There is a nice cafe, with an appropriate artistic atmosphere of paintings and sculpture, in Laing Art Gallery in Higham Place in the centre of the great City of Newcastle. This a nice gallery and a really interesting exhibition of the City of Newcastle. There are many 18th and 19th century paintings by local artists.

The 'John Lewis Cafe' in the John Lewis store serves good food and a good refuge from tramping round shops! It is situated in the large Eldon Square Shopping Centre and apparently has good 'baby facilities'!

There is a good bar and bistro in recently magnificently refurbished Theatre Royal in Grey Street were we saw a wonderful performance of the comic production "The Thirty Nine Steps". The Theatre Royal is a grade 1 listed building in Grey Street, with the huge column dedicated to Earl Grey at the top of Grey Street.