Riverbend House
Eat & drink

Charcoal, bread, and beer from up the road

Lamb with sumac, a whole river fish, flatbread out of the boiler alcove twice a night, and five taps that never leave the district.

The grill

Everything goes over coals first

There is one heat source in this kitchen and it is charcoal. Even the vegetables see it, which is why the menu is shorter than you would expect for a room this size.

The cook's family recipes, the fish co-op upriver and whatever the grocer two doors down has too much of decide the board between them. Nothing is written down until four in the afternoon.

The kitchen runs until midnight, an hour behind the bar. After that it is bread, pickles and cheese while the last tables finish.

A dish plated beside the grill
Coals
Lamb, quail, a whole fish for four, and eggplant that converts people.
Bread
Twice a night from the alcove oven, and it does run out.
Taps
Five, all local, rotated when a brewer makes a good enough case.
Service

Kitchen and bar, hour by hour

5pm – 6.30pmGrill warming, snacks only

Open

6.30pm – 9pmFull board

Open

9pm – midnightFull board, coals running down

Open

midnight – 1amBread, pickles, cheese

Last call at half twelve