Eating out and shopping
Looe is well served with a fine selection of restaurants to suit individual palates and pockets. The main shopping area in East Looe is Fore Street leading to the quay and seafront. West Looe also has some fine shops; on the quay, Princes Square and the Millpool areas. There is a further parade of shops at the Barbican.
Looe is renowned not only for it’s fresh ‘day caught’ fish but for some outstanding restaurants and cafes. www.taste-southeastcornwall.com
'It's the best fish in the world' .......
…..says top chef and restaurateur Rick Stein in his television series 'Food Heroes' - 'Where better to experience superlative quality fish than Looe - my favourite market'. Rick explained that Looe's fishing boats are all quite small ones because of the nature of the tidal harbour - they are day boats which go out in the morning and come back in the evening - 'whenever you get fish from Looe it's fresh and that to me is the best fish in the world - it's the fish we seek out in our restaurant'.