"...the best Italian outside of London..." Hardens

Secco Ristorante Salentino

Is now closed...

I would like to announce the closure of Secco

Secco had built a good reputation for an innovative approach to dining whilst using the best local seasonal and the best southern Italian staples for food and at reasonable prices.

Accolades such as Top 100 Restaurant 2010, Remy award (“Kitsch to Koons”) 2009, Best Newcastle restaurant by Gourmet Society 2008, runner up The best 50 of Northeast 2007.

As much as I tried to trade longer, there seems to have been a considerable shift over this year regarding the amount of customers coming in during the week. Increase on the fresh and quality products also did have a side effect. Although this market is strong it simply is not as it was before. Despite this I also felt Secco is performing a lot better in numbers of diners than many established restaurants in the city in past twelve month but that wasn’t good enough!

Secco has enjoyed good numbers of diners every week it may seem strange that sadly it has come to this? Unfortunately however there have been financial difficulties and spells throughout this current year where Secco simply is not achieving enough to continue trading.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers, chefs, staff and everyone, many of whom have supported Secco and me since the start. Up to now….

However if you still like to leave your comments please follow us on face book page… www.facebook.com/secco.ristorante

P.S. No regrets! -  Apart from my bank account which is -£0.00

All the best!

Hamed Fardoust

Director