With its cayenne-spiced seasoning, double-breading and six escalating levels of heat, the orange-hued, craggy fried chicken here is more Nashville than Newcastle. Locals have faithfully followed Newy Fried Chicken around from its early days at the Newcastle Hotel to a pop-up diner in Broadmeadow, where it’s been operating for the past two years. Soon, the nomadic era ends as Nic Brady opens a bricks-and-mortar store in Cooks Hill, a two-storey space featuring a ’70s-inspired bar and pool table. The menu, however, remains sacred: fried chicken served in soft sesame-seed buns or in packs with pimento mac ‘n’ cheese and a sweet Carolina-style slaw.