Fingers crossed for Monday 17, when pubs, restaurants and cafes can welcome customers back to dine inside.
Newcastle's Grainger Market houses a range of food traders, who are open now for takeaways but some of which have seats and tables which customers can use to eat their meals inside.
From Monday May 17, the likes of Acropolis, Oliver's and Pet Lamb are aiming to reopen their seating inside the Grainger Market.
It has of course been a very difficult time for city centre traders and May 17 is a huge date as England moves out of lockdown. If you are planning to visit the Grainger Market to eat in, download the NHS Covid App if you can for test and trace purposes, although you will also be able to submit your details on paper.
You can choose to dine in at some of the stalls, although if you prefer to eat outdoors - or the business you visit doesn't have seating - there are benches on Grey Street just down from Monument, which are for public use.
Which street food stalls are open from May 17 - and who offers dine in?
Ahead of Monday May 17, Newcastle City Council issued an update on Thursday May 13 on which Grainger Market food stalls will be open for dine in from Monday, and which traders will still be takeaway-only. Customers are asked to use the hand sanitiser available at the market entrance and hand gel supplied by individual businesses.
- Acropolis Street Food (Alley 1) will be open and paper track and trace in place. There will be less seating in place, social distancing in place, masks must be worn while ordering.
- Feds Fried Chicken (Alley 2) have NHS APP and paper track and trace in place.
- Café 1-2-1 will be open and operating a track and trace app paper version. Counter service with mask until seated with a one way system in place.
- Oliver’s Café will be open and operating table service and NHS APP and paper version.
- Eats Cafe will be open and operating table service and NHS APP and paper version.
- Coffee Lounge will be open and operating table service and NHS APP and paper version.
- Dumpling shop open and operating NHS App + paper version.
- Mac and Cheese open and operating NHS app and track and trace paper version. Counter service with seating available.
- Noodle Bar and Chinese Burgers open with seating provided, track and trace and paper version.
- Pumphreys Coffee bar open with one way system in place, no seating at the moment
- Slice pizza open for business (no tables available)
- Geordie Bangers are open but only selling packs of sausages, no hot food
- Pet Lamb Patisserie are open, seating available from Thursday 21 May, track and trace and paper version.
- Snackwallah – opening Thursday May 20
