Lunch at Coarse
Apr. 5th, 2023 01:00 pmCoarse describes itself as a "tasting menu restaurant in Durham city centre" and we have been curious to try it since it opened in the autumn (press coverage here). So when J. suggested taking us out to lunch as a birthday treat (midway between ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
durham_rambler's birthday and mine), that's where we suggested, and she very generously agreed.
It's in Reform Place, which sounds grander than it is: it's a little courtyard off the North Road (once a main shopping street, now in limbo while the bus station is being rebuilt). At the far end of the courtyard is the Head of Steam, a pub with a good reputation, in a building which was once the gardening department of Archibalds:
This picture doesn't really convey the enclosed nature of the space. It wouldn't have taken much effort to falsify it still further, by cropping out the edge of the dustbin - but a gaggle of dustbins do dominate the space, evidence of how all the premises above shops are being converted into student flats (not in itself a bad thing)...
( Food in words and pictures )
A shot of espresso fortifieddurham_rambler for the walk home, J and me for a tour of the North Road's charity shops, the perfect end to -
Well, look, here's the thing: I've been quite critical about the experience, but that doesn't mean I wasn't enjoying myself, it just means that being critical is aa majoe part of how I enjoy myself. I would certainly do it again. The food was good, but the entertainment was even better.
durham_rambler's birthday and mine), that's where we suggested, and she very generously agreed. It's in Reform Place, which sounds grander than it is: it's a little courtyard off the North Road (once a main shopping street, now in limbo while the bus station is being rebuilt). At the far end of the courtyard is the Head of Steam, a pub with a good reputation, in a building which was once the gardening department of Archibalds:
This picture doesn't really convey the enclosed nature of the space. It wouldn't have taken much effort to falsify it still further, by cropping out the edge of the dustbin - but a gaggle of dustbins do dominate the space, evidence of how all the premises above shops are being converted into student flats (not in itself a bad thing)...
( Food in words and pictures )
A shot of espresso fortified
durham_rambler for the walk home, J and me for a tour of the North Road's charity shops, the perfect end to - Well, look, here's the thing: I've been quite critical about the experience, but that doesn't mean I wasn't enjoying myself, it just means that being critical is aa majoe part of how I enjoy myself. I would certainly do it again. The food was good, but the entertainment was even better.
