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Food & Drink Suppliers
Here are some of the suppliers we use:
F. W. Garside, (Butchers)
North Road Ambleside
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Freddie Garside is one of Ambleside's 'characters'. His small shop can be found out of the town centre at the top of the little road that runs alongside the Information centre and Post Office. He is renowned for his home-made Cumberland sausage and quality fresh meat. Freddie can often be seen in his cowboy hat, riding his horse through Ambleside on summer evenings.
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Cartmel Valley Game Supplies & Smoke House
High Bank Side
Cartmel
015395 36413
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Licensed Game dealer and producers of top quality smoked Salmon.Suppliers to top quality hotel and restaurants |
Udale Speciality Foods
Schola Green Lane
Morecambe
0800 174464 (freephone)
www.udale.com
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A local butcher that has been sourcing meat from Cumbrian Farms for many years and
supplying the best Hotels, Restaurants and Pubs. Their products are now available to customers outside the region who have asked where they can get the very special taste of Cumbrian Meats, via the internet. |
Lucy's Specialist Grocers
Compston Road
Ambleside
015394 32288
www.lucysofambleside.co.uk/delicatessen

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A delicatessen specialising in produce from around Cumbria with the emphasis on individually created
foods ranging from cheeses, bread and pastries to pickles, chutneys and puddings
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The Cheese Larder,
24 Finkle Street,
Kendal
01539 726745
www.cheeselarder.co.uk

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Established 1990 in Kendal as a specialist retailer of mainly British cheeses, the Cheese Larder was quickly seen by local hoteliers as an ideal supplier to help them obtain variety and quality. The company has now expanded to cover the whole of Cumbria, North Lancashire and West Yorkshire and offers both wholesale and retail sales to the rest of the UK through the Internet. |
Farrer's Tea & Coffee Merchants
13 Stricklandgate, Kendal
01539 731707
www.farrers.com
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Farrer's is a well-known, traditional purveyor of excellent teas and coffees, just walk past the shop and smell for yourself - or treat yourself to a cup of tea or coffee and a cake in the their cafe. The building itself dates from the 17th century and is a grade 2 listed building, from where Liverpool Tea Merchant John Farrer started his business in 1819 - the building has now been immortalised by Liliput Lane. |
Coniston Brewing Company Ltd
The Forge
Coniston
015394 41133
www.conistonbrewery.com
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Hidden away behind the Black Bull in Coniston is the Coniston Brewing Company. This outstanding brewery run by Ian Bradley is where Bluebird Bitter is made using only the finiest ingredients and water from high up in the fells surrounding Coniston. |
Hawkshead Brewery Ltd
Mill Yard
Staveley
01539 822644
www.hawksheadbrewery.co.uk
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Hawkshead Brewery is a craft brewery, brewing traditional beer styles with a modern twist. They have been brewing since 2002, at first in a barn just outside the village of Hawkshead, and now in a new tailor-made brewery beside the River Kent, in Staveley. The new brewery is a 20 barrel (3,300 litre) plant, with a weekly capacity of 100 barrels, made for them by Moeschle in Southern Germany. Alongside the new brewery, and looking down into it, is The Beer Hall which is a showcase for Real Ale. |
Lakeland Vintners
The Wine Warehouse
Ings
01539 821999
www.lakelandvintners.co.uk
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Established in the 1970s, Lakeland Vintners have been supplying wine to the Hotel & Restaurant industry for nearly 40 years. Based at Ings, between Windermere and Kendal, they supply to customers from Carlisle down to Preston.
A traditional business, with strong values about quality and customer service, they also source wines from smaller producers not usually available elsewhere.
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Majestic Wines
Blackhall Road
Kendal
01539 729257
www.majestic.co.uk
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Majestic Wine Warehouses is the UK's biggest retailer specialising in sales of wine by the mixed case. They sell wines and spirits with a minimum purchase of 12 bottles (any mix) and offer an extensive range of superb wines in large quantities, giving customers real choice and value. |
Oddbins Uk Ltd
31 Stricklandgate
Kendal
01539 730016
www.oddbins.com
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Oddbins is a national retailer of fine wines, malts, spirits, fortified wines and aperitifs |

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