The First Chop
43 Bolton Street
Ramsbottom
BL0 9HU
Tel: 01706 827722
Web: www.thefirstchop.co.uk

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Simple, freshly-cooked food made from local ingredients, and a selection of drinks that reflects our obsession with quality. You’ll find us open Tuesday to Sunday from ten am ’til midnight, for breakfast, lunch, dinner or tea.
We serve our own brand of Lancashire tapas – a wide selection of dishes, inspired by the fantastic ingredients produced on our doorstep. Order enough to share, or take advantage of our daily special offers…
Open all day, the First Chop’s bar is overflowing with a world-class selection of beers, wines and spirits.
Opening times:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 5pm – Midnight
Wednesday: 10am – Midnight
Thursday: 10am – Midnight
Friday: 10am – Midnight
Saturday: 10am – Midnight
Sunday: 10am – Midnight
Breakfast menu served 10am – 3 pm
Full English breakfast
Two thick cut rashers of dry cured bacon, 2 pork chipolatas, 2 black pudding chipolatas, roasted tomatoes, fried field mushroom, fried or scrambled free range egg, toast, sauted potatoes with red onion- £6.95
Vegetarian full English
Two vegetarian sausages, two fried or scrambled eggs, (the rest the same as full English – £6.50
Steak and eggs
6oz rib eye steak, two fried free range eggs, potatoes roast tomatoes mushrooms – £9.95
Bacon butty
3 Rashers of thick sliced dry cure bacon on a barm – £3.50
Egg butty
2 fried free range eggs on a barm – £2.50
TAPAS
BUY TWO GET ONE FREE!
12:30pm till 10:00pm Tuesday to Thursday & Fridays before 6:30pm
– Order any three tapas & get the cheapest dish free
Sourdough bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar £2.75
Marinated Giant Green Gordal Olives £3
Fat Chips choice of garlic mayo, spicey tomato, coriander and garlic yoghurt £3
Green Salad £3.75
Green Beans with tomato sauce £3.75
Morrocan Aubergine Salad and Taboulleh £3.75
Pitta with 3 dips, hummous, spicey tomato, garlic coriander and sesame yoghurt £4.25
Vegetable fritters, sesame batter, cumin dip £4.25
Toast – char grilled sourdough bread rubbed with garlic and olive oil topped with…
Beans and chorizo £4.75
Marinated Mushroom £4.75
Roast tomato, mozzerella, basil £4.75
Chipolatas – 3 ways, black pudding, traditional pork and local chorizo, mustard dip £5.25
Green beans, sean wilsons award winning crumbly Lancashire, almonds, maple syrup glaze £5.25
Chicken Wings, tagine style, with prunes and honey £5.25
Whitebait, garlic mayo, lemon wedges £5.75
Chicken Skewers, lemon marinade, tarragon sauce £5.75
3 award winning Lancashire cheeses, oat cakes, red onion maralade £5.75
Treacle and ale pork ribs with black peas £6.00
Smoked Haddock and sage fish cakes, radish and pickled cucumber salad £6.00
3 J&R Holts lamb chops, bread crumbed, pan fried with lemon wedges £6.75
6oz Tommy Toppings Prime Rib Eye Steak pan fried, gariic, capers £8.50
Sandwiches
All served with salad and chips
Chicken Katsu Sandwich
Breadcrumbed chicken, garlic may, plum chutney £6.50
Pork schnitzel sandwich
Breadcrumbed pork, lemon and caper mayo £6.50
Lancashire cheese and hummous sandwich
Award winning crumbly Lancashire, home made hummous, red onion marmalade £6.50
First chop burger
6oz Home made steak burger, mustard mayo, red onion marmalade £7.25
Steak Sandwich
Rib Eye Steak, garlic mayo £8.95
Childrens menu £5
Choice of fresh orange or apple juice
Chipolatas, chicken skewer, burger, lamb chops or fish cakes, chips and salad
Chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice cream
Desserts
Chocolate Brownies Tapas – three brownies, vanilla ice cream ££4.50
Belgian waffle with ice cream and maple syrup £3.50
3 scoops of ice cream vanilla, chocolate, strawberry £3.50
First chop sundae – strawberry, double chocolate or toffee and butterscotch £4.50
German
Jever Pilsener 500ml 4.9% £3.60
Famous among beer lovers world wide for its bitterness, this crisp, classic pilsener makes a wonderful aperitif.
Jever Fun, alcohol free 500ml £2.90
Jever’s alcohol-free twin.
Kupers Kolsch 500ml 4.8% £3.60
One of the few Kolsch beers to be found outside of Germany and a classic of the style. Sweet with a rich floral perfume.
Franziskaner Kristal 500ml 5% £3.60
A classic kristal (clear, filtered) weissbier
Schlosser Alt 500ml 4.8% £3.60
From the one of the biggest altbier breweries in Dusseldorf, this has a syrupy brown sugar start, with a nutty finish.
Czech
Budweiser Budvar 500ml 5% £3.90
The original Budweiser from the Czech brewing city of Budweis.
UK
Thwaites Double Century 500ml 5.2% £3.60
Thwaite’s Head Brewer created this premium ale to celebrate 200 years of family brewing in Blackburn.
Thwaites Wainwright 500ml 4.1% £3.60
Perfect after a long walk, this thirst-quencher has a wonderful bright, blonde colour and delicate fruit flavours.
Thwaites Lancaster Bomber 500ml 4.4% £3.60
Chestnut in colour, Lancaster Bomber has a warming taste, with a hint of toffee and biscuit.
Hop Back Summer Lightning 500ml 5% £3.60
A multi-award winning British ale, crisp and dry but full of subtle flavour.
Coniston Bluebird 500ml 4.2% £3.60
This former Supreme Champion Beer of Britain speaks for itself. Light and clean, with a good dry finish.
Scotland
Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale 330ml 6.5% £3.60
A traditional Scottish ale with it’s roots in the ninth century. Viney, licorice-like flavours against a malt toffee background.
Grozet Gooseberry Beer 500ml 5% £3.90
A refreshing lagered fruit beer, made with Scotland’s local citrus fruit – gooseberries.
Froach Heather Ale 50ml 5% £3.90
Made to a 16th century gaelic recipe this beer has a floral, peaty aroma, full malt body, and herbal finish.
Holland
Budels Organic Lager 330ml 5% £2.90
A classic organic pilsener from North Brabant in the Netherlands.
Christoffel Bier 330ml 6% £3.60
Made in Roermond near the German border, this double-hopped beer is one of the world’s ‘hoppiest’.
Spain
Estrella Damm 333ml £2.90
This Catalan pilsener has been brewed in Barcelona since 1876.
American
Goose Island Honkers Ale 355ml 4.3% £3.20
Inspired by visits to English country pubs, combines a spicy hop aroma with a rich malt middle to create a perfectly balanced ale that is immensely drinkable.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 355ml 5.6% £3.60
A multi-award winning, flawless beer with bright, perky high notes of orange blossom.
Anchor Steam Beer 355ml 4.9% £3.60
The rich flavor of this heavyweight is a result of the traditional methods used by San Francisco’s Anchor Brewery.
Anchor Liberty Ale 355ml 6.1% £3.60
A top fermented ale with subtle flavours and champagne-like bubbles.
Belgian
Jupiler Pils 250ml 5.2% £2.90
One of the best commercial beers from this part of the world, crisp and golden with a hoppy, apple finish.
Watou’s Wit 250ml 5% £2.90
From the Van Eecke Brewery in West Flanders, this hazy golden white (wit) beer has a spiced coriander aroma.
De Koninck 330ml 5% £2.90
This Bohemian-style pilsener won Best Belgian Beer at the 2003 Belgian Press International Awards.
De Koninck Blonde 330ml 6% £3.20
Top fermented, and brewed with pale malt, this beer was created to commemorate the birth of Anthony van Dyck.
Orval Trappist Ale 330ml 6.9% £3.60
Brewed by monks in the Gaume region, this slightly cloudy beer has a complex , earthy aroma of leather and spice.
Timmermans Peche 330ml 4.5% £3.60
Matured in oak barrels and flavoured with peach juices, this is a fruity, beautifully executed beer.
Mongozo Banana 330ml 4.8% £3.90
This traditional beer is made in Africa to Fairtrade standards, and carries the colour and taste of ripe bananas.
Mort Subite Gueuze 375ml 4.5% £3.90
Made using possibly one of the oldest brewing styles, this gueuze is crisp and sour-sweet.
Lindemans Cuvee Rene 375ml 5% £3.90
This gold-award winning gueuze has a more complex and natural flavor like dry vermouth. Perfect as an aperitif.
Lindemans Kriek 375ml 4% £3.90
With a bouquet of freshly harvested cherries, this rose-coloured lambic is smooth, fruity and refreshing.
Lindemans Framboise 375ml 4% £3.90
Another world-beating beer from Lindemans, this raspberry-infused lambic complements decadent desserts.
Cider
Dunkertons Organic 330ml 6.8 £3.20
This premium cider comes from Herefordshire, where it’s made using a traditional press.
Westons 500ml 6.5% £3.90
Full bodied and mellow in flavour, this has the traditional character of an oak conditioned cider.






(25 votes, average: 4.12 out of 5)








September 6th, 2009 at 10:13 am
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Ate at the chop last weekend and again the food was excellent.
Strongly recommended for anyone that wants to try something a little different – with a great atmosphere and an interesting line up of beers too.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
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Some cracking world beers at The First Chop, I recommend the Jever.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:17 am
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Jonny Shock and The Ukulele Punk appearing at The First Chop Thursday 17 Sept. from 9.30 onwards
October 13th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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Eaten here a few times now and I can say the food was excellent and there was a great selection of ales. Great place to take kids and eat at the weekend, a real beautiful location too, highly recommended.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
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First class food with some excellent beers on tap. Some of the DJs aren’t too bad either. Highly recommended!
October 29th, 2009 at 11:04 am
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Look out for the Rammyfest Xmas party rolling into the Chop in December with a very special guest
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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The First Chop is mega. Great range of beers, fantastic food (love those black pudding sausages) and nice atmosphere.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:27 am
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Had a great night at the First Chop last night, the burgers are to die for and Ivan Campo was spot on as usual. Thanks for being in my life Mr Chop
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:51 am
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New breakfast menu starts this weekend. Steak & Eggs sounds superb…
June 5th, 2010 at 12:29 am
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not tried the food yet but will do soon… always like to have a beer or 2 in the chop. weekend evenings in there are a little slice of northern quarter in rammy… without the £40 cab fare, over priced booze and charlied up wannabes… good music & beers. great atmosphere – keep on choppin!