This month, newly established hospitality firm, Herts Pubs Firm, launches its first enterprise – The Cock, a restored 16th century teaching inn on Hitchin Excessive Road. The pub opens on Friday 25th July, providing trendy British eating with a powerful concentrate on provenance and craft drinks.
Relationship again over 450 years, The Cock has undergone a delicate refurbishment to steadiness heritage options with modern design. The house features a 46-cover eating room, a 15-cover personal eating space (The Stables), a lounge and bar with assertion oak bar high, and an enclosed patio backyard for alfresco service.
Operations Supervisor Adam Msetfi leads the challenge, bringing over 20 years’ expertise together with Auberge Du Lac (Welwyn), The White Hart (Welwyn) and The Tilbury (Datchworth). Heading up the kitchen is Head Chef, Alex Corley, previously of three AA rosette restaurant, Thompson (St Albans) and whose expertise additionally consists of Gordon Ramsay’s Savoy Grill and Petrus.
Open for all-day eating, menus will champion British suppliers, together with meat from household butchers, Aubrey Allen and seafood from Cornish Flying Fish and Scottish provider, Keltic Seafare.
Dishes vary from bar snacks to bigger plates. The bar menu options selections corresponding to Cornish crab tartlet, elderflower and Granny Smith apple; Beef fats potato terrine chips with horseradish and mustard; Brioche doughnuts with pulled beef, pickled purple onion, crispy onion, chives; and Do-it-yourself crumpets with Heritage tomato chutney and Tunworth.
Starters and mains embrace Citrus cured mackerel with rainbow radish; Roasted hen of the woods, chargrilled artichoke, wild garlic and crispy mushroom; Sirloin of 50-day aged heritage beef in a smoked bone marrow sauce; and Poached chalk steam trout in a beetroot and sorrel sauce.
Sundays will function a devoted roast menu with Herefordshire rump of beef, Blythburgh Farm pork stomach or North Devon roast hen. Drinks embrace native beers, craft brews and trendy interpretations of traditional cocktails.
Operations Supervisor, Adam Msetfi commented:
“We now have been arduous at work making a premium pub provide rooted in high quality British produce, designed to serve the local people whereas additionally interesting to guests from additional afield.”
Extra particulars may be discovered at www.thecockhitchin.co.uk.
The Cock
8 Excessive St, Hitchin, SG5 1BH
Tel: 01462 539 200
Opening hours
Wednesday: 4pm-11pm
Thursday – Saturday: 12pm-11pm
Sunday: 12pm-7pm
Monday – Tuesday: Closed
