On Clarendon Street, 44 Café Bar and Bistro will offer dishes including cod cheeks with creme fraiche and capers; beef and pork meatballs in a tomato ragu; and jamon Iberico croquetas alongside various sharing boards.
The venue also offers a set-price Sunday lunch, breakfast and a daily specials board, overseen by head chef Lee Mallen, from Birmingham and formerly front of house manager at Revive in Warwick.
The drinks offer will take in beers brewed in Gavin Leach and Rob Singleton’s nearby microbrewery as well as cocktails and wines.
The new business will trade alongside the pair’s The Barge and Quarterdeck, a 60-foot floating bar and pizza kitchen in Stratford-upon-Avon’s canal basin which launched in 2021.
Windmill Hill Brewing Company was launched in 2017 after the beer made their first foray into commercial brewing in in Leach’s garage.
“When we make beers we make them with food in mind. Beers taste different with different foods, just like wine, and we wanted a place where we could showcase that. Food and drink is a really interesting world to be in,” says Singleton.
“Our food is inspired by the way we like to eat and drink. Tapas - small plates of food simply done but done well, with big flavour and that lend themselves to be enjoyed with certain drinks.”
“Tapas is mainly enjoyed with lager and wine so we wanted to introduce some English craft ale as well and show people that the complex profiles of ale also complement the profiles of the food we have.”