The Appledore Inn

You'll find The Appledore Inn tucked away on Chingswell Street, in that stretch of Bideford where the town still feels like a town rather than a postcard. This is where locals actually drink—not somewhere you stumble into because Instagram told you to. The bar's got that comfortable worn-in feeling, the kind of place where regulars know their pint's already being poured when they walk through the door. You're looking at proper pub fare without the pretension, real ales that rotate through, and a crowd that ranges from proper old-timers to younger folk who've worked out it's better than anywhere trying to be clever. It's honest, unpretentious drinking and eating territory.