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The Rickety Press, Oxford
Licensee Manners added: “We’ve done away with our reservations book so that people can turn up whenever, stay as long as they want and eat a meal to suit them, whether that’s a weekend brunch, or a burger or salad in the evenings.”
The pub’s menu is still predominantly Italian, utilising a tailor-made pizza oven.
“I was inspired by a trip to Naples,” Johnson said. “We now buy all our pizza ingredients from Italian food suppliers. If we have an idea, we don’t do anything by halves.”
Following the refurbishment, Arkell’s brewery managing director George Arkell, said: “We’re delighted with the result of the new refurbishment. The Rickety Press is fresh and colourful inside and with its informal interior, we hope it offers customers a feel of home from home.”