Twelve

Graffiti art meets exposed brick beneath one of Europe's tallest working windmills, and somehow it all holds together. This modern British restaurant in Lancashire has been around forever and earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand doing it, with a buzzing cocktail bar that seems to be running its own separate agenda. The kitchen leans into deceptively simple combinations, coaxing a lot of flavour from a short list of ingredients without making a fuss about it.

One honor, in evidence: