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News from February 2006

 

24 February 2006
Our current guest ale is Brains's Reverend James.  Full bodied and warming, rich in palate, spicy and aromatic with a deeply satisfying finish, this premium ale is brewed to 4.5% ABV, and has been described as having a "classic" flavour not commonly available these days.

The roots of Buckleys Brewery trace back to 1767, when, under the ownership of Henry Child, a prominent Methodist, the company began to brew beer in Llanelli. The Reverend James Buckley later took on the serious development of the brewery after his marriage to Child's daughter, Maria.

A traditional centuries old recipe is followed to brew this premium ale, now proving to be a highly desirable guest throughout the UK, and we're sure our customers will approve.

 

Christmas tree

17 February 2006
I trust you all had a good Christmas and that the post-New Year hangover was worth it.

I'd like to thank everyone for their kind comments and compliments on the standard of our celebrations last year.  It was only my second Christmas at The Fox, and I was pleased that so many of you felt we had given you such a good start to your Christmas celebrations. 

We like to stay ahead of the field here at The Fox, and our menu for Christmas 2006 is already available for you.  Having listened to your comments, we shall be serving roast parsnips and bread sauce with this year's meals.

Interested?  Then download the menu and take a look.  If it appeals, call us on 01235 821228 to check availability, and if you confirm your booking before the end of October we'll give you a free three-course meal for two next January.

Get Christmas 2006 wrapped up and save money on your Christmas spending.  We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Today we launch our new bar menu, with more than a dozen new or improved meals and sandwiches for you to try.

We've improved our already popular Sausages and Mash, now using Old Oxford Sausages handmade by our local butcher, Calnan Brothers of Didcot.  We are now using their Honey-roasted Ham for our sandwiches and meals, too.

Deli Platter for One or TwoAlso from Calnans comes the Italian Salami on our new Deli Platter - cold meats and cheeses served with pickles, olives and sun-dried tomatoes as a starter to keep to yourself or to share with friends. 

We've introduced two new saucy meals to be served with rice, pasta or a jacket potato.  Our new Beef Chilli is homemade to our own recipe, and is for those who like their chilli hot and spicy.  We've also added a Sweet and Sour dish, homemade with your choice of chicken or vegetables.

We have joined Europe, now, too, offering English, French and Italian ploughman's lunches by adding French Brie and Italian Salami to our ploughman's basket meals.

And we've enlarged our burger menu - and in more ways than one.  Our burgers are no longer the standard quarter-pounder you can find almost anywhere; now, when you order a burger at the Fox, you'll receive a 6oz burger handmade by Calnan Brothers - that's 50% bigger.  But that's not all.  We now offer a Breakfast Burger (Burger, Bacon and Egg) and a Black and Blue Burger (Burger with Black Pudding and Stilton).

Finally, we have added three new sandwiches to the menu - Steak and Egg, Brie, Bacon and Cranberry, and Cheddar Cheese and Marmite.

All our most popular sandwiches are still there - Ham, Egg and Chip (now with Honey-roasted Ham), Fish Fingers, Steak and Onion, even the infamous Janet Special are all still on the menu.  So too are our most popular main meals - our Homemade Steak and Guinness Pie is always very popular, as are our Lasagne (made with beef or vegetables) and Salmon and Dill Fishcakes.

Call in soon so see what's on the menu at The Fox, your award-winning local.

 

4 February 2006
On Thursday 2 February, The Fox Inn, Steventon received the award for the Best Newcomer in the Central television region. 

 

More than 1,000 people representing the very best in the pub trade gathered at the Morning Advertiser’s* Best Pub Awards Ceremony in London, where a total of thirty awards were made for excellence in categories as diverse as Best Wine Pub, Best Food Pub and Best Fundraising Pub. 

 

In making the award, The Morning Advertiser applauded our work at The Fox, saying that 'tireless efforts to make The Fox Inn at Steventon a success story won the judges approval,' and it's certainly true that our success has been a team effort.  To receive any award from one’s peers is a tremendous compliment, and I'm sure our customers will add their congratulations to mine when I say that it’s the people working at The Fox that have earned us this award.

 

This is the last time The Fox can be considered for this award, so what's next?  When I look around I see so much we have done in the past two years, but I also see many more improvements we can make.  We launch a new bar menu this month, and are reviewing our restaurant menu ready for the summer, so there is plenty to do as the weather improves.  Fortunately I have a fantastic team of staff, and some very loyal customers, so given a little time I'm sure The Fox will be considered for even more awards in years to come.

 

We're planning a party at the end of March to celebrate my second anniversary at The Fox and to thank both staff and customers for their support in making The Fox Inn the Central region's Best Newcomer for 2006.

 

*The Morning Advertiser is the national newspaper serving the licensed trade, and the Newcomer of the Year award is open to licensees who have been in the trade for less than two years.