The best restaurants, cafés, bakeries, markets, breweries and food producers in Newcastle, from the city centre and Ouseburn to Jesmond, Tynemouth and Durham.
More than a decade after opening in a 16th-century merchant's house on The Close, Kenny and Abbie Atkinson's House of Tides remains one of the North East's most celebrated restaurants.
The couple behind the two-Michelin-starred Raby Hunt have opened Atlas, a 36-cover pavilion restaurant at Rockliffe near Darlington with a menu inspired by their travels around the world.
From a bicycle stall at the first Tynemouth food festival to a beach shack hailed by Jay Rayner, Adam and Lucy Riley have built something truly special on the North East coast.
Founded in a Northumberland potting shed in 2000, Wylam Brewery celebrated a quarter of a century in 2025 and keeps Exhibition Park's historic Palace of Arts buzzing with beer and music.
Wooler's whisky distillery and Anglo-Saxon museum has welcomed tens of thousands of visitors since 2023 and scooped RIBA North East's Building of the Year for its remarkable home.
Founded on the Hepple Estate near Rothbury in 2014, Hepple Spirits makes gin from ancient wild juniper while helping restore one of the county's most remarkable landscapes.
Andy and Sam Hook took on a small café in Newcastle's 13th-century Dominican friary in 2001. A quarter of a century later, Blackfriars is a restaurant, cookery school, brewery and much more.
From proper sourdough and stotties to famous sausage rolls, Pink Lane Bakery has grown from one city centre street to Gosforth, Jesmond, Morpeth and the food hall at Fenwick Newcastle.
Opened with a grand dinner for 2,000 guests on 24 October 1835, the Grade I listed Grainger Market has had a £9 million restoration and remains the beating heart of the city centre.
The Maxwell family arrived at North Doddington Farm from Scotland in 1950, bringing their cows by train. Today their raw milk cheese and handmade ice cream are loved far beyond Northumberland.