Anyone doubting the community or family spirit of modern Britain should have been trying to fight their way through the chattering crowd of grandpas, daddies, sons and baby grandchildren at The Running Horse enjoying Father's Day lunch service today.
Our party consisted of my husband, younger sons and my parents, but the huge noisy table behind us was easily 11 members of a multi generational family who as we left at 3pm were replaced by a second 'relay' for another family of 12. Heart warming and great for the hospitality trade!
The Running Horse in Littleton is a popular village pub with rooms, that combines friendly pub/bar/beer garden (where dogs are welcome) with a smarter panelled dining area, both of which serve hearty contemporary British fare. On a weekday lunch there is a mouth watering selection of sandwiches including coronation chicken, and on a Sunday traditional roasts are added alongside such reliable favourites as prawn cocktail or charcuterie starters and mains such as fish and chips, burgers, smoked haddock gratin and wild mushroom tagliatelli.
The service even on such a frantic occasion was swift and friendly, and the chefs visibly toiling in the open kitchen responded with genuine smiles when my husband waved and thanked them. However as
the mother of a trained waiter I could not help noticing that the waitress poured the (nice dry ) house wine all wrong, grasping it in both warming hands. My dad quoted his late bon viveur brother who used to say 'Hold a bottle by the bottom and a woman by the waist'...
A really pleasurable place for a meal at any time of the week who more than rose to a special occasion. The free bottle of beer for every dad was the icing on the cake.
Our party consisted of my husband, younger sons and my parents, but the huge noisy table behind us was easily 11 members of a multi generational family who as we left at 3pm were replaced by a second 'relay' for another family of 12. Heart warming and great for the hospitality trade!
The Running Horse in Littleton is a popular village pub with rooms, that combines friendly pub/bar/beer garden (where dogs are welcome) with a smarter panelled dining area, both of which serve hearty contemporary British fare. On a weekday lunch there is a mouth watering selection of sandwiches including coronation chicken, and on a Sunday traditional roasts are added alongside such reliable favourites as prawn cocktail or charcuterie starters and mains such as fish and chips, burgers, smoked haddock gratin and wild mushroom tagliatelli.
The service even on such a frantic occasion was swift and friendly, and the chefs visibly toiling in the open kitchen responded with genuine smiles when my husband waved and thanked them. However as
A really pleasurable place for a meal at any time of the week who more than rose to a special occasion. The free bottle of beer for every dad was the icing on the cake.
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