McCoys Brasserie, Newcastle
This new restaurant comes from the team behind the former Rooftop restaurant at Gateshead's Baltic centre of contemporary art. Interiors include banquette seating and wood floors, while the menu is modern British.
- Opened: 19 July
- Owners: Eugene McCoy and Marcus Bennett
- Head chef: Ben Harrison
- Manager: Peter McDonnell
- Capacity: 60
- Food: includes smoked salmon fishcake with home-made spicy tomato ketchup fillet of hake with chickpea and chorizo cassoulet with sour cream pan-fried calves' liver with new potatoes, sweet and sour onions and bacon raspberry shortcake with crème Chantilly and raspberry ripple ice-cream.
- Average spend: £35 for three courses including drinks
- Address: 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1DF
Telephone: 0191 233 2828