A very small, independent bar, just left of centre
Having been around the block several times, we’re back for one last shot at the brass ring. With many years of delivering quality suds to the esteemed folk of Newcastle and Gateshead, we’re excited to bring you Mean-Eyed Cat.
BEERS
The little baldy fella has brought along an ageing hipster and beer aficionado to take all the plaudits and carry the can if it all goes skew-wiff.
We’re serving Six Cask and Eight Keg, in an ever revolving and evolving round up of beers, backed by a perfectly formed, can and bottle range.
They’ll come from local, national and international suppliers and all of tip-top quality!
Cask
Keg
Cask
We’re covering as broad a spectrum as possible within the parameters of our “micro” bar. Our house cask beers are White Rat (4% session pale ale) from the Rat Brewery in Huddersfield and ‘Cramped’ (4% session IPA) from local brewery Almasty. With a fair wind and a steady flow these two should always be available.
This will be backed up by a mild, bitter or amber beer between 4 & 4.5% abv, leading through to a stronger pale ale, a great IPA and finishing with a full bodied stout or porter.

Keg
As with the cask range, the Keg range will cover a nice wide remit. In today’s terms this means super fresh IPAs, amazingly flavoursome porters and stouts, incredible sours, and all this alongside our house session pale ale ‘El Santo’ (4%) from local brewery Two by Two and our house larger from Ayinger (4.9%) in Germany. The range will come from the cream of the burgeoning North East brewing scene along with a swathe of Great British breweries. The Keg scene is ever expanding and we’re keeping a close eye on all the good stuff out there. On all of our beers we aim to please so we’re always happy to look into any suggestions and recommendations our customers pass on to us. Check out our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram feeds to see what’s in the lines.

Cider, Wine & Spirits
Alongside our great cask & keg beers we’re serving a great range of ciders, wines, spirits, bottles, cans and soft drinks. The ciders will be traditional still and served from the “cellar” there will be up to six available at any one time, of differing strengths, styles and flavours.
We’ve selected our wines very carefully and in keeping with the theme we’ve a couple of Spanish ones in there. Our choice of whites are an Spanish Albarino (Castello do Mar) and a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc (Waipa Bay) for the reds we have a Spanish Rioja Crianza (Ramon Bilbao) and an Argentinian Malbec (La Mascota). For those who like a bit of fizz we have a delightful Spanish Cava (Per Ventura) and small bottles of Italian Prosecco.
Our bottle and can range is a mix of classic European styles alongside bright, new, fresh beers from the likes of Stone, Beavertown, Magic Rock etc.
We’re a small bar so our spirit range, although not extensive, is made up of quality bottles and we’ve even managed to plan a few cocktails into the mix. For the mixers and soft drinks we have a nice mix of good quality bottles and cans, including, Fever Tree, Marlish, Fentimans, San Pelegrino, Coke, Diet Coke and an orange juice.




Bar Snacks
We’ve partnered with Cubanos in Newcastle to supply us with Empanadas, a perfect accompaniment to our crackin’ drinks range. We will have one veggie filling and one vegan, both tasty and satisfying. Both accompanied by Cubanos’ home made sauces
SORRY – NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE UNTIL WE GET BACK TO NORMAL AFTER COVID-19


We’ve also partnered with MAGPYE to supply us with Vegan ‘Porky’ Pies, another perfect accompaniment to our crackin’ drinks range. We will have one regular vegan ‘porky’ filling and one with a hint oc chilli, both very tasty and accompanied by piccalilli or chutney
SORRY – NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE UNTIL WE GET BACK TO NORMAL AFTER COVID-19

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Turn up, Drop in, or Pop out, to our fun, colourful and friendly micro-emporium, which has been hand-made with love. (and rockets).
social & events


opening hours
Monday to Wednesday
12 PM -10 PM
Weekends
12 PM – 10:30 PM
Sundays
1 PM – 9 PM
Find Us
Two minutes walk from Haymarket metro, and across the road from the Haymarket bus station. You can’t miss us.
Contact
Phone
0191 222 0952
Address
1 St Thomas’ Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LE
pub@meaneyedcat.co.uk
Turn up, Drop in, or Pop out, to our fun, colourful and friendly micro-emporium, which has been hand-made with love. (and rockets).
social & events
Check out our full events page for more info.
Sunday, 23 September 2018: A Rockin Benefit for a Rockin Guitar Man
Events, Gigs
An afternoon and early evening of some of the best local Rockabilly, Americana and Country musicians and bands. All for a wonderful cause. This is a fundraiser to help a fellow musician through an extremely difficult situation. The line up is - The Groovediggers /...
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A pub. 6 cask, 8 keg a load of tinnies and the furniture doesn't match.
MEXICAN BRUNCH THIS SUNDAY!
3Cantina return to the cats behind with some of the most authentic (and fully vegan) tacos in toon!
We will also have a special one off keg of @TwiceBrewedCo Jalapeño Margarita Sour on to wash it all down!
Serving from 1pm!
No street food vendors this eve but we have @firestone_artisan_ncl slinging pies from the Haymarket and bringing them over lightning quick! Get stuck in! 🍕 ♥
Who's coming to drink all the stouts today then?