The couple’s home — The Doctor’s Inn — is also their business, a longtime Bed & Breakfast operation in the village of Tyne Valley that, a few years back, ceased offering beds and breakfasts but kept serving dinner, by appointment only.
The three-course meals, wine included, have been written up in travel guidebooks and at least one Japanese magazine. They are, repeat customers and one-off diners say, scrumptious.
But then the local health department called, and shut down their “resturant.”