George Hotel

Agreed, its also the only civilised bar/snack food place in town. The rest are really dire. Good for lunch.
Can be horrible summers evenings when fat girls display their cellulite bellies a fake orange tans, but thats fromies for you

If people-watching and historical interest are your thing, then The George Hotel (formerly The George Inn) is a good place to go.

Right smack-bang in the middle of town ocerlooking the Market Place, this Inn has been here for centuries. Nowadays it’s a modern hotel (with some private parking) and bar/restaurant for non-residents and residents alike.

It’s got a couple of claims to fame. Firstly, back when the Abolition of Slavery was making it’s cause felt there was a meeting called by local Abolitionists to be held in the George on Thursday 3rd february 1826 - at 11 o’clock. Various local 'names’ were on this list such as the Sheppard family, a weathy mob who lived locally and have a street named after them.

Although.. it has to be said that given the preponderance and strength of local beer and scrumpy cider then after half a dozen pints of local rot-gut they’d have completely forgotten what they were holding a meeting about in the first place. Ever likely abolition took so long to happen. Blame Frome…

The George being a gathering place for political radicals of many sorts, of their day, the second little claim to fame is that it was one of the original places where unruly protesters were literally 'read the Riot Act’ from the balcony of the building. A framed copy of the Riot Act in it’s entirety hangs in the main bar.

Back to the present, the food in the restaurant is good quality if pretty basic, reasonable prices too. The beers are fairly middle-of-the road with several guest beers appearing from time to time.

Good to call in for morning coffee or lunchtime drink with a snack and watch the world go by.