All the pubs, cafes and restaurants on the list have been chosen on the basis of value, hospitality, quality and creativity:
-Latimers seafood, Whitburn, Tyne and Wear
-Hjem, Wall, Northumberland
-Bouchon Bistrot, Hexam, Northumberland
-The Barrasford Arms, Barrasford, Northumberland
-The Rat inn, Anick, Northumberland
-Audela, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland
-The Ship Inn, Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
-The Feathers Inn, Hedley on the Hill, Northumberland
-Colmans, South Shields
-The Staith House, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
-The Roxburgh, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
-Riley’s Fish Shack, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear
-Eslington Villa, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
-Trakol, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear