As the recent winner of CAMRA Cambridge and District pub of the year 2015, The Mill is flying high, especially now the sunny weather is appearing and customers can spread out onto the grass area behind Darwin College.
The pub has a pleasant interior, a mixture of light and shade with a snug room, piano and a prominent bar. In the past I have found the beer to be on the expensive side, but with the city centre/tourist location this was no surprise. On this visit however a pint of Buntingford Twitchell (3.8%), after 10% CAMRA discount was £3.24, can’t complain at that!
The radiogram at one end of the bar has a large selection of LP records that are carefully curated by the bar staff, Elvis Presley Hits and ‘Graceland’ by Paul Simon were featured on my visit (spot the connection….). They have responded in style to the resurgence of vinyl, to the slightly older customer the rituals of album sleeves, dust on the needle, jumping grooves and turning over the disc after four songs creates endless fascination and conversational controversy.
The clientele expect to find food in a pub like this and there seems to be an appetising menu available, fish and chips was a popular choice.
I will be back there soon, sitting on the grass or the wall looking over the punts on the river Cam, it’s a good place to be…
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