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Mother’s Day 2012 – Sunday 18th March

Karen — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:19:01 +0000

Treat your mum to lunch at Caffè Vivo.

As it’s a special day we will be open from 12.00 noon – 4.00pm on Mothering Sunday and serving our Fixed Price and A la Carte menus, throw in a glass of Prosecco and make your lovely mum feel really special.

Mother’s Day Menu:

Pumpkin Soup with Mascarpone & Parmesan Croutons

San Danielle Ham with Melted Tallegio & New Potatoes

Bruchetta with Baked Ricotta, Roast Cherry Tomatoes & Black Olives

Crispy Fried Calamari with Tomato Salsa & Aioli

Caesar Style Salad, Chicken, Pancetta, Soft Hen’s Egg & Croutons

Grilled Rib of Beef with Braised Italian Cabbage & Rosemary/Garlic Roast Potatoes

Tagliatelle with Cured Salmon, Mint, Cucumber & Crème Fraiche

Spring Chicken ‘Cooked Over Coals’ with Tuscan Beans & Gremolata

Grilled Fillet of Sea Bass with Spinach, New Potatoes & Saffron Dressing

Wild Mushroom Frittata with Garden Salad

Vanilla Baked Cheesecake with Strawberries

‘Bonet’ – Chocolate Amaretti Cream from Lombardy

Poached Rhubarb with Vanilla Mascarpone & Meringue

Selection of Home-made Italian Ice Cream & Sorbets

Italian Cheese Selection

(Fontina, Taleggio, Gorgonzola)

2 courses £17.50 3 courses £20.50

Call us on 0191 232 1331 or reserve your table online now.

If you can’t be with your mum this Mother’s Day don’t forget that we have a range of gift vouchers that you can treat her with.

Click here to buy gift vouchers online.

Newcastle Restaurant Week: 24th – 28th January

Karen — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:32:14 +0000

They’ve been doing it in New York for years and now Newcastle Restaurant Week has taken up residence on the calendar of events in January.

Now in its second year, Restaurant Week offers diners the chance to eat out for as little as £10.00 per person for a week in January 2012. It’s a great opportunity to pay a visit to a favourite restaurant or to try out somewhere you haven’t been before.

Our special menu price at £10.00 per person for 2 courses and £15.00 for 3 courses will be available at lunch and dinner Tuesday 24th – Friday 27th and at lunchtime on Saturday 28th January.

Download a voucher from the website here:

To reserve your table please give us a call on 0191 232 1331 or you can book online and mention ‘restaurant week’.

Our sister restaurants are also taking part: Cafe 21, Cafe 21 Fenwick & The Broad Chare

Christmas @ Caffe Vivo

Karen — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:58:26 +0000

Our Christmas menu for the 2011 festive season is now available to download.

Click Here to see the menu.

Cook in a Curry @ Caffe Vivo – Monday 10th October 2011

Karen — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:18:29 +0000

For one night only, Caffé Vivo will become the stage on which Maunika Gowardhan will showcase the best that the Indian sub-continent has to offer, with a‘pop up’ Indian evening. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Maunika is a popular food writer and private chef in the North East of England who makes regular appearances on BBC Radio Newcastle.

On the evening of Monday 10^th October our head chef, Glen, will hand over the reins of the kitchen for Maunika to produce a fabulously modern 3 course meal influenced by Indian street food, using authentic flavours and priced at only £30.00 per person.

Please call us on 0191 232 1331 to reserve your table as soon as possible – places will be limited.

Find out more about Maunika by reading her blog www.cookinacurry.co.uk

The Broad Chare – A Proper Pub

Karen — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:14:08 +0000

At long last, The Broad Chare, Newcastle’s newest pub, is open for business and taking bookings and orders for this weekend.

The opening is the culmination of months of hard work and a creative partnership between Live Theatre and Terry Laybourne’s 21 Hospitality Group. It’s a food-led pub like no other in the city … a venue that will fill a gap and establish its own unique place in the market.

The teams are all in place with chef Chris Eagle and manager Steve Dunn expecting a lively start to trade from today. The menu – available as a download on this site – offers au great range of simple, locally sourced bar snacks along with a range of hearty main courses and a ‘dish of the day’ – and this Friday we are pleased to offer our own version of a classic, fish and chips.

The dish of the day on Saturday is Irish Stew and we’re doing Roast Beef and Yorkshire puddings on Sunday from 12 noon.

Come on down and share a snack, a meal or just a pint of beer – maybe our own pale ale, The Writer’s Block, brewed exclusively for us by Wylam Brewery.

http://www.thebroadchare.co.uk/

25 Broad Chare

NE1 3DQ

0191 211 2144

BYO Nights are Back!

Karen — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:05:11 +0000

Our ever popular BYO nights are back with a bang! The concept is simple……. the idea is that you root around under the stairs for that Lambrusco that was given to you as a secret Santa, or that bottle of wine that you have been saving for a special occasion which has somehow never come, or which you thought was too expensive to drink at home – and you bring it with you to Caffè Vivo and drink it with your dinner. We won’t charge you any corkage, just remember to chill anything that needs it beforehand!

BYO nights are held on the 1^st Wednesday of every month, book online or give us a call on 0191 232 1331 to reserve your table.

Valentine’s @ Caffe Vivo

Karen — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:26:17 +0000

Love is in the Air!

We will be open for dinner from 5.30pm on Monday 14th February 2011 for those of you who would like to celebrate Valentine’s Day with that special someone. We’ll be serving our sharing platters and the Ice Cream Coppas big enough for 2 as well as our usual A la Carte menu so make it a date!

book on line or call us on 0191 232 1331

Caffe Vivo will be Closed Sunday 16th – Friday 21st January 2011

Karen — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:20:08 +0000

Unfortunately we need to carry out some essential maintenance in our kitchen which will mean that the restaurant will be closed for a few days. We will be open as usual on Saturday 16th January and then will re-open at 5.30pm on Friday 21st January.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Cafe 21 will be open for lunch and dinner each day that we are closed so please give them a call on 0191 222 0755 to make a reservation.

Cicheti

Terry — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:02:35 +0000

We’ve brought a flavour of Venice to the Quayside: cicheti (pronounced ‘chi-ke-ti’), tiny, two-bite-sized snacks that sit very happily with a glass of wine. In Venice, you find them in all the best-loved bars (bacari), where locals drop by when they want something more than a drink, less than a meal. Perhaps crispy ravioli filled with smoked beef or grissini wrapped with Parma ham. Why not drop by with friends and share a plate or two over a bottle of wine? No need to order a meal, but we don’t mind if you do…

Now, next on the list is a gondola …

‘At home….. with Caffè Vivo’

Terry — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:28:09 +0000

25th October sees the publication of Caffè Vivo’s very own recipe book. ‘At home with…… Caffè Vivo’ is part of a four book collection featuring the favourite recipes from 21 Hospitality Group restaurants. Our chef at Vivo Glen Robson has teamed up with Terry Laybourne and pastry chef Clare Armstrong to produce a mouth watering collection of recipes. The books are available individually or in a stunning 4 book gift pack to make the perfect Christmas present.