I’ve got a very soft spot for the Greek Olive restaurant on Faringdon Road. I struggle to believe that four years have passed since I first wrote about the place on the blog here. Swindon’s Greek Olive is a popular place and with good reason. The people are lovely, the food is consistent and the portions are large. And who doesn’t like a large portion?! 😉 It’s a charming taste of Greece in the heart of Swindon.
Long-established Swindon venue, The Weighbridge Brewhouse, relaunched last week [26 June] with a refurbished restaurant and bar, and changes to its food and drink menus – thanks in part to its friendly Facebook followers.
You may remember the Weighbridge Brewhouse under the management of the people from the Three Crowns at Brinkworth. It’s USP was that it was the same format as the Three Crowns: no starters, large plates of meat, tons of veg and lots of cream and butter. It was the closest thing that Swindon had to Fayn Dayning – though it wasn’t really. I loved it – though these days my digestive system is less enamoured of rich sauces. The desire is strong but the gut is weak.
29th August 2018 The Baker's Community Café It's been sometime in the coming - you know how it is with building works - it always takes longer and costs more than you think. But at last it's open and getting underway and, best thing of all, it's a lovely bit of good...
One can’t have failed to notice how, over the last five years or so, the Italian tipple Prosecco has out-popped big brother Cava in the affordable-celebration-fizz stakes. Before we have a look at how that’s happened let’s be clear on what Prosecco is.
4th October 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] The Thistle Express launches in Swindon It's good to see what was - many years ago - the Wiltshire hotel and latterly The Thistle, back in use as the Thistle Express. It's in a super fab location for sure. Literally a spit...
29th September 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] The Core Juice Bar Swindon Last weekend saw the 4th annual sausage and ale trail around Old Town. This is, it has to said, a rather splendid event. It's a great opportunity to undertake a gastronomic tour round the...
15th September 2017 [jetpack_subscription_form] A Swindon Market History Doing some stuff for Swindon Civic Voice apropos of the demolition of the tented market and the proposed new development I came across this history of the tented market. NB: If you want to read...
21st July 2017 Here we go with another guest post, in the spirit of Switch on to Swindon, written by my AA Editorial Services client Reshma Field - aka Ishbel's Wardrobe. Aside from Reshma's feelings about the town centre I couldn't agree more! So thanks Reshma...
I haven’t yet had a chance to visit the Helen Browning’s chop house on Wood Street in Old Town. So what we have here dear listeners is a guest review from my friend Gill Thomas.
30th August 2015 It's all Greek to me! The Greek Olive Restaurant - Swindon “The Greeks' fierce pride in their heritage has kept the basic culture intact. Whether a slave under Roman rule, a captive under Turkish domination, or a newly arrived immigrant, the Greek is...
Everyone wants a vibrant high street that is a place for socialising as well as shopping. But that doesn’t happen by magic. We all have the choice between using independent retailers and food outlets or the national and global ‘big -boys’. Sometimes one has to go to the ‘big-boys’. But, if we always do that, then we’ve only ourselves to blame for high streets full of pound stores and charity shops.
