Inside cosy Staffordshire village pub - with desirable food and plenty of history
It has more than 170 years of history and has become well-known and well-regarded for its warm welcome, great food and standing as a community hub in a south Staffordshire village.
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There are more and more pubs which are working more towards being dry-led, food-orientated pubs.
While there is a rose-tinted view of pubs as a place to sit down and drink in a spit-and-sawdust-type environment, with chairs and tables and pork scratchings, the modern reality is that more pubs are looking towards serving food and providing places to sit and eat as a way to stay viable.
How this is presented and how well it is received can be a trickier proposition for pubs, but one pub which has become a popular place for food and drink is the Vine Wombourne.
Sitting on Wombourne High Street, the Vine is part of the Mitchells & Butlers Vintage Inns collection, a collection which celebrates country pubs and aims to provide a comfortable dining and drinking experience in a traditional pub.
The Vine started life as a private house in the early 18th century, but by 1851, it had become The Vine, drawing much of its trade form local farm labourers, while the appearance of former stables at the rear of the building indicate that people travelling on horseback would have used the pub as well.
It has been refurbished by Vintage Inns and retains traditional features such as beams and an inglenook fireplace, while also retaining a small bar area alongside the large seated area for food.
