Its bad times for the bars in Newcastle’s NE1, with hardly anyone going out anymore. Bars are definatly much quieter than ever before, its just a matter of time before we must see some closures.

The Sports Bar has already gone, currently nothing has opened there yet. We have seen the opening of Linekers Bar aka the old box aka 55 Degrees North.

On Friday night i was in the bars The Lodge, The Vault, Baby Lynch, Clear Bar and all were quieter than ever. Clear Bar was empty. We were the only people in the bar at 20:30 on a Friday night…People just dont seem to be going out. The Lodge and The Vault are 2 bars which used to see a fair few people, but both were pretty empty in comparison to only a year ago, The Lodge entire upstairs was closed and the ground floor was not packed by any strech of the imagination.

Which bar will be the next to go?