The Pear Tree Inn Bar & Grill Derby

You'll find yourself in Normanton at The Pear Tree, a straightforward pub that doesn't try to be anything it isn't. The kind of place where regulars know the staff and you can settle in with a pint and actually hear yourself think. The menu runs to the reliable stuff—grills done right, pies that don't disappoint—and they're clearly taking their food seriously enough that it's not an afterthought to the drinking. It's the sort of local that keeps the neighbourhood ticking over, neither trying too hard nor phoning it in.