Victoria Moffman savours a taste of France at Bouchon, Hexham Having studied French and lapped up the country’s charm during...
Dean Bailey visits the new home of Papa Ganoush in Whitley Bay The vibrant and always brilliant street food of...
Village people are so lucky, reckons Alastair Gilmour A huge load-bearing beam across the dining area doubles as a chalkboard for local produce. It also reads like the itinerary for a Border Reivers’ raiding party. On the schedule at The Red Lion Inn in Milfield, Northumberland, are Foreman’s Butchers in neighbouring Norham,...
We all need to escape every so often, particularly these last few years, and in our opinion there is no...
Dean Bailey is sent on the office lunch run Appetite HQ is, not surprisingly, generally filled with treats. Indeed, there...
Dean Bailey enjoys dinner at Corbridge’s much talked-about new dining destination, Sycamore As foodie destinations go, Corbridge is a good one. From quality dining to buzzing tearooms, you can graze its historic streets all day and evening should the fancy take you, and invest in quality local produce to take...
Rosie McGlade enjoys a very modern curry experience at a new restaurant in Walbottle Essentially, curries fall into two categories....
Angela Walton returns to an old favourite down Yorkshire way Arriving at The Buck Inn in the beautiful rural village...
Dean Bailey heads to Porterhouse, Fenwick, Newcastle The appetite team does long lunches really well (there aren’t many perks here… honest!) and we love the Fenwick Food Hall, so the promise of the finest steaks in town on a wet weekday afternoon was too good an opportunity to miss. All...
Dean Bailey heads to Durham and Shaun Hurrell’s Barrio Comida We’ve spent quite a bit of time in Durham this...
There was little to stir the Appetite team from its grumbling slumber during the long lockdown of winter 2020/21. Then...
Dean Bailey heads to Newcastle to find a restaurant that does away with distractions and lets the food do the talking Stroll down Jesmond Road in one of Newcastle’s leafiest suburbs, and nine times out of 10 you’ll miss The Patricia. Pleasingly un-showy and a world away from the bustle...




















