Gateshead establishment handed new food hygiene rating

A Gateshead drinking establishment has been handed a new three-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

A Gateshead drinking establishment has been handed a new three-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

Poachers Pocket, a pub, bar or nightclub at Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead was given the score after assessment on September 30, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of Gateshead's 175 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 111 (63%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.