Food & Drink

Oliver's Cafe Bistro

Traditional cafe under the Grainger Market's arcade roof, doing hearty cooked breakfasts, doorstop sandwiches and a proper pot of tea.

Units 14-15, Grainger Arcade, Grainger Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5QF

Mon-Sat 8am-5pm, closed Sunday

About Oliver's Cafe Bistro

Oliver's trades from a pair of units in the Grainger Arcade, the glass-roofed avenue running through the middle of the Grainger Market. The market itself opened in 1835 as part of Richard Grainger's rebuilding of the city centre and is Grade I listed, and the arcade is its grandest stretch, so this is a cooked breakfast eaten under one of the finest pieces of Victorian market architecture in the country. The room is a market cafe rather than a styled brunch spot, with the noise of the trading hall around it.

The kitchen keeps to British cafe cooking done properly: a full breakfast as the headline, alongside sandwiches the market describes as the size of doorstops, homemade scones, cakes and a solid cup of tea. It is open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 5pm and, like every trader here, closed all day Sunday, which matters if you are planning a weekend fry-up in the centre. Tables are walk-in only.

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