A Look Back At Veganuary With This Is Durham (AD)

If you’re ever contemplating changing your diet to plant-based, Veganuary is often the best time to do it. Veganuary is an annual challenge that encourages people to follow a vegan lifestyle for the first month of the year but of course, you can dip your toe into the vegan lifestyle any time that suits you!

Now I’m a big food lover and, predominantly, a meat eater but with having friends who are vegetarian and vegan, I’ve started to broaden my horizons a little more and dabble in plant-based cooking but hadn’t really taken the plunge to eat vegan whilst eating out.

Back in January I teamed up with This Is Durham to visit five of the best restaurants that Durham City has to offer and check out the vegan options they had available and let me tell you – they didn’t disappoint! 

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Date Night at Cosy Club, Durham

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Back in July, Adam and I were invited along to the opening night of Cosy Club in Durham. The bar and restaurant has opened in the city as part of the new Riverwalk development and is the first branch to open in the North East! I visited Cosy Club in Liverpool last year with my friend Vic and we had a wonderful afternoon drinking cocktails, sharing a platter and playing Scrabble, so I was really excited to have one opening just up the road and to have been invited along!
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Sunderland Restaurant Week 8th – 16th September 2018

Over the past year or so, there have been a number of great new restaurants opening across Sunderland city centre and if you’re like me and still haven’t got round to trying a lot of them, then Restaurant Week is your perfect opportunity!

Organised by Sunderland BID, Sunderland Restaurant Week takes place from the 8th to the 16th September and sees over 30 restaurants and cafes take part, with dining deals on offer for as little as £5pp.

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808 Bar and Kitchen 

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