The Eagle

This review is for The Eagle, Leam Lane.
Unfortunately the previous Reviewer has tagged the wrong bar, and they could not have tagged wronger if they tried.
The bar has a colourful history which continues to be colourful to this day. At one point, the Police closed it down — and with good reason.
The Eagle is the kind of bar you would only go into by accident, unless you are the kind of Patron who takes their drinking very seriously indeed. If your car was to breakdown outside The Eagle, it would be safer to walk the lonely streets to find a telephone.
Ive been in The Eagle once out of necessity and once is enough for anybody.

Upon my first visit to Newcastle, my boyfriend (who had just moved there a week ago) was so excited to take me to The Eagle on account that sold Budweiser beer and appeared to have a bald eagle symbol possible indicating it was an American bar.
However, while walking down Gateshead I happened to notice the other bars on the block, that had a lot of rainbow flags, male and female symbols over the door frames.
Before we walked in I was positive it was a gay bar. My boyfriend refused to believe me so in we walked.
It is a dark, dark bar. Oddly enough, the décor was filled with everything of ‘old western America’. Wagon wheels, tons of eagles all mixed with clever sayings about who frequented the establishment. The bartender asked us if we were for a couple, announcing that yes, we were in a gay bar.
A great red glow covered the booths, while other corners appeared to be dimly lit. My boyfriend, so excited to take me there, only to be disappointed that he was the object of everyone’s attentions. (I rather enjoyed it)
The staff is very friendly, we still felt welcome as a couple. They even had mini bottles of Budweiser beer that I’d never seen before. We stayed for pint, enjoying the surroundings.
It’s not your over the top gay bar, but rather low key. They had a downstairs area but we didn’t want to intrude. Perhaps they only expect men to come in for a pint but I didn’t feel too out of place. It gave us a great story for my first visit to Northern England.