- Play Hard
- 23rd Sep 2026
- 0
- 0 minute
GOODS: everything to expect from this new, next-gen organic grocer, kitchen and juice bar in Newcastle
- Advertisement Feature
An organic grocer, an all-day kitchen and a juice bar are landing under one roof at Metrovick House on Northumberland Road this late summer. Here’s what’s in store, from the build-your-own trays and the rotisserie chicken oven, to the impressive roll call of North East independents stocking the shelves.
There’s a particular kind of lunchtime defeat most of us know well. It’s 1pm, you’ve got twenty minutes, and you’re weighing up a sad meal deal against something so aggressively healthy it’s forgotten to taste of anything. Neither is what you wanted. You buy one anyway.
Good news: that daily compromise now has an end date.
GOODS is a new food and drink destination opening at in Newcastle later this summer, bringing an organic grocer, an all-day kitchen and a juice bar together under one roof. GOODS will open every day from 8am until 8pm, a short walk from Haymarket Metro station and the Civic Centre, which means breakfast, lunch, an afternoon pick-me-up, and something decent to take home for dinner are all covered in one place.
What’s inside GOODS: three spaces, one roof
GOODS is made up of three distinct elements, each with its own identity.
The kitchen is the engine room: an organic, seed-oil-free hot bar serving rotating proteins, salads and sides, with an open kitchen built around a feature rotisserie chicken oven. Everything is cooked from scratch on site, daily, by a team of chefs, a point founder Rob Clarkson is keen to make. “It’s healthy fast food on the go, made by real chefs on site,” he says, “not brought-in heater-uppers.”
The bar handles drinks and treats: speciality coffee, ceremonial-grade matcha, made-to-order performance smoothies with functional add-ons, cold-pressed juices bottled in glass, Greek frozen yoghurt and, for later in the day, organic wines, craft beer and canned cocktails.
The grocer is where you can do a proper shop. Fresh fruit and veg, a meat counter, a fromagerie, pantry staples, snacks, supplements and non-toxic personal care, with a deliberate emphasis on brands you won’t find in a conventional supermarket. GOODS will also stock its own pre-cooked meals and sides, packaged to take home and heat later.
What GOODS serves from 8am to 8pm
The offer at GOODS shifts as the day does, so what you walk into depends entirely on when you arrive.
Mornings are baked goods and breakfast: croissants and breads, overnight oats, and build-your-own toast (think avo and eggs, or avo and bacon). Coffee, matcha, protein shakes and cold-pressed juice run from open to close.
Lunch is the main event. “Lunchtime is where the kitchen really comes alive, with the hot bar and salad counter taking centre stage,” Rob says. This is when the build-your-own trays come into their own, alongside a grab-and-go fridge of pre-made salads, vegetable bowls, focaccia-style sandwiches, bagels and wraps for anyone with even less time to spare.
Evenings keep the hot bar running until 8pm, so GOODS works equally well as a sit-down dinner, a takeaway tray on the way home, or a grocery stop for something to cook later. Private hire, events catering and Deliveroo are all in the pipeline too.
How to build your own tray at GOODS
This is the bit that makes GOODS different from a salad bar, and it’s so simple. Your meal arrives on a compartmented tray: one large section for your protein, two smaller ones for the sides you choose. Sit in or take away.
The proteins are the anchor. Corn-fed rotisserie chicken comes with a choice of four marinades, including Provence-style herbs with lemon, garlic and olive oil. There’s also grass-fed steak with chimichurri, and sesame tamari-glazed tofu with baby bok choy.
Then the sides, which read far better than ‘healthy lunch’ usually suggests: buffalo cauliflower wings, honey-roasted carrots, charred broccolini with garlic and lemon, macaroni pie, baked potato fries, purple cabbage slaw, plus greek salad, house seasoned kale salad and a light healthy Caesar among the many salad options available.
The food at GOODS is Mediterranean in style, seasonal and locally sourced where possible. And that rotisserie oven at the centre of it all is, Rob suspects, the first of its kind in the city.
Which North East independents are stocked at GOODS?
If you already shop the North East’s best small food businesses, the partner list will read like a greatest hits line-up. The point is that GOODS becomes a city centre outpost for all of them.
Charlotte’s Butchery in Gosforth takes the meat counter. Deep North in Ouseburn brings the doughnuts, Northern Rye is lined up for breads, croissants and bagels, and Ouseburn Coffee Company supplies the coffee. Local in Jesmond contributes cookies, overnight oats, organic wines and craft beers, JR Holland provides the fresh fruit and veg, and Katherine’s Florists, also in Gosforth, brings the flowers. Youll also be able to shop from other local brands including Puresport, Yana, Saela, Hexhamshire Organics and Jubel.
These independents don’t just fill the shelves. They supply the kitchen too, meaning the meat, veg and dairy going into your tray come from businesses with names you know and love.
What’s actually in the food at GOODS
Seed-oil free. Grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, wild salmon. Organic fruit and veg, and higher welfare where possible. It’s a specific and uncompromising set of standards for a fast, city centre operation, and getting there was, repeatedly, the thing Rob was told couldn’t be done.
“We don’t cut corners,” he says. “If I wouldn’t feed it to my family, I wouldn’t feed it to you.”
Everything on the shelves is curated in-house rather than bought in by category, which is why the stock list looks the way it does. “Everything you will eat or drink I can personally vouch for,” Rob says, “and if I can’t, we won’t be selling it.”
Who is behind GOODS? Meet founder Rob Clarkson
If the concept feels like it was designed by someone who genuinely needed it, that’s because it was.
Rob Clarkson has spent his career opening venues Newcastle already knows well. Since graduating from Northumbria he’s had a hand in Jam Jar in Jesmond, Market Shaker, Pumphreys, Frate, Mimo and The Prince. He’s also a father of two who trains, runs, plays sport, buys lunch on the go and orders takeaway two or three nights a week.
“I’m a strong believer that the best ideas are ones that solve a problem, and this was a problem that I was experiencing.”
The options he could find were either flavourless or, in his words, “made in a factory somewhere and driven on a lorry to Newcastle.” Trips to London, where his wife works a couple of days a week, only sharpened the contrast: “The options for lunch are lightyears ahead of where Newcastle is at the moment, so I figured it was time to do something about it.”
The sourcing standards have deeper roots. Rob’s dad ran fruit and veg greengrocers around Doncaster in the 90s, championing organic produce across the villages nearby, and the family name still sits over a couple of stalls in Doncaster market today. His mum, who died 12 years ago, moved to organic food and herbal remedies in her final years, something he credits with changing how he thinks about food entirely.
What the vibe is like inside GOODS
For all the emphasis on speed, GOODS is designed as somewhere to stay. “I want it to be a place which people can really dote on,” Rob says.
“Somewhere that feels different to anyone else, somewhere you can bring your kids, you could bring your mum or dad, or you could hold a low-key business meeting.”
His description of the atmosphere is the neatest summary of the whole thing: “Casual yet purposeful. Relaxed yet warm.” And on the food itself: “This is anything but fine dining. However, when you taste it you may beg to differ.”
“Hopefully this becomes a place we can all share and enjoy the highest quality produce from some of the city’s best independents, cooked fresh,” he says. “And best yet, it’s only ready when you are.”
GOODS Newcastle: what you need to know
Location: Metrovick House, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8JF
Opening: Late summer 2026
Opening hours: Daily, 8am until 8pm
What it is: Organic grocer, all-day kitchen and hot bar, juice and coffee bar
Nearest Metro: Haymarket
Key offer: Build-your-own trays, one protein and two sides, sit in or take away
Founder: Rob Clarkson
Also coming: Private hire, events catering and Deliveroo
Instagram: @goodsgoodsgoods
Website: https://goodsgoodsgoods.co.uk
Rachael Ellis
Head of Content
After gaining a first in her BA Media and Journalism degree at Northumbria University, Rachael worked at Newcastle’s leading regional newspaper with her stories being picked up in national and global newspapers. She spent two very successful years giving a voice to those communities across the North East who otherwise…
Subscribe
Subscribe now to receive our twice-weekly emails and exclusive offers for High Life North readers.