Whitley Bay has gained a new bar and café in the form of Baba Yaga’s House, offering a tasty food and drinks menu as well as some extra touches that visitors might not expect.
Behind the quirky new addition to the coastal down are brother and sister duo Madé Stores, 25, and Kester Stores, 29. After growing up in Whitley Bay, the pair were keen to bring something new and unique to the area.
One of the most well-known figures in folklore, ancient European stories depict the supernatural Baba Yaga as living in a wooden hut standing on chicken legs. When renovating the unit on Whitley Road where their café is now housed, Madé and Kester discovered wood panelling behind the old shop interior - and decided to make their new bar and café the stuff of fairytales.
