Cook House

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Foundry Lane 
Newcastle upon Tyne 
NE6 1LH 

0191 276 1093 
www.cookhouse.org 

Accessibility? Yes 
Gluten free? Yes

Just so this doesn’t come over like one of those puff pieces you might read in our less critically-minded local food publications and blogs, let me start at the very end, with the one thing that wasn’t completely great: the espresso I necked just prior to leaving Cook House was towards the fruity/astringent end of the caffeine spectrum, whereas I’m a bit more of a rich/smooth kind of guy, at least where coffee is concerned. 

That’s it. Criticism over. Now let me spend the rest of this post telling you why Cook House is such a wonderful place to eat.

Cook House

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20 Ouse Street 
Ouseburn 
Newcastle upon Tyne 
NE1 2PF 

No telephone number – no bookings 
www.cookhouse.org 

It’s not easy to define good taste, but we all like to think we know it when we see it. 

There is of course the gnarly issue of subjectivity. I’m sure Donald Trump thinks his hairstyle is the height of fashion, whilst I, and the rest of the world, would beg to differ. Time is another factor. Not so ago that it was considered just the thing to squiggle balsamic glaze over any food in sight; now, not so much. Not that many of our region’s chefs have realised it yet.