This is not an exhaustive list and is certainly subjective - based on where we would tell our friends to go if they wanted to eat close by to the festival. None of these businesses have paid for a mention.

Festival Club

• Vegie lunch & dinner

• PODcafe - Coffee bar 11am - 2pm

Hunter St

• Civic Lunch Delights

[weekday working lunch crowd - sandwiches and salads]

389 Hunter St
Ph: 4929 4241

• Oasis Kebabs

[late night snacking]
Shp 28/ 1 Hunter St
Ph: 4926 3532

• Hamburger Haven

[Late nite - Spicy sausage burger & sarsparilla & pinnies]
Shp 3/ 457 Hunter St
Ph: 4929 4223

Honeysuckle & Boardwalk on the Harbour

• The Wheelshop Café [Friday lunches only – a banquet style selection of Asian foods – each week is a different cuisine. Eat in or takeaway. Hearty servings & tasty tasty food]

Honeysuckle Railway Sheds, over the railway line at Civic Station

• Honeysuckle Markets [Only on Sunday 9am – 3pm. Cafe & various fruit & veg & provisions stalls, including Organic grocers and local produce. The best stall there is Organic Biodynamic. Also locally made Bread & pastry type things from Simon in the centre]

Honeysuckle Railway Sheds, over the railway line at Civic Station

• Silo [$$, but you get fancy drinks, elegant wallpaper and good industrial harbour views. Cheap Coopers on tap at Happy Hour 4 – 6pm]
  Shp 18/ 1 Honeysuckle Drv
  Ph: 4926 2828
  

Darby St, Cooks Hill

Close by for lots of cafes, takeaway and fine dining.

• There are heaps of Thai - Benjamas or White Pepper are the best

• Eight Ounce (Thin slab pizza bar with gourmet toppings, Belgian beer house style with Jugs o beer & mussels. Happy hour cocktails 4-6pm)

• The Taj (The old skoolest of the Indian takeaway)
  120 Darby St
  Ph: 4929 4265
• Honeybee [art, design and clothing, with a sweet little cafe bar serving organic fair trade coffee, organic milk, pretty teas and little cakey bits]

105 Darby St

• Goldbergs Coffee House
  137 Darby St
  Ph: 4929 3122

• Three Monkeys Cafe (Good big breakfasts, and of course, banana bread)
  131 Darby St
  Ph: 4926 3779

• Grind Coffee Co (the best juices & frappes & dutch cocoa hot chocolates)
  127 Darby St
  Ph: 4929 4710

• Natural Tucker (Health Foods, including organic Fruit & Veg, for provisions plus a great food bar for best value vege wraps & burgers, juices and other snacks)
  108 Darby St
  Ph: 4929 1229

• Darby St Takeaway (For hot chippies)
  98 Darby St Newcastle 2300
  Ph: 4929 3406

Newcastle Mall region

• David Jones food hall
  Hunter St
  Ph: 4935 3333

• Sushi Koo (Sushi & nori rolls - Market stall in the centre of the mall. Open until 5pm on weekdays. If you go round closing time you can get good deals).
  Shp1/ 120 Hunter St
  Ph: 4929 5570

• Govindas Hare Krishna (Lunch 12-2pm, Dinner 6-8pm)
  110 King St (up the hill on the corner when you reach David Jones)
  Ph: 4929 6900

• Noodle Box (Asian-style noodle bar)
  1/ 122 Hunter St
  Ph: 4927 1116

• Nick the Grocer Newcastle (Inner city corner store, open til 8pm)
  U2/ 108 Hunter St
  Ph: 4926 4711

• Fruit A Peel (Fruit & veg)
  114 Hunter St
  Ph: 4926 1955

• Rowies (Liquor)
  55 Hunter St
  Ph: 4925 2627

Newcastle East

• Rosina's Pizza Restaurant (For pizza & pasta & surly family business service)
  Shp 1/ 39 Hunter St
  Ph: 4926 3061

• The Last Drop Espresso Bar (Good for lunches)
  Shp 2/ 37 Hunter St
  Ph: 4926 3470

• Estabar (overlooks the ocean, uses bonsoy, has gelato & good cakes. Simple sourdough toast menu with delicious toppings)
  Shp 1/ 61 Shortland Esp
  Ph: 4927 1222

• Scotties Takeaway (fish n chips)
  36 Scott St
  Ph: 4926 3780

• Sticky Rice Thai (Very cheap southeast Asian food. Good Beers on tap)
  Lvl1/ 19 Scott St
  Ph: 4927 0200

Stupor markets located

• Marketown Shopping Centre (Newcastle West)
  National Park St (cnr King St) [get off the free bus at Spotlight, or walk about three big blocks from the Festival Club]
  Ph: 4929 4448

• Junction Fair Shopping Centre (The Junction)
  200 Union Street [about 20 min walk from Festival Club]
  Ph: 4961 1830

Beaumont St, Hamilton

Plenty of takeaway & restaurants, especially late night.

• Little Swallows Cafe (For mafia coffee & hearty pasta serves)
  54 Beaumont St
  Ph: 4969 2135

• Three Bean Espresso Bar (Local Organic produce and GREAT breakfasts. Closed Sunday)
  Shop TG05/ 103 Tudor St
  Ph: 4961 2020

• Suspension Expresso (Over the railway tracks to Islington but has great heart-starter coffee (fair trade), gelato & cakes. bonsoy. & rumour has that they now do tea...)
  3 -5 Beaumont St [you can get the free bus along Hunter St to Dairy Farmers Corner (theres some local lingo for you) and walk the rest o the way, or an easy bike ride. Its worth the trip if you need a little time out.
  Ph: 4962 2717

• Sunnys (Organic, veg & vegan meals)
  86 Maitland Rd [round the corner from Suspension - follow directions above]
  Ph: 4962 1304

• Nina's IGA Supermarket (Small supermarket including good deli section)
  73 Beaumont St
  Ph: 4961 2184