The Wild Garlic at the Talbot Inn, Iwerne Minster
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The Wild Garlic at the Talbot Inn, Iwerne Minster
Image: © John Stephen Taken: 3 Jan 2014
Once The Talbot, renowned for its food and ales. It closed and was taken over by Matt Follas as a restaurant in May 2013 with accommodation and cookery master classes. The restaurant closed at the beginning of November 2013. To the right of the pub is the site of the petrol station and Garage which is being redeveloped as flats. Will the pub site go the same way? The brewery has been trying to redevelop the stable blocks,and carpark and reduce the size of the pub for some years. Mr Follas (who won Masterchef in 2008) had previously run The Wild Garlic at Beaminster in West Dorset, but that closed in May 2013 when he transferred the business to Iwerne. Part of the reason for his move was a lack of trade in Beaminster due to the closure of Horn Hill tunnel after a tragic landslip in July 2012. The tunnel reopened in July 2013.
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50.928083
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