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===Food=== Bakery chain [[Greggs]] was founded, and is headquartered, in Newcastle and has the greatest number of Greggs stores [[per capita]] in the world.<ref name="chroniclelive4">{{cite news|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/pasty-three-newcastle-revealed-greggs-11887605|first1 = Sonia | last1 = Sharma | first2 = Patrick E | last2 = Scott|title=A pasty or three: Newcastle revealed as the Greggs capital of Britain|newspaper=Chronicle Live|date=14 September 2016|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> Local delicacies include [[pease pudding]] and [[stottie cake]]. In 1967, London based [[The Smith's Snackfood Company|Smith's Crisps]] created Salt & Vinegar flavour crisps which were first produced by their Newcastle based subsidiary [[Tudor Crisps]] and tested in Tudor's home market of north-east England before being launched nationally.<ref>{{cite news |title=From salt and vinegar crisps to the offside rule: 12 gifts the North East gave the world |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/salt-vinegar-crisps-offside-rule-12380648 |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Evening Chronicle}}</ref> In 2010, Osborne Road in [[Jesmond]] was awarded fourth place in the UK Google Street View awards for the "foodie" category.<ref name="google street view"/> Newcastle has its own [[Chinatown]]. Additionally, the city has a wide variety of cuisines available including [[Greek food|Greek]], [[Mexican food|Mexican]], [[Spanish food|Spanish]], [[Indian food|Indian]], [[Italian food|Italian]], [[Persian food|Persian]], [[Japanese food|Japanese]], [[Malaysian food|Malaysian]], [[French food|French]], [[American food|American]], [[Mongolian cuisine|Mongolian]], [[Moroccan food|Moroccan]], [[Thai cuisine|Thai]], [[Polish food|Polish]], [[Vietnamese cuisine|Vietnamese]] and [[Lebanese cuisine|Lebanese]]. There has also been a noticeable growth in Newcastle's [[gourmet]] restaurant industry in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarvine.com/Newcastle/index.asp |title=Restaurants in Newcastle & North East restaurants, eating out, places to eat in Newcastle & North East restaurant guide UK |publisher=Sugarvine.com |access-date=4 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Akbars Restaurant Birmingham |url=http://www.thegourmetsociety.co.uk/rest.php?search=yes&page=1&shoi=0&show_county=15 |title=Restaurants in Birmingham, Newcastle, Nottingham, Derby β The Gourmet Society UK |publisher=Thegourmetsociety.co.uk |access-date=4 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013183108/http://thegourmetsociety.co.uk/rest.php?search=yes&page=1&shoi=0&show_county=15 |archive-date=13 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://leaveatip.co.uk/docs/getrest.php?cities=Newcastle |title=The people's Newcastle Restaurant Guide |publisher=Leaveatip.co.uk |access-date=4 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125010418/http://leaveatip.co.uk/docs/getrest.php?cities=Newcastle |archive-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref>
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