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Grey’s Quarter
Intu Eldon Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7JB
0191 230 4229
Accessibility? Yes
Gluten free? Yes
www.georgesgreatbritishkitchen.co.uk
I’ve noticed of late a strong relationship between variable A: it being the school holidays, and variable B: me finding myself eating in places - how to put this politely? - well, places that I wouldn’t necessarily take someone I wanted to impress. I think it may be a matter not just of correlation, but of actual causation, the catalytic factor being variable C: the presence of kids.
Last summer Mrs Diner and I sampled the delights of Pizza Express, all because we had custody of her nieces for one afternoon and they, for reasons that elude me, just love those dough balls. This half term I arranged to meet a friend who had her own Junior Diner in tow.
“Somewhere in town that does kiddie portions, preferably with crayons,” she had requested.
I thought hard. The presence, or otherwise, of crayons is not something that I typically note in my reviews.
“What about that George’s place in Eldon Square we keep avoiding?” suggested Mrs Diner. It was all right for her – she wasn’t coming with us.
“Fine,” I said, realising I hadn’t had fish and chips in ages. “If we can smash through three courses before Junior gets uppity I’ll even do a review,” I said. And we did, and I am.
