North East Restaurant Guide

Newcastle restaurant supremo Terry Laybourne goes Italian with this new venture on the trendy Quayside. This is the new-name, new-look Café Live, moved just up the street from its original site.

29 Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

The village of Sawdon is on the edge of Wykeham Forest with its stunning viewpoint over Dalby Dale, it is well placed base to visit York and the Dinosaur Coast, the resort town of Scarborough or simply enjoy local walks and a pint in the bar at The Anvil Inn, the old blacksmith's workshop dating from the 1700s.

Main Street, Sawdon, North Yorkshire

'Bringing a little bit of New York style to East Yorkshire', the Westwood is set alongside a spa in the grounds of a stunning Grade-II listed Georgian mansion.

New Walk, Beverley, East Yorkshire

Newcastle food hero Terry Laybourne is the latest restaurateur to be lured by the possibilities of opening an outlet in a high-end fashion store.

First Floor, Fenwick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Once a gentleman's residence in a quiet cobbled street, this three-storey Georgian townhouse has been sympathetically restored and transformed into a personally run restaurant-cum-hotel.

59-61 Frenchgate, Richmond, North Yorkshire

Situated in exhilarating walking country amid the rolling hills of the Holme Valley, The Hepworth puts on a contemporary show with its high-quality leather fittings, sumptuous cream and chocolate colour schemes.

Sheffield Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

Food Social is the new restaurant concept by David Kennedy formerly of Black Door fame, this grown-up brasserie is housed in Newcastle's famous Biscuit Factory - Britain's largest art store/gallery.

Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

A converted Victorian pump house once used to supply Durham with its water supply from the River Wear is indeed the setting for this restaurant, which is now surrounded by an ever-changing landscape of mature woodland.

Farm Road, Durham, County Durham

Nestling in a fold of the Shibden Valley overlooking Red Beck, this seventeenth-century inn has been completely transformed by its present owners Simon and Caitlin Heaton.

Shibden Mill Fold, Halifax, West Yorkshire

After almost 20 years at 21 Queen Street, Terence Laybourne has moved his famed Newcastle trailblazer Cafe 21, to larger premises a stone's throw away in Trinity Gardens.

Trinity Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear