The Rat Inn

The blackboard goes up every morning, and by evening it's been eaten through. This country gastropub in the village of Anick runs a daily-changing seasonal menu built on close relationships with local farms, which means the produce shifts with what's actually ready rather than what prints well on a laminated card. Local ales on tap, an affordable wine list, and a front-of-house team that makes the room feel like someone's kitchen, if someone's kitchen were rather good.

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