Forge
Tea Shop
Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire YO62
6UA
Tel: 01751 417444
Overlooking Hutton-le-Hole's
sprawling common and just a few metres from the award-winning
Ryedale Folk Museum, the popular Forge Tea Shop
celebrated its 23rd year in business in 2005. It's owned and
run by Les and Gill Welford, a friendly and welcoming couple
both of whom are Yorkshire born and bred. In 1982 they took
over a former garage and transformed it into a cosy,
traditional tea room. Les looks after all the cooking and
offers a fresh, wholesome menu of home-made cakes, cream teas,
snacks and light meals. His Yorkshire Curd Tart, served with a
generous pot of Yorkshire Tea, is particularly popular, while
other local delicacies include Ryburn dairy ice cream from
nearby Helmsley and the Welfords' own soft ice cream which
serves as a topping for the extensive choice of 
delicious
sundaes.
Not to be missed is Les' succulent
fruit loaf, available either with your tea or to take home. In
good weather customers can enjoy their refreshments at outdoor
tables; inside they are surrounded by a colourful display of
attractive gifts, cards and souvenirs along with framed prints
and oil paintings of Ryedale by the Helmsley artist Brian
Richardson. Forge Tea Shop is open daily from 11am to 4.30pm
(mid-February to mid-November); weekends only mid-November to
mid-February.
