A Newcastle cafe known for its stunning city centre views is set to remain open after two of the region's largest businesses decided to extend their partnership.
Fenwick Newcastle and South Tyneside fashion company Barbour joined forces in October last year to launch Barbour Tea and Toasties, a cosy cafe overlooking Grey's Monument that offers tea, sweet treats, and toasted sandwiches bearing the Barbour brand.
The collaboration was designed to celebrate the North East and commemorate Barbour's 30-year anniversary of the Liddesdale quilted jacket, a design by its chair Dame Margaret Barbour that propelled the business to international success. The pop-up cafe, located on the first floor near the store's Blackett Street entrance, gained immense popularity during the Christmas season, with several Christmas trees adorning its tables and decor featuring quilted Barbour-style furnishings.
Although it was initially slated to close at the end of the year, popular demand has led to its extension until the end of March. Fenwick's expert restaurant team will continue to manage the pop-up, serving its unique menu, which includes the Tyne and Moor Melt, a toastie filled with Berwick Edge cheese and Newcastle Brown Ale Chutney, and Howay the Ham, a classic ham and Berwick Edge cheese combination.
The menu was developed in partnership with local, independent businesses, featuring cheese from Berwick Edge and tea from Ringtons.
Leo Fenwick, strategic partnerships director at Fenwick, expressed enthusiasm regarding their initiatives to elevate the customer experience: "At Fenwick we are always looking for new and exciting ways to enhance our customer experience and following the incredible response to our Barbour Tea and Toasties pop-up at Fenwick Newcastle, we are delighted to be extending the cafe for another few months so our customers can continue to enjoy this new and delicious experience in the city.", reports .
He added: "We are immensely proud of our partnership with Barbour and to be collaborating on their first cafe concept in the world tells a unique story of two, iconic North East brands, evolving and innovating together. We look forward to launching the new Barbour collections across our stores and online this coming year, with more special collaborations from Barbour, which highlight the partnership and why Fenwick and the city of Newcastle is such an important shopping destination in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ."
Paul Wilkinson, Barbour group commercial director and deputy group managing director, said: "We're delighted that so many people from Newcastle and across the region have enjoyed the Tea and Toasties pop-up in Fenwick. It forms part of our wider plans for 2025 in building our valued partnership with Fenwick, a fellow North East family-owned brand. The New Year will see new clothing, accessories and footwear collections together with globally recognised collaborations launch with Fenwick to excite and delight customers."
The two family businesses, Fenwick and Barbour, have a combined history of 274 years in the region. Fenwick was established in Newcastle in 1882, while Barbour was founded in South Shields in 1894.
