Picnopolis Cafés and Food Outlets
BALTIC Café
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays
Tel: 0191 478 1810
Open Sun - Sat 10am – 6pm, Tues 10.30am – 6pm.
Here you can try a whole range of picnic food created just for Picnopolis. There will be Picnopolis Picnic Cake based on an old traditional fruit cake recipe; plane-shaped cookies; Picnic Tea Punch made with TPC Greenfield and Brownfield tea, and Wylam Brewery Angel Picnic Beer.
Nearest Metro: Gateshead 
Quaylink Bus: Q1 Baltic Square
Blackfriars Restaurant
Friars Street, Newcastle
Tel: 0191 261 5945
Open Mon - Sat 11am – 5pm, 6pm - late; Sun 11am – 4pm
Blackfriars will provide the hamper and delicious gourmet picnic food for you to enjoy in the beautiful surroundings of Blackfriars (click here for details).
Nearest Metro: Monument / Central Station Quaylink Bus: Q1 Central Station
Dene’s Deli
Jesmond Road
Tel: 0191 281 8200
Open: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm, Sat 9.30am – 4pm
Order your picnic bags in advance and choose from a great range of fantastic stottie sandwiches, cakes and drinks, with ingredients from local producers such as Northumberland Cheese Co, New Barns Farm, and Rise & Shine Bakery.
To order your great picnic in advance go to www.denesdeli.com and then simply turn up to collect and pay.
Nearest Metro: Jesmond
Green Fleece Café
Bill Quay Community Farm, Gateshead
Tel: 0191 433 5782
Open: 12 noon – 4pm
The café specialises in local produce and serves meat and seasonal vegetables from the farm. Try the café’s own version of Picnic Sausage Sandwiches, vegetarian sushi and Picnic Cake at Bill Quay on Wed 20 August.
Nearest Metro: Pelaw
Cumberland Arms
Byker
Tel: 0191 265 6151
Open: Mon – Fri from 3pm, Sat & Sun from 12.30pm
Enjoy a glass of Wylam Brewery Angel Picnic Beer and a stottie sandwich at the Cumberland Arms, or take your picnic down to Ouseburn Farm on Sat 23 August for a great picnic.
Nearest Metro: Byker Quaylink Bus: Q2 Lime Street
Old Eldon Square
Buy your picnic from one of the many great food outlets in the Square, or enjoy some world food from the market stalls at the Monument celebrating the Mela, whilst sitting on your BABYPLANE.
Nearest Metro: Monument Quaylink Bus: Q1/Q2 Theatre Royal
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