Teardrop Bar is one of the latest editions to Oxford Covered Market, taking on the old Haymans Fisheries spot and run by the brains behind Church Hanbrewery. If you haven’t come across Church Hanbrewery before, they're based in Church Hanborough (the name probably gives it away!) and have been producing beer since 2015. I discovered the joys of Church Hanbrewery at the … [Read more...]
A first look: The Plough
Oxford's newest pub, well, returning pub anyway as it originally opened in 1656, is The Plough on Cornmarket Street. Since Austin Reed’s closure in 2016, it had been empty until the back end of last year. At the moment they're going through a ‘soft launch’ with the grand opening in February. In talking with Steve Jones, who will assist in running the bar, he mentioned they … [Read more...]