Fire bar has opened at the newly launched Hotel Gotham Newcastle, a former fire station which has been transformed into a 57-bedroom luxury hotel.
The cocktail bar is set within the old engine room of the landmark building on Pilgrim Street and includes a members-only club behind a velvet curtain.
Fire sees live music, including the residency from The Good Times Collective UK – a genre-spanning line-up of musicians and DJs, from Latin jazz on Fridays to soul and world music over the weekend.
Fire’s newly appointed bar manager Zach Rigney said the aim is to “create a drinking destination where every guest is the main character and every cocktail tells a story”.
He previously ran the bar at Pepo, an experimental cocktail bar known for its sustainability-led, fruit-forward concept and El Guapo, famed for the largest margarita menu in the world.
Rigney said: “Fire is a place of energy, playfulness and indulgence - a bar where the service is exceptional, the lights are low and the cocktails are just a little bit mischievous.”
“I’ve worked in independent bars across Newcastle and watched the city’s cocktail culture grow. But Gotham is a whole new level - the first five-star hotel in the North East and a chance to create something extraordinary from the ground up.”
Cocktails employ “modern mixology”, including the likes of clarificaiton, smoking, fruit gels and foams, along side sustainable practices such as ingredient sharing with the kitchen.
The opening is the first of two launch stages for the Hotel Gotham site. The police station next door will follow in 2026, adding more rooms and event space.