Urban Night Feast returns for another year to my hometown of Newcastle for three evenings of delicious street food, music and a bit of a party.
Founded by food writer and private chef Maunika Gowardhan, Urban Night Feast brings the UK’s most exciting vendors to the North East, alongside local food heroes.
The foodie event is taking place at The Boiler Shop, a Grade II listed warehouse space just behind Newcastle Central Station that regularly runs cool cultural and food events.
Confirmed visiting vendors include the brilliant Big Apple Hot Dogs, Indian street food experts Horn Ok Please, The Travelling Gin Co., Fundi Pizza, Luardos burritos, Mother Clucker fried chicken and biscuits, haggis toasty merchants Deeney’s, Passione Vino, Mark Hix’s FishDog and my favourite The Rib Man (his Holy F*ck hot sauce will go down a treat in the Toon).
Here’s what some of the London vendors have to say about Urban Night Feast:
“Mark Hix can’t wait to get up to Newcastle and finally get his fishdogs onto the streets of Newcastle,” says FishDog’s Kevin Gratton. “We’ll be singing ‘dog on the Tyne is all mine all mine’ all the way up there!”
“I can’t freakin’ wait to bring our special type of BAHD-ness to the Toon!” says Big Apple’s Abiye Cole.
Representing the North East are vendor such as Riley’s Fish Shack, Pla’s Asian Kitchen, Jesmond-based burger bar Fat Hippo, Wylam Brewery, Real Nice Ice, Ouseburn Coffee Company and renowned Quayside gastropub The Broad Chare, who will be serving up scotch eggs and black pudding.
As if that wasn’t exciting enough already, London-based mixologists Purl are hosting a pop-up cocktail pod, in their signature prohibition-era speakeasy style. Learn how to mix like the experts at a ticketed cockail masterclass, or just enjoy their innovative concoctions.
Urban Night Feast is sure to be the best night out in Newcastle this week and if last year is anything to go by, it’s worth getting there early to avoid the queues.
Urban Night Feast runs from 6pm to midnight on 3-5 October at The Boiler Shop. Entry is free of charge and the Purl Speakeasy Cocktail Masterclass is priced at £12.50 per person for each 45 minute masterclass (including a complimentary cocktail).
Photos by Urban Night Feast, Purl and Chérie City
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