Source Kitchen

St Ives has long been a cultural and gastronomic magnet, attracting visitors from far and wide for its beaches, galleries and fantastic dining – such as the kind found at Source Kitchen.

Source Kitchen’s home is The Digey, an archetypal Cornish fishing village alleyway. The restaurant is run by husband-and-wife team Stephen and Sophie Holloway, who met while training to be chefs. Their menus are inspired by their travels and love of European and Middle Eastern cuisines and are executed using the best local produce. The result is an intimate yet informal dining experience of beautiful and unfussy dishes.

Menus change with the seasons and capitalise on the latest dayboat and line-caught (never trawled) fish, along with meat from regenerative farms sourced and aged by Philip Warren Butchers.

Guests are invited to share a selection of plates, sent from the open kitchen as and when they’re ready. Cornish crab with pickled cucumber, lemon mayonnaise and crostini is just as tempting as Cornish lamb rump with anchovies and organic local courgettes and broad beans. Sunday lunches in the colder months come as set feasting menus.

A list of UK and European wines includes six English varieties by the glass. And cocktail fans shouldn’t leave without trying a post-dinner Liquid Dessert: a Cornish Espresso Martini made using Fowey Valley Cornish Vodka and Cornico coffee roasted near Wadebridge.

Trencherman’s tip

Pop into Source Kitchen’s deli, The Pantry, on Fore Street for sustainable local goodies to take home.