Artfarm to open Da Costa in Bruton

Artfarm, the independent hospitality company behind Roth Bar, Mount St. Restaurant and the Fife Arms Hotel, will open a new restaurant, Da Costa, in Bruton on Saturday 7 September.

Located at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, on the site of Durslade Farm, and occupying the previous Roth Bar & Grill space, Da Costa has been named for and inspired by Artfarm co-founder Iwan Wirth’s maternal grandfather, who originated from the small mountainous village of Rivamonte Agordino in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.

The restaurant will use fresh, seasonal ingredients from Durslade Farm and the surrounding area to create dishes blending the best of both worlds: quintessential Englishness with Italian culinary flair. The menu is an exploration of traditional northern Italian recipes, whilst acknowledging the similarities between this mountainous region of Italy and the verdant county of Somerset. It features an array of antipasti, homemade pasta, risotto and daily specials cooked over fire. Other dishes include carpaccio of Durslade Farm beef and Cornish Yarg, handmade buckwheat pasta with fonduta or South Coast grilled red mullet with fennel and caper salad.

The wine list comprises a global selection of 100 bins, with a strong emphasis on Italian and British small-domain producers using best-practice viticulture and including wines from Durslade Farm vineyards. There will also be a selection of Amaro, aperitivi and Italian-inspired cocktails.

Long-time collaborators Piet Oudolf and architectural practice Laplace have helped bring Da Costa to life, reimagining the 74-cover restaurant space built by locals Rob and Sam Morse, also creating a new courtyard garden that will provide soft shade in summer and swathes of colour in spring and autumn. 

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