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Well we've finally had some decent weather and been able to use the garden, we've just launched a new menu which is getting some rave reviews, why not pop in and try it for yourself.
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Do you enjoy knitting, or would you like to give it a try?
Whether you're an expert knitter or crocheter, or a total novice keen to find some help, please come along to our new Stitch and Sip group at The Amble Inn. We meet at 8pm on the 3rd Monday of every month. It's a great chance to chat while you knit away, and nobody will think you're boring if you go on about crafts! We have a lovely comfortable area at The Amble Inn, where they serve coffee and hot chocolate if the more traditional pub drinks don't appeal.
Please bring your own projects to work on. If you're a complete beginner you can email us at stitchandsip@gmail.com so we can make sure you have what you need to get started. You can also find out more on our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=120510367959611
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Coffee morning date...***11th May***if you haven't been to a coffee morning at the amble yet then you won't have seen all the great stuff you can get there...this time there are going to be even more stalls.
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Easter Sunday bookings are now being taken. We'll be doing an easter egg hunt in the garden for the kids (and some adults.) The best Easter bunny outfit competition will be judged by Radio One Breakfast gang member "Warrington John." He's quite a tradionalist when it comes to bunnies.
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Facebook comes to the Amble.... Join the group to get the latest news on what we're upto
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Rugby at the Amble, we know we don't have the biggest telly in the world but at least you can enjoy one of our 4 real ales, and some great home cooked food while keeping an eye on the score.
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2010 Fifa World Cup & Wimbledon. You'll be able to catch all the action here in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. We're planning to have several tellys in the garden and hopefully a large screen too...
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Coming soon...Return of the Tapas, everyone is asking when we are going to be doing it again so we're bringing it back. First Tapas night Thursday 1st April 2010.
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Amble Inn Coffee Craft Markets, if you haven't been to one of these yet, remedy that quickly as it is the only place to get your hands on some great pressies, harpendens best Coffee and cake. Brill.
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Congratulations to Jessica (aged two and a bit) and Meriel (aged 30 and a bit) who took 1st overall prize in the pumpkin Carving Competition, judged by Radios 1's Warrington John. Their entry titled "Pappa Moe" blew the judge away "a thrilling use of the medium really conveyed a sense of burning despair" thanks John ...we think.
Thanks to everyone who entered and to Radio 1 for allowing John to judge, I'm sure everyone will agree it was a memorable Halloween.
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Amble Inn Charity Golf Day 19/09/2009.
Many thanks to everyone who dontated a prize, took part, or even just drank a pint of Fosters for charity, at the Amble Inn Charity Golf Day.
The total is still to be finalised but its currently standing at over £2100 an amzing amount. Which will be going to the Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital.
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Congratulations to Manland Dads Cricket team on a historic victory last night. Hopefully Weddygate did not detract from an enjoyable evening of cricket sausages wasabi peas, bombay mix and beer. July 2009.
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Harpenden Beer festival update. We have had a lot of interest about hosting a beer festival after the success of Harpendens first Beer festival in the Morecamble Hall. We can confirm that if we do hold one Gin and Tonics will still be available (Steve is that OK?)
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May 2009, we've been making the most of the good weather and have had loads of BBQ's already, if the suns out then come down!
We're also just putting the finishing touches to our events for the St. Albans and District Food and Drink Festival, all our events will be advertised here as well as on the festival website.
www.stalbansfoodanddrinkfestival.com
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Its been a good couple of months for us, not only are we now listed int he Good Pub Guide 2009, our sister pub the Hare and HOunds in St. Albans has been shortlisted as one of 6 pubs up for the St. Albans Best Pub Award.
see the link below for more information
http://www.stalbansfoodanddrinkfestival.com/?page_id=3
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Its March, and as the weather was great last weekend we had our first BBQ. When the weathers good we'll be having one every friday and saturday, as well as running our normal menus from the Kitchen.
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Pie Night...As thursday has now been renamed, we don't know why we didn't do it sooner...get down and try our pies out.
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January 2009, to see in the new year we're introducing a couple of customer offers, make sure you have a look at our offer page.
Burns night, we love Haggis, so can't wait till burns night, make sure you don't miss out, it'll be worth coming just to see us in our Kilts - well Ross anyway!
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Saturday 22nd November is the next time you'll be able to catch "Bolt-on Matt and the northern Kabula movement" if you haven't seen these guys before then make sure you're free to catch them on saturday night. Playing calssic covers from the 50's onwards...we all love them and you do too....
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Our new wood burning fire is in, so this winter we'll be smoke free and warm, why not pop in and warm up in front of it with a glass of vin chaud.
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Update: this event raised £250 for breast cancer, thanks to all those who contributed.
We're holding a Special Halloween evening at he Amble this year, as it coincides with the Breast Cancer Wear it Pink day our Halloween has a pink theme, hey beats orange.
We have a special menu and our taking bookings now (See Halloween menu on left.)
We're contributing 10% from each meal booked to the Breast Cancer Charity.
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Thanks to everyone that took part in our Charity Golf Day. We raised over over £1,860 for the Royal Marsden, Thanks to everyone that donated prizes and their time to help organise this event, especially Nick.
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Our real ales have been getting more and more popular, so we have had a third Hand Pump installed, and we're already talking about getting another one in.
At the moment we have Timothy Taylor Landlord, Red Squirrel IPA, and Fullers London Pride. Black Sheep will be back soon, and we're going to be changing our guest ales again next week. If there is a particiular beer you like why not ask us and we'll see if we can get it in for you.
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We're now open for Breakfast every Saturday morning from 10 to 12. Enjoy Eggs Benedict, Cumberland Sausages, freshly baked Danish pastries, great Coffee and more. The perfect way to start your weekend.
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Tuesday Quiz night, we've had a couple now so we're making this a regular thing, quiz starts at eight (ish) every Tuesday night.
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Our Kitchen is now open 7 days a week.
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We're getting lots of requests for parties and functions at the moment so Phil our Head Chef has putogether some menus, we can cater for functions upto about 70 with food, so please ask at the bar if you're looking for a local venue.
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This Saturday 5th July sees Head Chef Phil Houlihan doing a Chefs demo for the St. Albans Food and Drink Festival, outside the Town Hall in St. Albans.
Gallery of pics just added
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We use as many local supliers as we can from Carpenters Nursery, to John the Butcher and many more. If you know of someone who has some great produce available locally then let us know at info@ambleinn.co.uk
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The outside bar has been renovated and to celebrate we're holding our first BBQ of the year on Friday the 4th July.
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If you saw at Harpenden Farmers market I hoped you enjoyed all the cakes, vin chaud soup, sausages and bread. Congratulations to Patrick who won the draw on the day. It was a great success and something we would like to do again, promoting the fantastic local produce available to us.
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Thursday night is Tapas night, if you haven't tried it yet then you have missed out. Every Thursday from 6 till 10
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At the Amble Inn we want you to feel as relaxed as comfortable as possible.
Daily papers, magazines and books are always available.
Whever possible we use local suppliers, we are not part of a chain and like to support good quality local producers, we use organic bread from the Redbourn Water Mill, the fruit and veg come from Carpenters Nursery and our meat comes from John the Butcher at Sandridgebury and Hedges Farm.
We have a fantastic wine list, we also serve a couple of award winning ales Timothy Taylor and Black Sheep, as well as a wide selection of lagers and spirits.
If you fancy a hot drink we can offer you a range of coffees, from Latte to espressos whatever takes your fancy please just ask. At the moment we are offering free refills so why not come in try one. We also have Cakes available throughout the day.
*New Free broadband Wi-Fi access for customers*
Bookings
We know how your lunchtime can be precious at too short at the best of times, so we are happy to take pre-orders please call us on 01582 621824 anytime after 11:30 am.