It continues to be a hard time for hospitality with some pubs, restaurants and cafes across the county giving up the fight and calling it a day. Barely a week goes by without Nottinghamshire Live reporting on another closure due to rising energy bills, rocketing prices of supplies, and dwindling trade as customers can't afford to eat and drink out as often.
But it's not all and gloom. For every closure there seems to be a new business springing up - or the reopening of a closed down pub that has been empty for years. Only this week it was revealed that Blackshale Bar & Kitchen would be opening on July 11 in Beeston. And there's more to come with the takeover of much-loved pubs the Hand & Heart and Crafty Crow in Nottingham.
Here we take a look at just a few of the new venues to have burst on the food and drink scene in the first six months of 2023. We've tried them ourselves - and find out what you think of them.
