what i will say is that you can't really go wrong. There's something for everyone really....from craft beer lovers to people who want to watch a live strip show at 1pm. St James' Park is within stumbling distance of basically everything worthwhile
i'd probably avoid the strawberry though unless...
newcastles quite unique in that it has a pretty good pub in it's train station- the centurion i think it's called. Not sure how they'd feel about football fans though
the head of steam opposite the station was a favourite of mine in my student days as was the bridge