Restaurants Yorkshire
- Cafe review: Cavendish Pavilion, Bolton Abbey
- It’s hard to match Wharfedale for sublime beauty and Bolton Abbey is the jewel with its church, Abbey ruins, a wide sweep of the river Wharfe and the 57 stepping stones that cross it. It’s all part of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire&rs...
30 April 2012
Read the full restaurant review - Lisa@thegallery, Staithes
- 16 April 2012
- Fourth Floor Cafe - Harvey Nichols, Leeds
- 11 April 2012
Stay Yorkshire
- B&B review: Habton House Farm , Malton
- We’ve raved about Lucy & James’s Adopt a Pig scheme and now it’s time to shine a light on their B&B enterprise. They’re open for business! Yaay!
Habton House is a magnificent Grade 11 listed building – a six-yea...
9 May 2012
Read the full hotel review - The Barn, Pickering
- 6 May 2012
- Talbot Hotel, Malton
- 25 April 2012
Blog the latest
- Food Glorious Food
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So. Who would be mad enough to organize a pop up restaurant in a room above an art gallery in a tiny fishing village on the Yorkshire coast? And on two consecutive nights? We were. And did it work? Not half.
Our first Squidbeak dinners were held l...
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Recipes If we can make it you can!
- Recipes
- Our recipe collection is an eclectic mix. Some are old faithfuls; dishes we cook every day for friends and family, others are taken from our collection of cookery books. This week we visited the Cavendish Pavilion at Bolton Abbey and took down their wonderful scone recipe.
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Drink Yorkshire
- Wine Club
- Don't forget to book for our first Squidbeak dinner with wines from Flourish and Prosper and if you've ever thought of joining a wine club, here's one in York we can recommend. Simple, straightforward and good value.
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Made in Yorkshire Local at its best
- The stories behind the food
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Yorkshire is a county rich in natural resources. We have brown crab, white pigs and red grouse. Our rhubarb and liquorice have unique histories. If you want to experience the best Wensleydale cheese, and the worst Denby Dale pie, the finest Yorkshire pudding and how Bradford became the capital of curry, we can make the connection.
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New on Squidbeak
Have you booked your place for one of our Squidbeak dinners at the lovely Staithes Gallery? We will have wines from Flourish and Prosper. We have a CAMRA day in Sheffield and a Wine Club in York? The biggest new opening of the season is the Talbot Hotel in Malton. Read our blog and our review. The 2012 Visit York Tourism Awards took place this week and then there was the refurbishment of the Cavendish Pavilion at Bolton Abbey. We managed to come home with their delicious scone recipe too.
About us
Our independent guide to Yorkshire restaurants and places to stay
We are Jill and Mandy and Squidbeak is the place to find the up-to-date low-down on Yorkshire restaurants and places to stay. Our blog covers eating out and staying in, usually in Yorkshire but sometimes beyond. Our write-ups are honest and independent with no paid-for reviews. We cover everything from Yorkshire cafes to Michelin starred restaurants. From cosy B & Bs to country house hotels. We champion regional producers and seasonal produce. We write about Yorkshire's best wine merchants, its real ale, easy recipes and the history of Yorkshire food.
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Competition time
We sent off copies of the Great British Bake Off to five lucky winners this month. The lovely publishers Ebury have some great new titles coming up later in the spring, so until they are ready we are taking a break, but watch this space.
