true heroes
racing
Chef puts superbikes on the menu
A Northumberland restaurateur is
encouraging his customers to get on their
bikes to help raise funds to aid former
services personnel.
Having already raised more than
£1000, Andy King, who owns The
Junction Restaurant and Sidings Bar in
Widdrington Station, is holding fund
raising events for True Heroes Racing,
a charity for injured former services
personnel riding British superbikes.
After meeting the team at a race meeting,
Andy wanted to help and now raises
money in the restaurant to help fund
the team. The next event is a BBQ event
themed on USA’s Independence Day,
which he hopes will attract bikers from
all over the North East.
Andy said:
“I know people who have been affected by
the conflict in Afghanistan, so this charity
is very close to my heart. I remember
watching the team riding the bikes with
ease and couldn’t tell that some of them
had suffered horrific injuries.
“Our family fun day on July 4th will
have an American theme and it would be
great to get a couple of Harley Davidson
motorcycles standing outside with the
more traditional British, Italian and
Japanese bikes that regularly visit us.”
The Junction and Siding Bar is located
just three miles from Druridge Bay, one of
Northumberland’s most beautiful places,
a spot regularly visited by bikers from all
over the UK and Europe. To encourage
more motorcyclists to visit, Andy has an
extensive stock of non-alcoholic drinks as
well as speciality teas and coffees.
The food in the restaurant caters for all
tastes from burgers to steaks and hot
dogs to full roast dinners. Specialities
include pulled pork, chicken gyros,
American-style burgers made with
100 per cent Northumbrian beef
and an amazing chilli cheese
Coney hotdog.
The Junction caters for lovers
of top class steaks, which like
all the meat and fish served
at the restaurant, are sourced
in Northumberland. The bar
has a number of large screen
TV’s making it an ideal venue to
watch the motorcycle racing.
Bar man Dane Dixon who himself
rides a GP superbike is delighted that
his boss is taking such an interest in the
charity.
“As a biker myself, I can appreciate the
hard work that goes into maintaining
and riding the bikes. I’ve a lot of time for
the charity and it would be great to see
more bikers popping in to support it.”
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