Blackfriars is now serving a sprightly new Express Lunch Menu, an elegant A la Carte Menu and (when the sun shines) a summertime Terrace Menu.

We’ve created some delicious dishes including:

	Hot-smoked salmon, brown shrimp toast, white crab mayonnaise, cucumber & dill salad
	Shetland scallops, pea & crispy bacon risotto
	North Yorkshire asparagus, crispy duck egg, belly pork scratching
	Stuffed saddle of Cumbrian rabbit, haricot bean & leek cream
	Roast Cumbrian corn-fed chicken, wild garlic risotto, roast tomatoes
	Our ever-popular Hadrian Heritage Ribeye steak, bone marrow butter, roast tomatoes & hand-cut chips

To finish there’s;

	Dark chocolate mousse, orange shortbread, poached rhubarb
	Or for a truly refreshing dessert, why not try our Pimms’ jelly, cucumber, strawberry & mint salad, lemon sorbet?

Visit our website for full details of our extensive lunch and evening menus.

Following on from its massive success last year, Blackfriars is hosting another Local Food and Beer Matching dinner on Friday 23 April at 7.30pm.

Treat your taste buds to five delicious courses, matched with five carefully selected beers (included), for just £40 per person. Local beer specialist, Matt Boyle from Wylam Brewery, will be on hand to guide you through his suggestions while you enjoy such hearty dishes as braised belly pork and sticky toffee pudding.

To find out more and book your place, visit our website.

The Which? Good Food Guide is now welcoming entries for this year’s Which? Restaurant of the Year Award.

So if you’ve enjoyed a meal at Blackfriars, please put in a vote for us by clicking here.
Thank you!

Following your incredible generosity last year when we raised some much needed funds for St Oswald’s Hospice, Andy Hook, owner of Blackfriars, has decided to take part in not one but two of the most gruelling triathlons in the UK this year.

In May he’ll be breaking the ice to swim over 1km in a frozen New Forest lake followed by a 40km bike ride and 10km run. Later in June he’ll do the same in the cold North Sea at Bamburgh for the Castle’s Triathlon.

Both events are in aid of the Evening Chronicle Sunshine Fund, which helps disabled North East children and their families, including Blackfriars restaurant manager Liam MacDonald’s four year-old son Aidan who suffers from Cerebral Palsy.

Despite working long, hard hours, Liam's up every morning before 6am for Aidan's gruelling physio session. The cost of special shoes and equipment is a real drain on Liam & Vikki so it'd be great if we could help them out. If you’d like to sponsor Andy, please click here. All donations, however small, will be very much appreciated.