A new porter on tap 7
Coal Barge Porter replaces the winter stout on the cask line this week (sample).
The Lamplighter
Bistro kitchen and free house on Wharf Street (sample). Lunch, dinner and a Sunday roast; eight beers on the bar, set from pale to dark.
1
Wharf Pils
Pilsner
4.4%, keg
$3.30 half
$6.20 pint
2
Lamplight Gold
Golden ale
3.9%, cask
$2.90 half
$5.40 pint
3
Hop Yard Pale
Pale ale
5.2%, keg
$3.40 half
$6.40 pint
4
Towpath Bitter
Best bitter
4.0%, cask
$2.90 half
$5.40 pint
5
Red Brick
Red ale
4.8%, keg
$3.20 half
$6.00 pint
6
Tanner's Mild
Dark mild
3.4%, cask
$2.70 half
$5.00 pint
7
Coal Barge Porter
Porter
4.6%, cask
$3.10 half
$5.80 pint
8
Night Shift Stout
Oatmeal stout, nitro
5.0%, keg
$3.30 half
$6.20 pint
EBC 6, pale and lightEBC 100, dark and roasted
On the bar tonight (sample). The brass ring marks cask ales, pulled by hand. Example prices.
Open today
Kitchen, Tuesday to Saturday
Lunch menu until 15:00, then dinner
12:00–21:30
Sunday roast
Three sittings: 12:00, 14:00 and 16:30
12:00–17:00
Bar, Tuesday to Sunday
Until midnight on Friday and Saturday
11:30–23:00
Monday
The kitchen rests; bar snacks all evening
Bar only, 16:00–22:00
From the kitchen today
A short menu cooked from scratch, changed when the market changes. Each dish names the beer on the bar that suits it.
Beer-battered haddock and chips
Pale ale batter, mushy peas, tartare sauce, lemon
With tap 3, Hop Yard Pale
$17
Steak and mild pie
Shortcrust lid, braised beef, Tanner’s Mild gravy, buttered greens
With tap 6, Tanner’s Mild
$18
Pork belly, apple and cider sauce
Crackling, mustard mash, roast carrots
With tap 4, Towpath Bitter
$19
Wild mushroom and barley risotto
Aged hard cheese, parsley, crispy shallots (vegetarian)
With tap 2, Lamplight Gold
$15
Treacle tart
Clotted cream; or ask for the stout and chocolate pot
With tap 8, Night Shift Stout
$8
Example prices. Tell us about allergies when you order; the kitchen keeps an allergen list for every dish.
Cask ale, kept properly
Cask beer is still alive when it reaches us. It rests in the cellar for two days to settle and clear, at 12 degrees, before it goes on the bar.
- Every cask is tasted before the first pint is poured
- Lines cleaned every week
- A cask is finished within three days, or it goes down the drain
Four of tonight’s eight are cask ales (sample).
Sunday roast, in three sittings
Roast potatoes in beef dripping, Yorkshire puddings for everyone, a jug of gravy for the table.
Rare-breed beef
$22
Free-range chicken, bread sauce
$19
Nut roast with onion gravy
Vegetarian; vegan on request
$17
Children’s plate
Under 12
$10
Example prices. Sittings at 12:00, 14:00 and 16:30; book a day ahead.
This week at the pub
Something on most nights, and always a quiet corner if you just want a pint.
Monday
Bar only
Kitchen closed; pies and bar snacks until 21:00.
16:00–22:00
Tuesday
Pub quiz
Teams of up to six, $2 a head, the winners take the cash and a round (sample).
From 20:00
Wednesday
Steak night
Rump steak, chips and a half of anything on the bar for $20 (example prices).
17:00–21:30
Thursday
Folk session
Bring an instrument or just listen. Unplugged, in the front bar.
From 20:30
Friday
Live music
Local bands and singers in the back room, free entry.
21:00–23:30
Sunday
Roast and newspapers
Three sittings, papers on the rack, dogs by the fire.
12:00–17:00
Programme (sample).
Where to sit
Four rooms with four moods. Tell us where you would like to sit when you book.
Front bar
24 seats, walk-in
Settles, the fire and the folk session. Dogs welcome.
Dining room
40 seats, book ahead
Tablecloths, the full menu and the window tables.
Garden
60 seats, walk-in
Heated cover over half of it; open April to October.
The Loft
30 seated, 50 standing
Private room upstairs with its own bar, for parties and wakes.
Seat numbers (sample).
On the noticeboard
Pale to dark: how we set the bar
Why the palest beer is always on the left, and what the colour tells you (sample).
The dining room has new winter hours
From November the kitchen opens at 17:00 on weekdays and the lunch menu moves to weekends (sample).
Find the Lamplighter
7 Wharf Street, Springfield (sample)
On the corner of the canal towpath
- Two minutes from the Wharf Street bus stop (routes 4 and 11)
- Bike racks by the garden gate
- Step-free entrance from the towpath; accessible toilet on the ground floor
- Dogs on leads welcome in the bar and garden
Keep a table for you
Walk-ins are welcome in the bar. For the dining room, Sunday lunch and groups of six or more, book ahead.