A Northumberland country pub is celebrating its thirteenth consecutive year on a "prestigious" list of the UK's best gastropubs.
Since The Rat Inn in Anick was taken over by Karen Errington and Phil Mason in 2007 it has been featured in the Michelin Guide and recommended by Harden's. And it is now considered part of the "old guard" for the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list, which it first entered at number 41 in 2011.
Voted for by industry experts including food writers, chefs and other gastropub owners, the awards ceremony took place at this year's runner-up, The Unruly Pig, on Monday January 23. ChronicleLive caught up with co-owner Karen Errington just after she and Phil had made the six-hour journey back from the ceremony at the Suffolk pub.
