I don't think I have been in this thread before so here are my favourites:

Restaurants:
White Swan (Dinnington)
Loch Fyne
Hungary Horse pubs
Frankie and Bennys
Wetherspoons pubs
Vintage Inns
Flying Hippo Newcastle Airport

Food:
All fish except plaice
All Meat except gammon and ham
Chocolate
Chocolate Cake

Worst Restaurants:
Scalinis Gosforth
Mcdonalds Caterrick Branch

Worst Food:
Fruit and Veg
Sweets
Cake

(12 Apr 2016, 2:32 pm)Michael wrote I liked the Japanese curry Lattices they did, not sure if you can still get them though.

Wish they would do a selection for a while then ask people to vote their favorite to keep them on permanently, sick of going to Gregg's and seeing they've took it off because its limited addition!

Never tried that but the Meatball one they done was also nice. I agree though they call them seasonal specials but I can't see how Chicken and Pepperoni is linked to Spring?

(12 Apr 2016, 3:26 pm)Tom wrote Never tried that but the Meatball one they done was also nice. I agree though they call them seasonal specials but I can't see how Chicken and Pepperoni is linked to Spring?

I can see the chicken part of Spring but not Pepperoni.

(12 Apr 2016, 2:36 pm)NK53 TKT wrote I don't think I have been in this thread before so here are my favourites:

Restaurants:
White Swan (Dinnington)
Loch Fyne
Hungary Horse pubs
Frankie and Bennys
Wetherspoons pubs
Vintage Inns
Flying Hippo Newcastle Airport

Food:
All fish except plaice
All Meat except gammon and ham
Chocolate
Chocolate Cake

Worst Restaurants:
Scalinis Gosforth
Mcdonalds Caterrick Branch

Worst Food:
Fruit and Veg
Sweets
Cake

For big'un

Restaurants:
Burger King
Frankie and Benny's
Northside Diner (in Fenwick)

Food:
Biscuits
Some sweets
Biscuits
Apple juice
Biscuits
Cakes etc (but not with buttercream in)
Pasta (must be red sauce)
Burgers
Asparagus
Danish pastries
M&S salmon and cucumber sandwich
Biscuits

Least favourite eating establishments:
Greggs
McDonalds
Anywhere that insists on serving burgers with mayo.

Least favourite foods:
Meat that looks like unprocessed meat (apart from chicken or turkey thigh)
Pasties
Peanut butter
Mayonnaise
Potatoes
Rice
Anything spicy
White sauces in general
Most dairy
Chocolate (it don't like him)
Rice pudding. It's scary.

Had one of the new pepperoni and chicken pasty from Greggs based on recommendations on here.

Quite enjoyed it.
No idea what the goey filling is but there was more than enough pepperoni in it.

With me currently being in America on Holiday I'm wondering if anyone has tried the likes of Wendy's , Chick-Fil-A etc?

Both are fast food places but are unbelievably tastier and faster than Mc Donald's.

Or has anyone heard of a restaurant called Bob Evans over here? Oh my god it's the best food you could ever eat in my opinion.

My ex is in the US. Sort of puts me off an entire continent

We tried out the new Farmer's market at Wynyard Hall at the weekend. Might be just because it was the firs tone, but it was fabulous. With the exception of the super raw vegan food stall, every stand was reasonably busy. I would suggest that low carb was more th estyle of the achingly middle class of Wynyard than macrobiotic vegan, but the bread stalls were the busiest off all.

As well as the usual bacon and sausages and the tastiest vegetable samosas I've ever eaten, I picked up 1kg of dexter stewing beef for £6, which is actually better than reasonable. Making some into a ragu for big-un to have with pasta and the rest into a stew. It's looking and smelling phenomenal and I'm not even the biggest fan of beef.

(19 Apr 2016, 12:07 pm)Andreos1 wrote Had one of the new pepperoni and chicken pasty from Greggs based on recommendations on here.

Quite enjoyed it.
No idea what the goey filling is but there was more than enough pepperoni in it.

If you think that's good should try the BBQ Pulled Chicken roll I had today and it's possibly one of the best pasties I've had.

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(19 Apr 2016, 1:41 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote With me currently being in America on Holiday I'm wondering if anyone has tried the likes of Wendy's , Chick-Fil-A etc?

Both are fast food places but are unbelievably tastier and faster than Mc Donald's.

Or has anyone heard of a restaurant called Bob Evans over here? Oh my god it's the best food you could ever eat in my opinion.

Haven't been to America but going next year hopefully. Food seems incredible over there though, bet you can get some amazing burgers a small one there will probably be like a large one here.

(19 Apr 2016, 1:41 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote With me currently being in America on Holiday I'm wondering if anyone has tried the likes of Wendy's , Chick-Fil-A etc?

Both are fast food places but are unbelievably tastier and faster than Mc Donald's.

Or has anyone heard of a restaurant called Bob Evans over here? Oh my god it's the best food you could ever eat in my opinion.

I haven't been to the states for 20+ years.
However I did enjoy the food when I was over there.
Lots of it and fairly cheap.
It was interesting to see trends over there appear over here a year or two later. 

The triple D and Man VS Food shows are definitely having an influence on food over here these days.

(19 Apr 2016, 1:56 pm)Tom wrote If you think that's good should try the BBQ Pulled Chicken roll I had today and it's possibly one of the best pasties I've had.

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Haven't been to America but going next year hopefully. Food seems incredible over there though, bet you can get some amazing burgers a small one there will probably be like a large one here.

I didn't see that one mind.

The donner kebab pasty that one of the shops do, is an experience.

(19 Apr 2016, 2:01 pm)Andreos1 wrote I didn't see that one mind.

The donner kebab pasty that one of the shops do, is an experience.

Yeah it's really nice could have done with two really though. Never had a donner kebab pasty - not a fan of kebabs anyway.

The Heart Attack Grill: Restaurant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqf_SIQ3JAk&feature=endscreen&NR=1

"America"


My god, this is ridiculous!

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/...o-11805339

Underperforming Coast to Coast and F&B's to close.

(26 Aug 2016, 3:47 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/...o-11805339

Underperforming Coast to Coast and F&B's to close.

They're crap anyway so doesn't surprise me!

Without going in to too much detail, me and a group of mates head out every Christmas on the lash.
Done it for years.

Debating what to do this year and a few various options were identified.
We usually have a bite to eat and do 'something'.

One of my mates has suggested we get something to eat at Frankie & Benny's, before moving on and sent the menu.
Frankie and/or Benny need to hang their head in shame.
http://www.frankieandbennys.com/christmasmenu.pdf

(25 Nov 2016, 7:01 pm)Andreos1 wrote Without going in to too much detail, me and a group of mates head out every Christmas on the lash.
Done it for years.

Debating what to do this year and a few various options were identified.
We usually have a bite to eat and do 'something'.

One of my mates has suggested we get something to eat at Frankie & Benny's, before moving on and sent the menu.
Frankie and/or Benny need to hang their head in shame.
http://www.frankieandbennys.com/christmasmenu.pdf

Menu is shocking especially for Christmas.

I went to TGI Friday's last Saturday, was really nice.

(25 Nov 2016, 7:04 pm)Michael wrote Menu is shocking especially for Christmas.

I went to TGI Friday's last Saturday, was really nice.

Love TGI Fridays, Frankie and Bennys compared to TGI Fridays is awful.

@Andreos if you are looking for something different this may be worth a look at http://www.rubsmokehouse.com/pages/newca...d-location Not sure what the quality is like though or if you's are in to all that stuff.

Must admit to not being a massive fan of TGI's either mind.
A quick whip around Herons and Iceland could conjure up something similar at half the price.

We do like smokehouse type food and went to Longhorns last Christmas.

(25 Nov 2016, 7:01 pm)Andreos1 wrote Without going in to too much detail, me and a group of mates head out every Christmas on the lash.
Done it for years.

Debating what to do this year and a few various options were identified.
We usually have a bite to eat and do 'something'.

One of my mates has suggested we get something to eat at Frankie & Benny's, before moving on and sent the menu.
Frankie and/or Benny need to hang their head in shame.
http://www.frankieandbennys.com/christmasmenu.pdf

I didn't realise anyone still went to Frankie's, not adults anyway. It's clear The Restaurant Group are trying to divert all the family trade toward F&B's while they capitalise on the higher spend adult leisure market with their other brands (Coast to Coast, Girraffe, Chiquitos, Brunning & Price etc).

I managed a F&B in Salford before I went off to do my own thing and I can't say a good thing about them. Value range products from Brakes is what they're serving - often under-portioned and watered down as managers desperately try to grab their cost-based bonus. 

If you're going to eat somewhere branded I'd vote for Botanist at the mo, though my fave Newcastle place is El Toro. It's not-complicated tapas on Side (near the Castle) - it's usually quiet and being a bit more 'adult' they don't mind you having a few bevs during the day.

F&B's isn't somewhere I would choose at all. Not my kind of place, much prefer a good independent to be honest. Had drinks in the Botanist (nice selection of decent beers), but haven't had food there or El Toro.

Mind, what you have said about the food quality at F&B's doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/th...16416.html

I might be showing my age here, but have no idea what half the words mean!

(11 Dec 2016, 12:58 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/th...16416.html

I might be showing my age here, but have no idea what half the words mean!

That London, innit. Practically forrin.

(11 Dec 2016, 11:35 pm)BusLoverMum wrote That London, innit. Practically forrin.

Just those kool kidz and their words. Always wanted to be a kool dad who knew what was going on in the world with slang. 
Failed miserably and all about an article on fried chicken!

Call me easily pleased but a bacon sandwich and cup of coffee from milligan does me just fine.

Here's one to get your chops around

(01 Apr 2017, 8:06 am)Andreos1 wrote Here's one to get your chops around

Sounds awful haha!

I want cake!

One for the Greggs aficionados here.

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bjx3m...ntire-week

(18 Jul 2017, 5:45 pm)BusLoverMum wrote One for the Greggs aficionados here.

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bjx3m...ntire-week

I don't get what's unusual here? If we're gunna run an article every time someone only eats Greggs for a week the Hartlepool Mail is gunna end up looking like Encyclopaedia Britannica.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42625716

Byron Burger in Metrocentre to close?

(09 Jan 2018, 9:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42625716

Byron Burger in Metrocentre to close?

Last time I was there it was closed I think