Revamped Wig & Mitre offering diners some of the best food in Bailgate
PUB CHAIN REFURBISH POPULAR UPHILL VENUE WITH LIVE MUSIC AND PLANS TO HOLD WEDDINGS IN NEW SURROUNDINGS
A POPULAR pub located on Lincoln’s historic Steep Hill has reopened after a refurbishment and is boasting a brand new menu.
The Wig & Mitre pub, just a stone’s throw away from Lincoln Cathedral, reopened to the public on Thursday, March 28, and promises to serve some of the best food in the Bailgate, according to its manager.
The historic building has received a fresh makeover with new carpets, bars, kitchen and signage.
The restaurant upstairs is now table service while downstairs remains a casual order-at-the-bar environment.
A new “ahead of the game” head chef has been brought in along with a new sous chef who will be cooking up fresh, quality food every day.
The Wig & Mitre was taken over by RedCat Pub Company when the former owners retired after more than 40 years in 2021.
Pub manager, Martin Scott, says he is excited to show what the venue has to offer.
He said: “We’ll have fresh food, table service upstairs and we we’re re hop hoping to do small weddings as well. . People can expect a really homely y pub feel, which we had before, but t the pub just needed a refurb to mod- ern day.
“The pub was pretty knackered so o needed a little bit of work and it was s about uplifting and enhancing whatt what we had here and making it feel like a pub itself. Some of the staff have been here for 10 years so this is a big enhancement for them because they’ve always wanted the pub to be like this.
“We have a music system throughout and will have live music every Friday. We’ll have weekly quizzes as well. It’s a good-quality pub in the Bailgate.”
Speaking about the new menu, Mr Scott said: “You’ve got some pubs which serve more microwavable food but for us we’ve gone fresh now.
“So it’s all good quality ingredients, cooked by really good chefs and served by fantastic servers. Our Sunday lunches before we closed were the best in the Bailgate and now they’re even better.”
The Wig & Mitre menu features sandwiches, nibbles and shares, small plates, mains, steaks, burgers, salads and sides.
Some notable dishes include an Nduja scotch egg with garlic aioli and rocket (£6), fillet of bream ‘en papillote’ with new potatoes, sunblush tomatoes, olives, baby spinach, roasted garlic and shallot butter (£18.95), and an 8oz 28-day-aged sirloin steak with chunky chips, slow-roasted tomato, baby caesar and a bacon crumb (£25.25).
Sunday roasts are also available with all the trimmings at £20.95 for roast topside of beef, £17.95 for roast c chicken supreme or roast loin of p pork and £23.95 for a roast trio of meat. In terms of drinks, the pub offers wines from around the world, local ales and a wide choice of beer and spirits. The pub also has private dining and events spaces available. Bookings can be made through the Wig & Mitre website.
A GIANT sinkhole on a Lincoln street will require week-long repairs after opening and creating a dangerous gap in the middle of the road.
Access to Hermit Street in Lincoln has been blocked via Portland Street while Anglian Water carry out emergency repair works on the sinkhole, discovered on Wednesday afternoon.
Pedestrians and traffic alike are being diverted to allow for the works to take place safely, with an emergency road closure authorised by Lincolnshire County Council.
Anglian Water did not confirm the cause of the sinkhole, but a site worker told reporters that it had been the result of a collapsed sewer, apparently discovered by the county council highways team while repairing a pothole on the street. Anglian Water is still currently investigating the cause, and expect further details in due course.
A spokesperson for Anglian Water did, however, state the incident would likely keep Hermit Street closed until the end of next week (Sunday, April 14).
“Our teams are on site fixing a sinkhole on Hermit Street in Lincoln,” the water provider said. “In order to keep our teams and other road users safe while we work, we’ve needed to close Hermit Road, and we’re diverting traffic and pedestrians as needed. We’d like to thank our customers in Lincoln for bearing with us while we carry out this emergency repair.”
A sinkhole opens up when there has been some form of collapse under the surface, and according to the British Geological Survey, they can be caused by a range of processes — be it erosion, dissolution or general collapse. Heavy rainfall, leaking drain pipes and burst water mains are just some of the ways sinkholes can occur, as well as construction work modifying surface drainage or altering loads imposed on the ground.
The sinkhole is located right next to a City of Lincoln Council housing development, though as mentioned previously, the true cause of the sinkhole is undetermined.
Lincolnshire County Council has advised people to avoid the area.