As a follow on from our rapid circumnavigation of Ballymoney yesterday we (being relative newcomers to the town) noticed that the main street (no longer than the length of a good shot with a three wood) is home to no less than five butchers. Add to this another couple or possibly three and we have eight butchers serving a small market town. This does not include the temple to Mammon (aka Tesco) lurking at the bottom of the town.
We in Ballymoney may not have a lot of variety but what we do have; we have a lot of them! This also appears true of coffee shops, churches etc. I cannot in all honesty say that the town is a great destination for someone looking to enjoy haute cuisine in the evening but should you fancy a decent cup of coffee on the way to the butchers, you will be spoilt for choice!
Therefore in an attempt to get blogging on something that actually reflects the title of the blog I will endeavour to bring to the world of Blog, ‘Mortimer Recommends…’, a short series on the delights of Ballymoney. I’m not sure whether to start with something frothy and do coffee shops or try for something more meaty and do an expose on butchers or aim to be a little more uplifting and show you the religious options in the borough. After traipsing around the town researching these options I suppose the best course of action will be to do a tour of the hostelries… or maybe the best place to start?
2 comments:
I seem to remember 'The Little Brown Jug' or some such establishment half way down Main Street and there was a cafe type place further up towards the clock that you only found by tripping over a menu board out on the pavement as you had to go up an impossibly narrow (for Americans) flight of stairs to get to it. Think it was The Peppercorn ? Awesome soda bread.
I look forward to many trips down memory lane with your reviews and hopefully some photos.
As for butchers, we only went to Olpherts - is it still in business ?
Morning Silverback,
the peppercorn is still there. As for Olpherts I will investigate.
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