#local-specialties

#local-specialties

Famous for its bridges, its black-and-white-striped football team, its big-hearted warmth (the people, if not the temperatures), Newcastle has usually been dismissed as a dining hot-spot. That would be unwise. The city gained its first Michelin star over 35 years ago; it now has two Michelin-starred restaurants as well as a jostling handful of serious wannabees. And that's just at the fine-dining end, the tip of an eating-out scene that crackles like the Geordie humour.

There's no doubt that Americans love to snack, no matter what part of the country they're in. According to a 2023 study published in the journal Nutrients, nine in 10 American adults consume at least one snack per day. But snacks play a special and central role in the South, whether featured in potluck luncheonettes, cocktail parties, barbecues, and crawfish boils, or simply feeding folks on the go.