Old favourites and newcomers are set to be part of the new STACK Newcastle.
The venue – which is scheduled to open in November at Worswick Chambers on Pilgrim Street – will be housed in a Grade II-listed building which has stood empty for more than 20 years. The site has been brought back to life with a major restoration, combined with an extension created from shipping containers.
The building is spread across three floors and will become home to an exciting mix of bars, streetfood operators, competitive socialising and live entertainment.
Confirmed traders include Liverpool-based fried chicken operator Pattersons and The Cheesy Pig’s first North East location – alongside ZZA Pizzeria, Bao Down, Acropolis, Brack Burger and We Are Melt. Mexican food concept La Cocina Mexicano will also be joining the mix, with a sandwich deli set to take one of the external units.
Dec Carr, operations director at Pattersons, said: “We’ve been operating successfully around the North West for the past 10 years and have recently opened outlets in Manchester and Warrington. We were looking at other areas and one of our managers, who is originally from Gateshead, mentioned STACK. We visited several of the sites and were really impressed and thought they would be a perfect fit for us.”
STACK Newcastle has three external units, with the first being taken by Patrick Forster Barbers and Shop, which is expanding from its High Bridge Street base.
“We train apprentices, and we tend to keep them all so having another shop will mean we can keep everyone busy,” said Patrick. “It also means we can offer some new services that we don’t currently offer such as shaving. It’s a fantastic building and we’re really looking forward to opening.”
The building’s third floor will be dedicated to STACK’s competitive socialising brand, Sideshow, which launched last year at STACK Lincoln and features interactive darts, shuffleboard and karaoke booths.
STACK CEO Neill Winch said: “Bringing Worswick Chambers back to life after being vacant for more than 20 years is something we’re incredibly proud of. The combination of its historic character with our signature container plaza makes this one of our most ambitious STACK projects yet. We’re known for the quality and variety of our streetfood and we’re very proud of the amazing offering that we have lined up for STACK Newcastle. The mix of our most popular outlets alongside exciting new names makes for a really special lineup.”
