If a complimentary glass of rosé isn’t enough, to celebrate the return of the EAT! food festival, this year Blackfriars has created a special Festival Menu, offering an incredible value three course dinner for just £20.10.

With starters such as:

	Spring vegetable risotto
	North Sea fishcake, home-made tartar sauce
	Sautéed Cumbrian chicken livers on toast, shallot purée, ale & honey reduction

Mains include;

	Caramelised shallot & goats’ cheese tart
	Pan-fried County Durham pork chop, ‘bubble & squeak’, tarragon jus
	Poached Scottish salmon, Carroll’s Heritage potatoes, wilted spring greens

Desserts include:

	Apple tarte tatin, white chocolate & toffee ice cream
	Dark chocolate mousse, orange shortbread, poached rhubarb
	Sticky toffee pudding, banana ice cream, caramel sauce

And complimentary coffee!
Offer valid Monday-Friday (not Saturdays), from 11 June to 4 July 2010. Advance online bookings only. Please mention EAT! Festival Menu. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer.

Blackfriars is now serving a summertime Terrace Menu, so come and enjoy a light bite and a drink in the sunshine.

Visit our website for full details of our menus..

Yes, we’re up to even more during the EAT Festival!

We are also building a replica cake of Blackfriars as part of the Cake Book Flash Mob picnic, our chefs are teaching school children about the wonders of food as part of the ‘Adopt-a-School’ programme, and we’re also helping out with the Grainger Market Treasure Hunt where you can hunt out our suggested ingredients for a delicious, affordable meal. You could even win a meal cooked at your house by a Blackfriars chef. Visit eatnewcastlegateshead.com for more information.

Over £1,200 raised so far but there’s further to go!

Following your incredible generosity last year when we raised some much needed funds for St Oswald’s Hospice, Andy Hook, owner of Blackfriars, is now training hard for the second of two gruelling triathlons. In May he completed the New Forest Triathlon, and later this month he’ll do the same in the cold North Sea at Bamburgh for the Northumberland 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 has 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 and 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.