Derbyshire Food & Drink

A visit to the Derby suburb of Chaddesden where a former coffee shop is now serving up a different form of liquid refreshment. Now a micropub, I checked out The Hoppy Place.

Situated in the Derbyshire market town of Ripley is a town centre micropub that is aptly named Ripley’s Little Ale House. Little by name, but is it little for everything else?

I was feeling rather hoptimistic about my latest micropub adventure as I set foot in the Derby suburb of Spondon to visit The Hoptimist, a former hardware store that now provides the tools for a relaxing drink or two.

Having visited one of Allestree’s two micropubs it was time to visit the second small watering hole, actually this was the first to open in the suburb – The Pothole.

Named after its building number, the No. 189 is one of two micropubs currently operating in the Derby suburb of Allestree. I’d enjoy a warm evening here in June 2023 checking out this small boozer.

While most micropubs are located in former retail units, The Creaky Floorboard in Derby is situated on the ground floor of a residential building. Let’s check out this home-turned-micropub.