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Bars

The Keep, Wallingford

Albums on the wall, groovy downlighters, and bikes in fairy lights – we’re loving The Keep in Wallingford, a cool ale and wine bar that manages to please everyone.
COWLEY ROAD CRAWL

If you always stay on the spire side of Oxford, it’s time to venture across the Magdalen Bridge to the best pubs, bars and shops

The latest hot pub you’ll want to know about

Very excited to tell you about The Dog & Badger pub in Medmenham, between Marlow and Henley. As you know if you read Muddy regularly, I’m forever on the trail of funky places that do things a little bit differently, and this pub has its cool credentails up in lights. It opened at the end […]
Muddy goes out! A buzzy night in Oxford

Last week I was asked by a reader where I’d suggest she went out for a buzzy night in Oxford with girlfriends. That was a no brainer for me as I’ve only just gone and done the same thing myself – cocktails at TVC roof terrace on Oxford High Street (Carfax end) followed by dinner […]

Rooftop relish

Just a quickie because Jeremy Kyle is about to come on telly (I’m not kidding). I did about twenty things in one day in Oxford a few weeks back and totally forgot to put this on the blog, which is a bit stupid as it was actually the highlight of the day! I’d tweeted a […]
Yes please to TVC dinner and cocktails!

Part 2 of my post about Mr Muddy’s thoughtfulness. But don’t worry, no need to feel queasy – I’m not going to tell you about the spark plugs and marabou mankini just now. No, no, I’m actually going to tell you some cool places to go… As you may already know from my previous post, […]

One wine bar, many moules frites!

Why have one Christmas work lunch when you can have two?! I admit I’d only popped into The Quince Tree in Stonor last week for drinkies because I’d had designs on its new wine bar (above) but then I was led astray by some amazing moules frites. Eating at the wine bar – which only […]
Book the show *and* the private lounge bar! (Oxford)

I went to see the English National Ballet dance Coppelia at the New Theatre, Oxford on Tuesday night with my mum, and just loved it. I’m no ballet expert – I was the original elephant who flunked out after Grade 1 – but I love the combination of music, costume, dance and theatre. For this […]

REVIEW: The Greyhound, Rotherfield Peppard (Nr Henley)

You kind of forget when you see chefs on telly that they actually still exist and cook in real places. Local to us, Tom Kerridge is in the kitchens at The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Raymond Blanc is very present at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Heston still does some time between Waitrose collaborations at […]
Try these cocktails!

Surely not another sunny day? I’m going to be reaching for my Borat swimsuit soon at this rate. In the meantime (was that a collective sigh of relief I heard there?), I have these divine cocktails to tempt you with, courtesy of current Muddy teacher’s pet The Varsity Club in Oxford and their stupendous roof […]