Beamish Food & Drink
Location
Beamish, County Durham
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Step back in time and enjoy a real taste of the past at award-winning Beamish, The Living Museum of the North.
Dine like a Georgian at the Drovers Tavern. The menu is inspired by popular Georgian food and drinks, including potted ham, rarebit, soup, stew and salmagundi (a Georgian salad).
Enjoy traditional fish and chips from Davy’s in The 1900s Pit Village or Middleton’s in The 1950s Town.
Sample locally inspired fare from the Tea Rooms in The 1900s Town and delight in delicious bread, cakes and biscuits, made using Edwardian recipes in Herron’s Bakery.
What will you choose from the mouth-watering range of traditional sweets at Jubilee Confectioners? From Beamish mix to bonbons and cinder toffee to strawberries and cream, it’s difficult to decide! You can even see sweets being made. If you love our Jubilee Confectioners’ Sweet Shop, you’re sure to enjoy a trip to Beamish Delicious Ices.
Enjoy an ice cream and other traditional treats while listening to 50s tunes on the jukebox at John’s Café, a recreation of the popular café from Wingate in County Durham Have a tasty tipple or two in The Sun Inn which once stood in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
Beamish Museum is an open air museum which invites you to experience the unforgettable sights, sounds, smells and delicious tastes of the North East in the 1820s, early 1900s, 1940s and 1950s. Museum admission applies, please see www.beamish.org.uk for opening times.