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36-38 Priestpopple
Hexham
NE46 1PQ
01434 603350
www.vercelli.co.uk
Accessibility: Yes
Mon-Thu 12 - 2pm and 5.30 - 9pm
Fri - Sat 12 - 2pm and 5.30 - 9.30pm
[*WARNING: Change of chef since review - awaiting re-review]
We didn’t plan to visit Vercelli at all. We were in Hexham to try The Thai House, situated right next door, which had been recommended by several of my Twitter followers, but it was unexpectedly closed.
Looking at the menu, Vercelli looks like one of those predictable lasagne and pizza joints you get all over the region, the kind of place I’ve criticised severely in the past, upsetting locals and management in the process. When will they learn that Italian cooking has moved on since the 1970s?
However, I couldn’t have been more wrong. This restaurant is a gem.
