Sharing platters, pizza and tapas are being served at a Long Eaton pub with "possibly the world's smallest kitchen." New Mill & Brook landlord Ash Walsh has launched a food menu so drinkers have more to munch on than a bag of crisps with their pint of Hood or glass of Pinot Grigio.
The pub was taken over less than a month ago by Hucknall-based Lincoln Green Brewing Company, which also runs Sir John Borlase Warren in Nottingham, Robin Hood and Little John in Arnold, the Station Hotel in Hucknall and the Brickyard in Carlton. The result is not just a change in ales - which now include Marion pale ale, Hood best bitter and Tuck, a 4.7 per cent porter - there's now some pretty tasty food coming out of what they describe as "possibly the world's smallest kitchen."
Measuring 7ft 6in long and 5ft 8in wide (yes we took a tape measure along for accuracy) it's a tight squeeze in the cooking spot next to the bar, which was barely used by previous landlords. But it hasn't deterred Ash, who said organisation is the key to making it work.
