We have been selected as finalists in the Northern Hospitality Awards 2010.
The winners of Best Pub will be anounced on April 12th.
We are very proud to be given the oppertunity to represent Northumbria at the award ceremony in Manchester.
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The latest edition of the Good Pub Guide is here and we have been selected as County Dining pub of the year 2010 for Northumbria (County Durham, Northumberland and Tyneside) for the third year running.
Of the awards the Good Pub Guide says
"For
27 years The Good Pub Guide has sought out the best pubs in Britain.
Each year we present Awards to those pubs that have reached the
pinnacle of achievement in our given categories, hugely surpassing
contenders nation-wide"
This is a tremendous honour to us and we
hope we can maintain our standards this year and provide the best
regional food at pub prices in a pubby atmosphere.
Here is what the guide says about us...
"Overlooking the Cheviots, this comfortably pubby
hilltop tavern attracts a good mix of locals and visitors. Three neat
bars have beams, open fires, stripped stonework, solid furniture,
including settles, and old black and white photographs of local places
and farm and country workers; a selection of traditional pub games,
with dominoes, bar skittles and shove halfpenny. Small-scale breweries
are well represented and might feature MordueWorkieWylam Northern Kite, Hadrian & Border Gladiator and Orkney Red MacGregor on handpump;
31 wines by the glass, a fair range of bourbons and malt whiskies, and
quite a choice of soft drinks. They hold a beer festival at Easter with
over two dozen real ales (and a barrel race on Easter Monday).
Picnic-sets in front are a nice place to sit and watch the world drift
by." Ticket,
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 We are delighted to be able to anounce that we won an award for innovation at the recent RSCPA Good Business Awards 2009.
"Each
year the standard of entries gets higher as more and more restaurants
and pubs realise that customers want ethically-sourced food," said
Richard Johnson, one of the panel of four judges in the food category,
"In fact, with the introduction of the pub category, we were delighted
to see that so many local pubs are committed to ensuring the meat they
sell is ethically sourced.
Our innovation award winners were
well deserved: McDonald's for its long-term, continued investment, and
support of research into animal welfare; and The Feather's Inn in
Northumberland, which offers innovative educational campaigns to
visiting local schools in an effort to teach children about animal
welfare. They are also committed to using every part of the animal and
were commended for their stand against food waste."
David
Bowles, Head of External Affairs for the RSPCA said, “Our restaurant
and pub winners have set a high standard of Good Business practice for
the industry to follow that they should be commended for.
“We
are delighted to present the winners with these RSPCA Good Business
Awards, and hope that they continue to innovate and motivate the rest
of the industry to adopt good animal welfare policies.”
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