New craft beer and food bar arrives in Nottingham

Nottingham’s craft beer and food market has yet another new entrant with the opening of Purecraft Bar and Kitchen in St Peters Gate.

It will be the second Purecraft Bar and Kitchen following the opening in Birmingham’s Waterloo Street in 2014.

Pure Craft, the company behind the Birmingham and Nottingham bars, was founded by a trio of businessmen in 2014. Andreas Antona is a chef turned restaurateur who runs Simpsons the iconic Michelin starred restaurant in Edgbaston and The Cross, a Michelin starred pub restaurant in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Martin Hilton is a former director at Mitchells and Butlers, one of the UK’s largest pub and restaurant groups and Paul Halsey is co-founder of Purity Brewing Co. the Warwickshire brewery behind multi award winning beers such as Pure Ubu, Mad Goose and Pure Gold.

They took the decision to set up in Nottingham based on the city’s busy food and drink scene.

The kitchen will be headed up by Andrew Smith. Andrew has worked in many top kitch-ens in his 13 years as a chef, including a year spent at Restaurant Sat Bains.

Richard Norton joins the team as general manager following three years spent as
restaurant manager at Ragdale Hall, the luxury hotel and spa.

Andreas Antona said: “Nottingham is a dynamic city with plenty going on in the food and drink scene.

“As a bar that’s as serious about food as we are about beer, we’re confident that we’re bringing something different to the area.

“We have a fantastic team in place who really understand what we’re about. We’re really looking forward to sharing our passion for great food and beer with the food and drink lovers in the city.”