A tasting menu restaurant which finally opened in the autumn, fulfilling a long-held ambition for its core team, has now made a new list of The Michelin Guide's Favourite New Restaurants.
Coarse in Durham has been winning praise for its imaginative six-course menu boasting locally-sourced produce and now it's come to the attention of inspectors from the prestigious restaurant and hotel guide who have included it among their top new pick of places to eat. And the restaurant could not be more delighted, saying in a post on its Facebook page: "We had been open seven weeks, serving our first ever tasting menu when we spotted a tweet from the Michelin Guide mentioning us.
"Amazing, we thought. But surely we wouldn't make the guide so early on. Well, we were (gladly) wrong. Look mam, we made it." The post added: "Thank you to everyone that has, and continues to, support us."
