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risotto and kohlrabi. The bar menu (available lunch and dinner) has more accessible
comfort-food dishes such as beer-battered fish and chips, sausages with mash, kale, and
sage and onion gravy, ploughman's lunch (cheese, ham and pickle sandwich or salad),
sandwiches, and croques.
The
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rooms
(£155-£258 double) unite antiques with chic contemporary fur-
nishings, fine fabrics, and crisp white sheets.
Rowsley.
&
01629/733518.
www.thepeacockatrowsley.com. MC, V. Reservations advised (dinner).
Main courses £15-£32. Mon-Sat noon-2pm and 6:30-9pm; Sun noon-2pm.
PeliDeli
BREAKFAST/SNACKS/LUNCH This true local shop and cafe in the
center of Matlock—winner of the Derbyshire Food & Drink Café of the Year award
in 2010—offers seasonal produce hand-selected by the owners from local providers.
Breakfast might consist of crumpets (savory griddle cakes) or onion bagel with cream
cheese, and a hot or cold smoothie; later in the day choose from paninis or other
sandwiches (perhaps Derbyshire ham and Derby cheese with real-ale chutney), and
daily-changing soups and salad platters. If it's winter, warm up with one of the incred-
ible hot chocolates with hazelnut syrup or Cointreau. There's a second branch in
Wirksworth, 5 miles south of Matlock.
1 Jubilee Buildings, Crown Square, Matlock.
&
07980/694841.
www.pelideli.com. MC, V. Main courses
£2-£5. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8:45am-4pm.
Royal Oak at Hurdlow
TRADITIONAL BRITISH This pub in the
midst of countryside just off the Tissington Trail (p. 535) attracts weary walkers and
cyclists with its open fires, cosy nooks, beer garden, cask-conditioned ales, and hearty
pub food based on produce sourced within a small distance. Relaxed and friendly, it's
a good place for families, especially at Sunday lunch, when there are traditional roasts
but also sandwiches and other main courses such as haddock and chips, or butternut
squash, spinach, and walnut lasagna. Kids get their own menu all week (£4.95 for a
main course). For those who'd like to linger or are walking in the area, there's a bunk-
barn with
rooms
to accommodate four, six, or eight guests and a communal kitchen,
plus a family-friendly campsite. The Bunk Barn is £12 pppn and the campsite is from
£13 per night for camper vans and £7-13 for tents (minimum stay of 2 nights between
Apr and Sept).
Hurdlow.
&
01298/83288.
www.peakpub.co.uk. Reservations recommended (dinner). MC, V. Main
courses £5.75-£21. Daily noon-9pm.
Entertainment & Nightlife
Derbyshire won't ever set the world alight with its nightlife, but there is no end of
cosy pubs around the county for sampling its famed real ales. In Derby, sample pro-
duce from the city's micro-breweries at the
Greyhound
(
&
01332/344155
) on
Friar Gate, dating back to 1734; the characterful (and allegedly haunted)
Ye Olde
Dolphin Inn
(
&
01332/267711
) near the cathedral, which runs its own beer
festivals; or the Victorian
Brunswick
(
&
01332/290677
) near the station.
Shopping
Local produce is one of the great assets of Derbyshire, so farmers' markets and farm
shops—of which the Chatsworth Farm Shop (p. 533) is the most famous—are in
abundance here. Look out for Hartington Stilton and other handmade cheeses, gin-
gerbread, and local honey. The main markets are listed below (check with local tourist
boards if you are making a special trip).
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