys in Huntingdon for around three years. Trevor will remain in charge at the Samuel Pepys and Nick will run the ‘King Bill’ with chef Dominic Hall who is moving from the Crown at Broughton.

Enterprise Inns pub the Saddle at Kimbolton has reopened as an Italian bistro. Non-diners are still welcome there but no real ale is available.

The lease of the historic Falcon in Huntingdon is on the market.

The Bell at Sawtry remains closed.

At Great Gransden the Crown and Cushion has closed and there have been reports of a public meeting to discuss its future.

The Cock at Hemingford Grey is the best dining pub in England, according to the newly published Good Pub Guide 2010. The Cock has previously won the award for Cambridgeshire a number of times. The Cock has also retained its listing in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide with the publication of the new 2010 edition (available from www.camra.org.uk).

The Old Bridge Hotel in Huntingdon is also listed again in the new Good Beer Guide and has won a national award for its wine list in the 2010 AA Guide, which also praised the Old Bridge for offering over 40 high quality, good value wines by the glass and for its innovative Old Bridge Wine Shop, opened last year.

In the west of our area at Tilbrook, the White Horse has been steadily increasing its range of real ales and ran a successful real ale festival in last summer.

A successful beer festival was also held in early October at the Chequers, Little Gransden.

Real draught cider has been on sale at the Mad Cat, Pidley.

Brisk trade has been noted at the Royal Oak at Warboys following its takeover by the Mad Cat’s owners Darren Thompson and Sinead Nicholson. Batemans XB was a splendid choice for one of the first real ales available following the takeover. The new food offering was expected to be launched in October.

The Addison Arms at Glatton has a new landlord, Ian Gamblin, a CAMRA member for 25 years. He is planning to expand the range of real ales and to hold a beer festival in November.