The Sticky Beak Blog
Hello people, let me introduce myself. I am a local Derbyshire bird, who along with her family and friends likes to spread her wings and get her beak sticky sampling food, wine and beer in local restaurants and venues. Hopefully having good times and discovering hidden treasures in our glorious neighbourhood along the way.
I'm not particularly snobby about fancy food or surroundings; I just like a place to be clean, friendly, have atmosphere and be able to do a decent job of cooking the food that is their trade. read more
Whats New On The Sticky Beak Blog
| Back To The Village Inn In Marehay For Their Pizzas The first rule of life? Don't razz your Mummy off; or, if you prefer to look at it a different way, keep Mummy on-side. Happy Mummy = Happy Sticky = Happy Man Bird, Fledge, BB etc.. Read The Article | |
| Out For Dinner At The Dog In Pentrich The Dog at Pentrich is [now] the sister site to Tony's Bar and Grill in Beeston, a restaurant His Nibs and I recently visited, and enjoyed. It's been a fair while since we've pootled out to Pentrich, so Read The Article | |
| Losehill House Hotel & Spa Named Among the Top 1% of Boutique Hotels in the World Losehill House Hotel & Spa, an independent luxury 4-star hotel in the heart of the Peak District National Park, has been named one of the top 1% Read The Article | |
| Sunday Lunch At The Scotsmans Pack, Hathersage I don't care what anyone says, as a Brit, there's one meal that screams home: the iconic Sunday Roast. The Man and I were on our way to Hathersage and The Scotsman's Pack Country Read The Article | |
| Longbow Venues Named One Of The Sunday Times Best Places To Work For 2025 - For The 2nd Year Running Award-winning hospitality group Longbow Venues has been recognised once again in The Sunday Times Best Places to Read The Article | |
| Sticky Beak Drops In For Wingfest 2025 The sun was shining down for our afternoon slot at WingFest 25, held at Bustler Market in The Chocolate Factory, and The Man and I were all fired up to savour some lip-smacking morsels. Plenty of other folks Read The Article | |
| Another Course of Top Chefs Announced for the Festival of Food and Drink at Thoresby Park Following the recent announcement of Saturdays guest chefs Simon Rimmer, Rosemary Shrager, and Paul A Young the Festival Read The Article | |
| The Makers Market at Denby Pottery Village on Saturday 31st May 2025 Denby is hosting The Makers Market at Denby Pottery Village on Saturday, 31st May open from 10am-4pm with Denby Pottery Village itself open from 9am-5pm Read The Article | |
| Dinner At Anoki Indian Restaurant At Egginton Near Burton-upon-Trent Well, after more years passing than I care to admit for us to visit Anoki Indian in Egginton (near Burton-upon-Trent), we nearly whizzed past it! You need to keep your eyes Read The Article | |
| Summer Terrace Living at Fischer's Baslow Hall. Bear with me, folks, there's some artistic license coming through - and feel free to sing it in your heads! 'Summer Terrace Livin', it's come round at last; Summer Terrace Livin', it’s come round Read The Article | |