I recently ran across a couple of newspaper articles about a newly-opened restaurant in Manchester, United Kingdom, that is located in the renovated Rochdale Town Hall there. And since the restaurant has a couple of different connections to heraldry, I thought I would mention it here.
The first connection to heraldry is its name and logo; it is called The Martlet Kitchen restaurant, and this is its logo:
The martlet is, of course, a well-known charge in English heraldry, appearing as a cadency mark for the arms of a fourth son, and also as a charge in itself, for example in the canting arms of Arundel.*
The other connection to heraldry lies in the art used to decorate one wall of the restaurant, line drawing artworks that depict various images taken from the town's heraldry.
The other connection to heraldry lies in the art used to decorate one wall of the restaurant, line drawing artworks that depict various images taken from the town's heraldry.
So you can have a meal in a restaurant named after an heraldic charge while looking at art that takes its inspiration from heraldry! (Well, maybe you can; it may be quite a while before I can get to Manchester. But trust me, if I can make it there, I know exactly where I'm having lunch!)
A couple of articles about the newly-opened The Martlet Kitchen can be found on-line at:
https://themanc.com/boroughs/the-martlet-rochdale-town-hall-new-opening/
https://www.manchesterworld.uk/lifestyle/food-and-drink/the-martlet-review-rochdale-town-hall-4797310
A couple of articles about the newly-opened The Martlet Kitchen can be found on-line at:
https://themanc.com/boroughs/the-martlet-rochdale-town-hall-new-opening/
https://www.manchesterworld.uk/lifestyle/food-and-drink/the-martlet-review-rochdale-town-hall-4797310
* I know, I know! "Martlet" sounds nothing like "Arundel". But the cant, the pun on the surname, crosses linguistic borders, because in French a swallow, or martlet, is called a hirondelle, which does sound a lot like "Arundel".
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