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Belle&Herbs

a better standard of ordinary...

About Me

Hi!! i am a brick built victorian cafe built in 1902. I sell food! (oh and drink). Monday - Saturday 9am - 5pm, Sundays 10am - 4pm. No Bookings, We are at 200 Heaton Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE6 5HP tel: (0191) 265 1000 for directions/questions... come and get fed...
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My Interests

This year we are trying to build a programme of cultural events that will seek to provide a home for events that are slightly out of the ordinary... we are also hoping to extend our opening hours and secure a live music licence and an extension to our premises.. keep ya posted...

I'd like to meet:

people who are hungry/thirsty, we are a group of friends whom enjoy what we do and the lovely people who use our services.. if you are lovely, we'd like to meet you... though we usually have more time to talk during the week when we aint quite so busy!

Music:

daytime radio (DAB).. radio 2, ARROW (All Rock Radio), Smoot h FM (Soul), 6 Music, KISS fm, and a wide selection of faves provided by our lovely staff team.

Movies:

Alice's Restaurant, The cook the thief his wife and her lover, The restaurant, Allo Allo, Border Cafe, Cafe Americain,The Heartbreak Cafe, Nightmare Cafe, The Atomic Cafe, Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Brief Encounter, Cafe Utopia, Cafe Flesh, Danger of Dining in Private Dining Rooms, Frankie & Johnny, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hard Boiled Yeggs, The Last Stop Cafe, Murder at Cafe Noir, My Polish Waiter

Heroes:

Anthony Bourdain, Raymond Blanc, Ferran Adria, Heston Blumenthal, Thomas Keller, Alexis Soyer, Prosper Montagne. Jane Grigson, Clarissa Dickson-Wright & Jennifer Patterson, Fergus Hendeson.

My Blog

EAT! Fringe Festival Events@ the caf

yola good people...In celebration of the Newcastle EAT festival, we have arranged a series of  'fringe events'.  We have tried hard to get a little flavor of as many cultural vibes as we can...
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:08:00 PST

Observer Food Awards 2008

We were very fortunate to be named in the Observer Food Awards 2008.  We were named in the "Best Breakfast" section.  This was our second consecutive year of being named in the awards. ...
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:04:00 PST

somebody ripped off our name and logo!

yo...check this out... somebody (and we know who you are scumbags) ripped off our name and logo and has opened a Belle & Herbs in Seattle (USA)...we have posted a pic of the place on our myspace p...
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:32:00 PST

Newcastle EAT festival victories!

yo yo yo...much as it is against our nature to blow our own trumpet (ahem) we took part in the recent - inaugural - Newcastle EAT festival.  As part of the festival there were two competitive sec...
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:36:00 PST

butterfly cabinet @ the caf...

hey lovely friends...thought i would repost the glorious butterfly cabinets latest bulletin on the subject of the next gig at the cafe... if you want to make any contributions to Johns charity appeal ...
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:09:00 PST

Observer Food Awards 2007 we won one!!

woooohooooo!!! we are very proud and pleased to say that we were included as winners in the category of 'best breakfast' and were picked for the north east region. we are super chuffed and look forw...
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:07:00 PST

poetry night .. 'we found this little place'

dear poetry lovers....we are on the verge of starting a poetry night at the cafe, it will be supported by MA poetry students of newcastle university, and we hope it will happen on a thursday night, if...
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:57:00 PST

murder club @ belle n' herbs

tueday nights are murder club at the cafe... each week we invite a reader to bring us tales of horror, both modern and classic. doors open 7.45 and then clang shut at 8.15pm when the reading begins.....
Posted by Belle&Herbs on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:50:00 PST