LOCAL FOOD AND DRINK
Box is fortunate in still having a privately owned pub and restaurant, the Halfway House. Situated at the top of the village adjoining Minchinhampton Common, the pub has been extensively refurbished over recent years to provide very attractive facilities in which to enjoy a choice of excellent food and drink. The Halfway House now offers good and reasonbaly priced bar food as well as having a restaurant offering food made from locally sourced ingredients, and the bar provides a selection of "real ales".
Box is also situated amidst numerous other sources of good food and drink. Within reasonable walking distance in Minchinhampton, Amberley and Nailsworth are some fine pubs and restaurants, most specialising in draught beers and locally obtained food presented to very high standards. Within a few miles, numerous pubs and restaurants offer food and drink of exceptional quality. As an example, Minchinhamton offers The Kitchen, awarded Cotswold Life's "Tearoom of the Year" award in 2010. Nailsworth now has its own tiny brewery (Nailsworth Brewery) and adjoining pub (The Village Inn). For a tried and frequently tested recommendation, ask almost any Box resident!
Fresh foods such as fish, meat, vegetables and bread as well as milk and cheese from local farms are now all available from specialist shops in Minchinhampton and Nailsworth, with a local farmers' market in Nailsworth once a month (4th Saturday, 9am - 1pm) and an award winning local farmers' market every Saturday in Stroud, 9am - 2pm. For more details of local Farmers Markets follow this link.