Weeks before Kieran and I actually moved into our flat, and before we bought anything we actually needed we had picked out a bar that would take pride of place between the open plan kitchen and living room. It was the best buy we could have possibly got back[...]
I thoroughly enjoy a limited edition winter cocktail over the festive season, you might remember my most festive bars in Newcastle post from last year, with All Bar One’s Christmas pornstar martini being one of the nicest Christmas cocktails I’ve ever had[...]
Unless you live here, it’s often assumed that Newcastle is too cold and rainy for outdoor dining and drinks, but if you know anything at all about the North East you’ll know that a bit of rain won’t stop us. Regardless of the weather our Newcastle bars[...]
One of the first things we did when we moved into the flat was buy and set up a bar, and it's been the best thing we could have possibly done, as it's had a LOT of use over the last seven weeks. I dread to think how many bottles of wine and gin we have gone t[...]
‘Go on then it’s Christmas’ can now officially be used as an excuse - for anything. Drinking midweek (not that it stopped me before), helping yourself to an extra mince pie or swiftly giving up on your Christmas shopping in favour of the nearest bar. Mo[...]
One thing that has featured very heavily in all of my monthly round ups over the last year has been food. No surprises there then. I've had some bloody good scran, from both new places and old favourites. In this post I’m taking a look back at some of my fa[...]