Pub of the week: The Cricket Inn, Totley, Sheffield
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“Children, dogs, muddy boots welcome,” it says over the door and this sets the tone. It’s inclusive, and you can feel it as you walk in. The vibe is laid back: stone-flagged floors, open fires and soft Farrow & Ball colours on tongue and grooved walls is the style. Wholesome, rustic dishes are on chalk boards on several walls, and value-for-money food comes out of chef Marco Paulo Azevebo Caires’s kitchen. Lamb shank, shepherd’s pie with minted garden peas and glazed carrots and a jug of onion gravy, award-winning sausages, Poxon’s black pudding – the list goes on and on. Simpler tastes can plump for a ploughman’s and in a nod to the chef’s homeland there is Portuguese cataplana, a family recipe (cataplana is the cooking vessel, like a tagine – the dish is fish stew).
Beer brewed for the pub (plus its sister, the Troway Arms in Sheffield) at the Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell has won prizes. The Jaipur is a winner, but don’t dismiss the novelty beer; a pint brewed in honour of local lad Richard Hawley. It is a belter. Against a number of menu choices, is a beer recommendation – a really neat idea.
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Hide AdIn the summer, it’s a great place to sit out and watch a match with a pint and a ploughman’s. In the winter, just sitting by one of the roaring fires will do nicely. Either way, it’s worth getting lost trying to find.
THE VERDICT
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Drinks selection*****
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