Fat Mondays were at Penzance Food Festival in Penlee Park this weekend serving up some totally fabulous Smashburgers action I saw them here at Penzance Food Festival last year. Didn’t eat one and have regretted it ever since. So here I was making amends to my food soul. This was going to be a Job done and…
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Mackerel Sky Seafood Bar in Newlyn
You can’t come to Newlyn without making at least one visit to the excellent Mackerel Sky Seafood bar (or in our case twice!) Located on Newlyn Road, the Bar is twinned up with the Mackerel Sky Seafood Shack where we ate last year (read more here). Two spots a mere 50 yards apart, Two Kitchen’s,…
Lunch at the Wren and Raven in Penzance
The Wren & Raven up at the top of Market Street is a great addition to the cafe scene in Penzance. Self styled on their site as being ‘An independent coffee roastery, artisan bakery, art gallery, and music venue based in Penzance, rooted in creativity and community‘ it was certainly a quite bustling spot when we…
Mackerel Sky Seafood Shack in Newlyn
The Mackerel Sky Seafood Shack in Newlyn, is a fabulous spot for lunch where you can to try out the local seafood and produce. We popped in for lunch after a trip to nearby Mousehole and it was so good that we returned a couple of days later to eat again. We just had to…
Breakfast at the Mount Bay Pasty Company in Penzance
The Mounts Bay Pasty Company is a lovely cafe situated on Market Jew Street just up from the harbour. We visited twice on this trip to Penzance so that tells you all you need to know even before I talk about what we ate The people running it were friendly, it was busy full of…
Breakfast at the Smugglers in Penzance
The Smugglers Den in Penzance located on Causewayhead was a handy spot near to our AirBNB (on the same street) to get breakfast which was the purpose of our visit It wasn’t just about breakfast though, in their own words; “Ahoy there ‘Land Lubbers’ welcome to The Smugglers Den. Come rest your weary bones &…
Sukothai in Penzance
Sukothai in Penzance is a small and cosy Thai restuarant near the top of Queens Street. It seemed quite popular perhaps benefitting from being one of few places open during the week (Tues to Sunday). The week we visited in September many other places did not open until nearer the weekend We had spotted the…
Frasers Fish and Chips in Penzance
Fraser’s Fish and Chips on the West Promenade in Penzance are a former National Fish and Chips award winner. They have been here since 2016 and hail from the award winning Harbour Lights in Falmouth. This all sounds like excellent fish and chips provenance to me and a prime reason why we sought them out…
Breakfast Muffins at the Terrace in Penzance
The Terrace in Penzance is a rather nice, quirky and bright cafe serving excellent sandwiches, cakes, coffee and more on Market Jew Street right in the heart of the action. We had parked up down by the harbour and as we worked our way up the slope into the town this attractive looking place was…
