Durham Restaurants

  1. Almshouse

    Fancy imaginative and satisfying snacks (how about spicy beef with red-bean casserole and rice?) 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 café.

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  2. 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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  3. 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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