The, er, humble pie has never really been fashionable but with the hardy trend for sharing and small plates in so many recently opened restaurants still rampant, you have to work a bit harder to snuffle out a good un. But don’t worry, as ever, we’ve done the graft for you.
Whether it’s a Lancashire cheese and onion pie at The Bird at Birtle or the “Double Bomber” at The Eagle and Child, not to mention regularly rotating seasonal specials from celebrated purveyors of pastry like Stosie Madi at The Parker’s Arms or Rob Owen Brown at The Hinchcliffe, there’s a pie here with your name on it.
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BirtleBird At Birtle
More detailsThe big, first-floor window at the rear of Andrew Nutter’s Bird At Birtle frames the moors – and this gastropub is an ode of sorts to its impressive, rural location.
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PrestonThe Cartford Inn
More detailsThis historic coaching house serves adventurous British pub food in poetic configurations. The cooking at The Cartford Inn is by mushroom forager and head chef Chris Bury whose CV includes the Fat Duck and Claridges.
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RamsbottomEagle & Child
More detailsThe Eagle & Child is famous for offering excellent Sunday lunches and award-winning pub grub in the hills above Manchester.
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ClitheroeParkers Arms
More detailsThe Parker’s Arms is a homely pub, serving and baking extraordinary, modern European food.
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LydgateThe White Hart at Lydgate
More detailsThe White Hart at Lydgate is a rustic dining pub with an excellent reputation and wine list. Located 700 feet above sea level, where Saddleworth Moor starts, the restaurant is in an impressive former coaching house, and it’s a place for all: there’s a restaurant and brasserie with two AA rosettes, a pub, function areas and a boutique hotel.
