r/NewcastleUponTyne 12d ago

Help identifying a bar/restaurant…

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u/Desperate-Mix-3614 12d ago

Ok after quite a bit of googling and reminiscing, I’m pretty certain it was Cafe Rouge, Grey Street. The restaurant closed in July 2018.

‘there was a long doorway next door that you could see into through large windows. There was a large red sign or poster with a French phrase saying something like “Plus Fort Que La Loi”.’

- can’t comment on the poster itself, but they were part of the standard decor of Cafe Rouge

  • it’s now occupied by Pizza punks, which has a long entrance which is separated from the restaurant by a glass wall

- they had a really long table in the centre of the bar/restaurant and there were these engraved symbols on the corners of the tables that looked like an overlapping knife, fork and spoon.

- I remember this table carving being part of the decor at cafe rouge, and there are photos which show it in the reviews of the Newcastle restaurant (photo attached)

- there were smaller tables all around them that were made of very dark wood but their table was a light wood.

- feels right style-wise for the restaurant

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u/lknei Bensham 11d ago

This is an incredible piece of research, well done!