Restaurants in County Durham
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Almshouse
Fancy imaginative and satisfying snacks served in a genuine 17th-century house right on Palace Green? It's a shame about the interior, which has been restored to look like any old museum canteen. All the artwork on the walls is for sale.
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Brown Sugar
This trendy coffee shop-cum-bar is a favourite with university students, who fold into the oversize leather couches, nibble on a ciabatta sandwich (no ordinary bread here, mate) and talk about how much study they should be doing. A perfect hang-out.
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Emilio's Ristorante
Durham's top spot for pizza, pasta and other Italian staples has a wonderful location overlooking the Wear. Try the malfatti al forno, a kind of oven-baked ravioli filled with ricotta cheese and spinach.
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Greggs
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Rumbletums
Down an inconspicuous flight of steps two doors along from the post office, this junk shop/art gallery/tearoom hides in a brick-and-stone cellar where a range of teas plus sandwiches, jacket potatoes and cakes are served to in-the-know punters. New owners have promised to leave things just the way they are.
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Oldfields
With its strictly seasonal menus that use only local or organic ingredients sourced within a 60-mile radius of Durham, this award-winning restaurant is one of the county's finest, though it's not quite as good as its Newcastle sister. With dishes such as smoked haddock pan haggerty and wild boar pie on the menu, all served in the old boardroom of the former HQ of the Durham Gas Company (1881), it's still the best meal in town.
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