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Best pub in Suffolk ? Award winning Suffolk Pub

Well, it would be interesting to have a competition ...but I'd say Lynda of The White Hart in Otley would have a pretty good chance of winning. We popped into The White Hart last Sunday afternoon after a very wet afternoon at Helmingham Hall plant show ..(Thanks, Stephanie ..!) Needless to say for those in the know, but guests were still finishing their relaxing Sunday meals/drinks at 4.30 in the afternoon -very nice... and sensible.

Lynda used to be the landlady of my local but she shipped out and bought The White Hart in Otley days before it was due to be sold for Residential use - thus saving the village their pub. Not only this but Lynda has revamped the pub in a crisp traditional style and is a self confessed devotee of local food which results in a constantly changing seasonal menu. I also tasted a delicious new cold Adnams ale last Sunday afternoon - What was it called ? - eek - ask Lynda ! 

linda 

This is not a chain of pubs nor is it owned by the brewery or a "developer" profiting from creating a fancy restaurant out of a traditional village pub. This is a local person buying and running (totally hands on !) a successful pub with a trusted team (Hello Sarah and Sam and co..) which caters for the whole village. So successfully in fact that they have just won Alistair Sawdays Community Award in his recent book Pubs and Inns of England and Wales 2007 - Special Places... I had a flick through the book whilst at The White Hart - I have definitely visited more than 50% of the Pubs/Inns mentioned in Suffolk and Wales (oh yes, I was born in Wales !) all of which had that special something - for me, the food - reliably fantastic.

For those that don't live in Suffolk this is a place that would really sum up the direction I would like to see Suffolk move in. The White Hart is a modern, vibrant, inviting place to while a way a few hours tasting the gorgeous food and drink which can be produced locally. The ladies of village hold a knitting  club in the Pub, teenagers are employed (and forced to learn new skills in the kitchen !) children are welcomed and special events held frequently. 

Well done Lynda - I only wish I lived a little closer ! 

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