Zarina’s Tearoom, Kettlewell
Kettlewell is a picturesque small village located in the Yorkshire dale of Upper Wharfedale and home to a very welcoming tearoom owned for the last four years by Zarina Belk. It makes perfect sense for Kettlewell to have several tea rooms as the area attracts a lot of walkers and visitors each year and this particular one is located about 100 yards from the two main village pubs, the Blue Bell Inn and The Race Course Hotel. Kettlewell has received even more attention and fame in few years as being home to The Calendar Girls who bare all raising money for Leukaemia Research and were the subject of a recent film starring Julie Walters and Penelope Wilton which was also filmed in the surrounding area.
Zarina’s cafe has been trading in Kettlewell for about four years now and was once home to a Village Shop run for many years by a village legend before she eventually took retirement. The shop has sadly long gone, but the tearoom maintains a lot of its character and as well as offering freshly baked cakes and several types of tea sells gifts, conserves, postcards and sweets.
It was an extremely enjoyable experience on a cold day to sit on a table by the warm stove and sample the delights of this tea room. The chocolate cake (£2.70 a slice) I enjoyed was first class, light, lovely and fresh and was washed down with a pot of good old Yorkshire Tea. On a cold day, there is nothing to beat a cup of Yorkshire Tea, late afternoon and to enjoy it such wonderful surrounds made it all the better.
We just made it through the door before Zarina closed her tea room for the day, but if you fancy a day out, then you must stop at the tea room. Furthermore I can recommend the two pubs as well, and the Timothy Taylor’s Landlord served in the Racehorse Hotel is a special treat for all fans of casked conditioned Real Ale .
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