Engaging manor 9:18am Tuesday 15th July 2008 It’s a sad fact that over 1,000 pubs closed last year, but one establishment bucking the trend is the Manor House near Consett Grand slam 11:06am Tuesday 8th July 2008 When is a door not a door? When it’s a jarring note in an otherwise first-rate pub Back story 8:41am Tuesday 1st July 2008 The buzzing Back Room truly deserves to be at the forefront on any list of places to eat. JOURNALISTS call this bit the intro. It's where the most salient or unusual bit of the story is meant to be. User Rating: 9/10      Café culture 10:02am Tuesday 17th June 2008 The column drops in at the Café in Northallerton for red mullet and pork schnitzel FORGETTING all that his fond mama had told him about its being rude to point, when Horatio Herbert Kitchener stuck out a finger and advised that the country needed us, he could have hardly imagined the impact it would have. Cachet number 9:25am Tuesday 10th June 2008 The tide has turned at Seaham, once a decaying coastal town. The column dips its toes in. WHEN people come to Seaham, as the Addams Family almost did, they may be in for a sea-change surprise. Emergency rations 9:41am Tuesday 3rd June 2008 Forced to abandon the original eating owt plans due to a power cut, the column was diverted to the Beefeater pub at Morton Park THIS town's becoming National Gridlocked. The lights go out so often over Darlington, and even more often back home, it's starting to feel like the Blitz. The dodgem car effect is that the computers crash, too. Starter for ten 9:25am Tuesday 27th May 2008 It’s only been open for three weeks, but new restaurant Starter and Puds in Newcastle has had a promising beginning A better bit o’ batter 10:31am Tuesday 20th May 2008 The column marches hungrily on the place where Hadrian - a big fish in Roman times - kept his armies after swapping the Tigris for the Tyne WE used to go to South Shields on the OK bus trip, about five and ninepence from outside Dowson's paper shop. Apart from a spring tide of replica football shirts, the old place doesn't appear to have changed a bit. User Rating: 9.5/10      The dog doesn't have its day 12:24pm Tue 13 May 08 MIKE Sarne didn't much look like a pop singer, even back in the still-startled spring of 1962. User Rating: 4.6/10      Reader comments (2) Friend or faux 9:33am Tuesday 6th May 2008 Salvatore Savino seems to have the running of restaurants in his genes. He has now turned his talents to managing a cafe in Durham THE day after loyally holding forth at a St George's Day dinner, after savouring some sumptuous roast beef and in general crying God for Harry, England and all the rest of the crew, the column found itself lunching at Café Rouge - French for beginners. User Rating: 8.7/10      More ... Most read Comments 1 Yakubu won't pay penalty for errors 2 Get your legs out, Gordon 3 Outsider in 4 McGinley kick starts bid for Ryder Cup with a 65 5 Labour has fight on its hands to retain control of authority 6 Durham on brink of a quick-fire victory 7 The chance to escape 8 N&SA Junior Football Tournament 9 Keegan wants four players 10 Storm copes well in horrible Open weather Today | 7 Days 1 Two bikers killed