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Beamish Park Hotel, Beamish Burn Road, Marley Hill, Newcastle

IMPRESSIVE: The light and open space of Beamish Park Hotel’s conservatory bistro. – Picture: Tom Banks

5:21pm Friday 18th June 2010

IT must be one of the idiosyncrasies of the British postcode system that somewhere in County Durham with a Derwentside telephone number has a Newcastle address.

Ushaw College, Durham

STRIKING SETTING: The refectory at Ushaw College, where lunches are served. – Picture supplied by Ushaw College

6:15pm Friday 11th June 2010

I BLAME the SatNav.

Beamish Arms, Station Road, Beamish

POPULAR SPOT: The Beamish Arms has its fans, but our reviewer found the food a letdown. – Picture: Andy Lamb

5:04pm Friday 4th June 2010

A FEW years ago, my partner and I passed some pleasant afternoons having long, leisurely lunches at the memorably named Peggy’s Wicket in the village of Beamish.

The Punch Bowl, Satley

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: The Punch Bowl is proud to show its country pub origins. – Picture: David Wood

6:03pm Friday 28th May 2010

COUNTY Durham once had a range of country pubrestaurants which were enormously popular in the 1970s and 80s, but have since gone the distance.

Finbarr’s, Kings Lodge Hotel, Durham

CHIC: The new restaurant at the King’s Lodge is sophisticated and contemporary – Picture: David Wood/DT

5:38pm Friday 21st May 2010

FOR MORE than a decade Barry O’Leary was at the helm of one of the region’s most popular fine dining restaurants, under his management Bistro 21 at Aykley Heads simply became the acknowledged premiere eating out location in the city.

Hide cafe, bar and grill, Saddler Street, Durham

CONTEMPORARY STYLE: Hide may have led the way, but others are now matching its contemporary style at a cheaper price

12:58pm Friday 14th May 2010

Trailblazer now needs to catch up.

Foxtons, 17 Church Street, Coxhoe

SMART INTERIOR: A pleasant surprise as you step inside at Foxtons, in Coxhoe

2:06pm Friday 7th May 2010

Good food is not the only ingredient.

Wellington Restaurant, Wynyard Hall, near Sedgefield, County Durham

STATELY SPLENDOUR: The Wellington Restaurant,

12:29pm Friday 30th April 2010

Fine dining in splendid surroundings

The Three Horse Shoes, Pit House Lane, Leamside

WELL-DESERVED REPUTATION: The Back Room Restaurant at the Three Horse Shoes in Leamside. – Picture: David Wood

5:25pm Friday 23rd April 2010

WORD has obviously spread.

Memories of India, Prospect House, 3 Pelaw Bank, Chester-le-Street

AWARD WINNER: Attentive service in a smart and spacious dining room – what’s not to llike about Memories of India?

11:16am Friday 16th April 2010

ACCORDING to its website, former England football captain Bryan Robson has patronised this fine Indian restaurant.









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