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The Menu · September 1, 2026

The September menu

Damsons, the last of the Ebbor tomatoes, and a whole plaice that changes species depending on what the day boats bring in. What is on the board from the first.

by Elin Hartnell · 3 min

  • The front window on Cotham Hill lit from inside at dusk

    Opening Hours · August 28, 2026

    Christmas and New Year hours

    We are open later in the week through December, closed for a fortnight after Boxing Day, and back on 7 January. The December menu goes up on the first as usual.

    by Tom Greenslade · 2 min

  • A glass being poured at the counter

    Events · August 24, 2026

    An evening of Loire reds, 8 October

    Six wines, five courses, one long table. Tom is pouring cabernet franc and trying to convince everyone it belongs with hogget, which it does.

    by Tom Greenslade · 2 min

  • Two cooks talking across the pass at the end of service

    People · August 19, 2026

    Nadia is cooking a Monday in Easton

    Our sous chef has taken over a bakery kitchen for one night on 21 September to cook the Nigerian food she grew up on. Nothing to do with us, and we are all going.

    by Elin Hartnell · 3 min

  • Crates of vegetables at the kitchen door

    Suppliers · August 12, 2026

    A morning at Ebbor Farm

    We shut the kitchen for a day and drove up to Priddy to see where the hogget and most of the vegetables come from. Three of us came back with mud on our shoes and a longer order.

    by Nadia Okonkwo · 4 min

  • A whole fish on the board before service

    The Kitchen · July 18, 2026

    How the day-boat list works

    A phone call from Brixham at six in the morning decides what the fish course is. Here is why the menu says plaice and sometimes gives you gurnard.

    by Elin Hartnell · 4 min