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Aykley Heads House
Durham
DH1 5TS
0191 307 7033
www.finbarrsrestaurant.co.uk
[6th MARCH 2016 - TEMPORARILY CLOSED. SEE FOODIE NEWS]
[JUNE 2016 - REOPENED AT NEW ADDRESS: Aykley Heads House, Durham DH1 5TS]
It is the way of the world that things you once took for granted can disappear for quite a time before you even realise they’ve gone; like television programmes about DIY (I wonder what Handy Andy is up to these days?), or your youth. Obviously I miss the latter rather more than the former.
Good bread in restaurants is another. Where did it go? Have we all become so gluten and carb “intolerant” that the complimentary basket of yeasted goodness that precedes any proper meal is no longer de rigueur?
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| Finbarr's former dining room - now relocated |
At Finbarr’s, just a short tramp downhill from Durham train station on the west side of the viaduct, they have very good bread. It comes in a basket and is served with decent unsalted butter. There are several other things in Finbarr’s which you tend not to see much of these days, like properly clothed tables, real candles, and staff in neat uniforms. This is, in short, a proper restaurant, and there are few enough of those around in 2016. Particularly in Durham.
