Faringdon, United Kingdom
The Old Crown Coaching Inn
A 16th-century Oxfordshire coaching inn brought sharply into the present, The Old Crown in Faringdon pairs a Ritz-trained kitchen with a ballroom, cocktail bar, and a tasting menu that books out Wednesday to Saturday evenings. The cooking draws on classical technique applied to seasonal British produce, from game pie with piccalilli to a bouillabaisse-riff using Atlantic cod, mussels, and clams. Sunday lunch has earned its own following.
