Friends, Geordies, Word of Mouth regulars ... I need your help. Up now, on Guardian Travel, you will find my Top 10 guide to the best 'cheap eats' in Newcastle.
You know the (slightly bendy) rules by now: 'cheap eats' means places where you can eat and drink something, be it snacky or substantial, for 10 quid. My list was researched, chewed over and digested on a sub-zero day a few weeks back. The sleet was pelting down on the Quayside and I found happy refuge at, among others, the crazily named Scrumpy Willow and the Singing Kettle; Pani's; the Baltic; Cafe Royal; Byker Vista Cafe and, somewhat unusually, the canteen in the new city library.
You, I'm sure, will have other suggestions. The legendary Colman's apart, my list concentrates on the city-centre, but where are the food stops worth hunting out in Jesmond, Blaydon, Spital Tongues or Wallsend? Moreover, what of the places that due to lack a time and / or my gut pleading for mercy I didn't get to check out? What's the deal with Chalk & Paper on Nelson Street? Is Sky Apple a boon for vegetarians? Does anyone on here dig record, book store, gallery and coffee shop, Heaton Perk, or La Fiesta deli? And, slightly off-topic this, but do any of you use the very intriguing looking, delivery-only Heaton Park kitchen?
Can you point the Word of Mouth community to something more exciting and original than a fishy on a dishy? If so, please spill the proverbial beans ...
