William Peat is one of 2 very good butchers in the town. They have 2 shops just a few doors apart…read more One is purely meat & the other does pies, cooked meat slices & cheese. There is a small counter that sells hot bacon buns & pulled pork rolls. Well worth a visit if in town for a tasty plate pie or quiche for an evening meal.

Great place always good prices.read more

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Bought my lunch there today. Was in town and couldn't resist. I had a pork pie which had mushy peas…read moreinside on top of the pork. Still warm and very delicious. Because I couldn't make my mind up and choose from the many delicacies on offer, I bought a second lunch a bread bun with a kofta lamb kebab inside topped with spicy tomato sauce. They do several types of stuffed bun like this and they're the only place I know to do this. Utterly delicious. Previously I have bought many steaks, countless pounds of sausages, bacon, chicken and pork. All of it has been excellent. Cockburns have recently started making pork and black pudding pies. Utterly delicious. If you like pies then you need to try one.

This is an old favourite shop I have recommended several times. In my humble opinion it is the…read morefinest pork pie shop in the country. On and off I have visited this shop with friends and family and they have never been disappointed.These days I live remote from Bedale so it is not so easy but every time I (or anyone I can talk into going) is near we get the pies. I can't recommend highly enough.

Thanks to Runcible's review, I went here yesterday and bought two juicy 10oz sirloins for £11. I'm…read moreclueless when it comes to steaks, so I just asked the moustachio'd chap behind the counter what he'd suggest, and it resulted in the tastiest steak I've ever cooked. Melt in the mouth it was. And that's not because I'm a particularly good cook Cheers for the tip off, shall come here for all my meat requirements from now on!

I implicitly trust my friend Runcible when it comes to businesses like this…read more Amazing meats. I always have to buy a scotch egg or two when I visit. Super friendly and knowledgeable.

If you are like me, trawling the A1/M1 north to south and south to north happens all too regularly…read more Moto makes me think a fairy dies every time you walk through those automated doors. Little Chef is, well, it's Little Chef, and I think we all know what that means, right, right? On my latest venture south of the border, I was travelling with the oldies, which means we travel at the speed of the parents. Which, on the bright spring day that was Thursday, was alright with me. What was not alright was the prospect of eating crappy overpriced food and drinking burnt coffee at any one of the service stations that blot the landscape. Enough, I thought, we are ambling the day away, therefore, why be forced into bad food land? Lets take a risk and pull off the motorway to find a cafe, or a pub to have lunch. And so we did after a couple of attempts and misses of exits (hair raising, indeed!) which brought us into the village of Leeming Bar. We would have pulled away back onto the motorway, but luckily we went left instead of right (that might have been down to me demanding to go to Northallerton... but never mind that) and came across Spring House Farm Shop. Inside is a gallery of homebaked treats - bread, cake, roulade... as well as the normal items shops sell i.e. chutneys etc. At the back was a small cafe, where we tucked into cheese and onion chutney (caramelised... so. damn. good.) sandwiches (home baked bread rolls) and soup. My eye fell on... well, I can't tell you, as it's my sister's birthday present and a fellow member on yelp, but it was really rather smart, I promise you. I, as the lardass member of the family, also grabbed a slice of coffee and walnut cake. Although the walnuts were not spread through the sponge, it was one of the lightest sponges I have had in a long time. Glad I tried! By the end I had spent forty quid on my sandwich - one birthday present down, some tomato and smoked garlic ketchup, onion marmalade as well as some mango chutney and some other bits and bobs. My other sister bought breakfast (some amazing giant field mushrooms) from the small but delicious fresh vegetable section and we were good to go. This is definitely up there on my list of farmers markets and a welcome change on what is one helluva laborious drive.

From the owner: Fresh baking homemade style, fresh seasonal fruit and veg, pickles and jams, rare breed meats from…read morelocal suppliers, cheeses from wenslydale, Dont forget our coffee shop serving fresh ground coffee, panini toasted sandwiches and home made cakes, open monday saturday 9am to 4pm sunday 9am to 3pm.

Meat looks amazing,Service very welcoming & so helpful. Very friendly village ambiance with a…read morerelaxed feeling.

I have been buying my meat here for years and have never been disappointed with the quality and the…read moreservice, im a bit must cook, have to cook rather than want to but the quality of the meat makes it so easy to impress, never underestimate the savings of good meat, cheap may seem a good deal but it very rarely is with James Whites meat there is never any wastage and it doesnt shrink away to nothing you get good value. Had a hog roast recently too and all i can say is WOW!

A lovely family type butchers located on Millgate (near the end of town parking). Fantastic…read morecustomer service, nothing is too much trouble, prices are competitive and the range of Hudson in-house products such as the wonderful pork pies, quiches and the like make it well worth a visit. Hudson also supply meat to local functions / parties etc and have a good reputation locally for reliability and good prices. Top rated and recommended butchers.

Lovely produce at reasonable prices, they offer a wide range of produce, the usual butchers raw &…read morecooked meat selection as well as gorgeous homemade quiches & pies. The pork pies in particular are to die for! The only thing which lets it down is the attitude of one member of staff in particular. You will be lucky to get a grunt from her, let alone a 'thank you'. Such a shame as the other 2 ladies (sisters I think) are lovely. The grumpy one is enough to put you off going in though, especially when she's stood at the window with her arms folded, scowling. Scary!!

I find the website a great way to place my order:…read morehttp://www.av-fawcett.co.uk Their friendly customer service always puts a smile on my face and their food is amazing. I take heart from the fact the meat is source locally and it tastes great too! I can recommend them to everyone.

Cranstons, the family-owned butchers in Penrith, has been serving local meat since 1914. Now it has…read moreopened a new café above the Cumbrian Food Hall, close to the M6 on the south-west side of the town. When I visited on a lunchtime in late November, the place was packed with locals, no doubt taking the opportunity to get out and about following the recent Biblical downpour. As you'd expect there's plenty of meat on the menu: an 8oz Gammon Steak; Cumberland Sausage with mash and red onion marmalade; an 8oz steak burger with streaky bacon and home made chips. Each of these costs £8.45. For £10.25 you can try the 'Cranstons' Local Platter, which features pastrami, roast ham and smoked pork loin. I was told that the soup of the day was parsnip and banana. I gave this a miss and opted for Chicken and Mediterranean Vegetable Terrine with tomato and olive chutney. It played safe, in my opinion, and would have benefited from a more imaginative accompaniment. A nod to vegetarians comes in the form of Grilled Goats Cheese & Pickled Beetroot Salad and Quiche of the Day. But I think a vegetarian in Cumbria is someone who has resolved not to eat meat between meals. The café is bright, spacious and unfussily furnished. The tall windows offer panoramic views of the lowering skies over the northern fells. On the opposite wall, a water-painting depicts a more benign riparian scene.

what can i say about this fine specialist butchers, apart from you have to go to buy to experience…read morethe quality of the food. The meat is so fresh, and they do fab stir frys plus so much more than you would expect frfom a butchers. There is also a really good fruit and veg section in there along with a local family run bakers whose bread is good.They also sell locally produced desserts and specialist food tha you wont find in supermarkets. If its something different for tea you are looking for then i strongly recommend you give this place a go.