The Settle

I think this is the name of the very pleasant tea shop in Cheap Street, Frome, the famous street that has a watercourse running down the middle of it, which is occasionally the subject of grumbling letters to the local paper from people who claim it is a danger to health and safety, having blundered into it and soaked themselves up to their sock-suspenders, not realising that it is a local wonder that people come from miles around to see and enjoy. My own children used to race leaves and rose petals along its course when they were littler. The Settle restaurant, next door to one of the world's best bakeries (The Old Bakehouse), overlooks the leet in the way that a Turkish coffee house might overlook the Bosphorus, and offers some very pleasant meals. My wife had the famous Thai dumpling things, I've forgotten now, exactly what she had, but they were Thai something or other, a starter. I had the somerset sausages and mash, the sausages being very hearty and robust and meaty and flavoursome little things. It was spring at last, so no need for the large log fire, though it was a nice touch. The staff are quite friendly. The cakes always look very good here. The breakfasts are good, too. You should go there.