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The Pheasant Hotel, Harome, near Helmsley

FORMAL BUT RELAXED: The Pheasant Hotel dining room

12:45pm Friday 12th March 2010

A new star is born in blessed village.

Swinton Park, Masham, near Ripon

SPLENDID SURROUNDINGS: The bar at Swinton Park Hotel

11:42am Friday 5th March 2010

Great food, shame about the service.

McCoys Tontine, The Cleveland Tontine, Staddlebridge, Northallerton

DEFINITIVE EXPRESSION: the bistro at McCoys at the Tontine

1:13pm Friday 19th February 2010

NOT being a believer in the cult of personality, we tend not to dwell too much on the restaurateurs, pub landlords and café owners behind the establishments we visit.

Henley’s Wine Bar and Bistro, 8 Market Place, Bedale

TOWN VIEW: the dining area overlooks Bedale Market Place

12:50pm Friday 12th February 2010

IN the North of England we think of ourselves as pretty sophisticated these days. We have Michelin-starred restaurants and pubs, chic hotels and some of our our chefs can stand comparison with anyone.

Brown’s Café and Grill, Grange Road, Darlington

FINE FRONT: Brown’s makes the best of the art deco glass frontage on to Grange Road

12:10pm Friday 5th February 2010

WE’VE broken one of our rules this week.

Roots Farm Shop and Café, Home Farm, East Rounton , Northallerton

BUSY, BUSY: snacks and light meals are popular at the Roots cafe

12:10pm Friday 29th January 2010

Café bursting with local goodness

The Bay Horse, 1 Northside, Hutton Rudby

COSY: although under new ownership, the interior of the Bay Horse has been left largely untouched

12:21pm Friday 22nd January 2010

Brilliance and mediocrity combined.

What’s the point of another Indian

NOW OPEN: Darlington’s latest Indian restaurant has opened in a fomer shoe shop in Blackwellgate

11:57am Friday 15th January 2010

ANOTHER Indian restaurant has opened in Darlington. Nothing particularly remarkable about that, perhaps, but you have to wonder how many the town can take.

The Waterhouse Bistro, Rockliffe Hall Hotel, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington

WINDOW SEAT: views over the golf course and grounds of Rockliffe Hall Hotel are spectacular

11:46am Friday 8th January 2010

Competent food, swish surroundings.

Royal County Hotel, Old Elvet, Durham,

EXTENSIVELY REFURBISHED: The Royal County Hotel revamp now offers surroundings that are posh-ish, comfortable and traditional – Picture supplied by the Royal County Hotel

12:25pm Thursday 31st December 2009

County not up to the Royal standard.









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