Pilchard Press Alehouse, St Ives

Opened in 2016, this tiny bar in an old stone-walled cellar is Cornwall's first micro-pub. Located up a slightly off-putting alleyway off the harbour-side near the Lifeboat Inn, it can be difficult to find; look out for the A-Board as it is well worth seeking out. It is closed Monday and Tuesdays in winter but open daily in summer. The friendly little pub, with a good mix of locals and tourists, has a wood-topped bar, it is furnished with bar stools and a few tables with chairs, offering space for around 30-35 customers, many accompanied by their dog. On the rear wall is a mural depicting life and characters in the town, and there is a ‘window’ with a webcam showing the harbour outside. It typically offers up to four real ales in the summer reducing to two in the winter, mainly from microbreweries in Cornwall or Devon and all served from wooden stillage behind the bar. They have two small keg machines to serve carefully crafted local-ish keg beer. Food is limited to crisps/nuts, though you can purchase a tin of pilchards!!