An abandoned late-Victorian sea-front tram-shelter in Sunderland has reopened as a restaurant following a three-year restoration. The Grade II listed building at Seaburn was built in 1901, and had been used to shelter visitors during bad weather since trams stopped running in 1954. It was one of three historic buildings restored under a £850,000 investment […]
Former Gordon Ramsay chef Tamer Hassan is to open an ambitious Asian restaurant in Sunderland which he is pitching as “Victorian glamour meets downtown Tokyo”. Hidden Lotus will occupy part of the Grade II listed late-Victorian Sheepfolds Stables, scheduled to open after renovation later this year under the city’s £500million riverside masterplan. The restaurant will […]
John and Kimberly Calton of Newcastle bistro Route have announced plans to open an ambitious restaurant in the shadow of Sunderland football club’s Stadium of Light. Named Zinc, the restaurant will occupy a prime location of the now-derelict Grade II listed Stable Yards (pictured), overlooking the River Wear. The couple ran the successful Staith House […]
