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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Jade Lazarevic

Chiefly East reborn as East End taqueria

Chiefly de Gallo's Ben Mitchell and Ali Downer outside the Mexican eatery born from Chiefly East. Pictures by Max Mason-Hubers

SANDWICHES are out and tacos are in at Chiefly East's revamped eatery which has been rebranded as cosy taqueria Chiefly de Gallo in Newcastle's East End.

Owner Ali Downer (who launched a second sandwich shop, Chiefly West, in Newcastle West earlier this year with his wife Gem) is still running the show, along with chefs Jimmy Stewart and Julio Veres who collectively came up with the idea to trade sandwiches for tacos.

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