With many pubs and shops closing down these days, combining a pub with a deli seems a great way forward. The Norden Arms is a recently refurbished pub on the old road between Rochdale and Burnley.
Next to the pub is the Norden Arms Deli:
It's managed by Paul Sherrin, who previously ran Heroes Fine Foods (which won the 'Best Food & Drink retail Outlet' award in the Manchester Food and Drink Festival).
Inside the shop there's an interest selection of food and drink:
It's a place to go if you want a something you won't find in a supermarket, like these hand raised Lancashire pork pies:
and slow fermented bread from
Lancashire Artisan Bakery.
There's cooked meats from the award wining
Andrews Quality Foods in Salford and a good selection of charcuterie like smoked chicken, duck or goose and Russian gravadlax from
Mackenzies Yorkshire Smokehouse.
There's a great selection of cheeses. There's local cheeses like
Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire and fine cheese from further afield like Brie de Meaux and Manchego - which has been matured for 12 months.
I was hoping to try some organic cheese from
The Pextenement Cheese Company in Todmorden:
but Paul told me it sells out almost as soon as it arrives! Still it's nice to have an excuse to go back...
The Norden Arms Deli
539 Edenfield Road
Norden
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL11 5XH
Tel: 0844 241 3003
Web:
www.nordenarms.co.uk/site/deli
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