A new Indian bistro called The Crossing opened in Leeds this week – hot from Paris, where it was the first restaurant from the subcontinent to open in the famous Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann. Founder Ankur Chakraborty was inspired to cook as a boy by his travels with his father, who worked for the Indian […]
An ambitious new restaurant opens next week in one of the most historic buildings in Leeds, with a kitchen headed by chef Craig Rogan, son of L’Enclume’s Simon Rogan. Moods has taken over the ground floor of Grade II-listed First White Cloth Hall on Kirkgate, which was fully restored five years ago. Built in 1711 […]
Yorkshire chef Liz Cottam opened her new restaurant Byre this week – an old dairy farm in Wharfedale overlooking Bolton Abbey, and her first rural venue after a decade in Leeds. She says the setting and the ingredients she now has on her doorstep are changing the way she works. A former corporate high-flyer who […]
Leeds chef Liz Cottam is closing her gastrobar Emba at the end of February, in the face of “crushing costs” that have brought her a trio of closures in the past 18 months. She launched the Scandi-style Emba less than a year ago on the back of a successful £65,000 crowdfunding campaign, taking over the […]
Renowned Yorkshire chef Tommy Banks opens his latest venture today (29 August) – the General Tarleton, a historic former coaching inn at Ferrensby, near Knaresborough, that has been closed since the Covid epidemic five years ago. The reopening is the first project from Jeopardy Hospitality, a company established to rescue pubs across Yorkshire from closure that […]
Veteran Leeds Japanese restaurant Fuji Hiro has been given a new lease of life, and will reopen next week following its closure earlier this year after almost three decades. James Douglas, co-founder of the Red’s True Barbecue chain, stepped in to acquire the lease and renovate the Merrion Centre venue. He said: “Fuji Hiro has […]
A new steakhouse showcasing prime grass-fed Yorkshire beef opens tonight in a landmark 1930s building in Hull that has been empty for the past 10 years. One Steakhouse & Lounge, at 1 Witham overlooking North Bridge on the edge of the city centre, will accommodate up to 200 guests in the transformed dining room and […]
The death was announced this week of Bradford ‘Curry King’ Shabir Hussain, the founder of Akbar’s, at the age of 56. His 10 restaurants across the North, the Midlands and Scotland closed to marked his passing, and will reopen today (Friday 18 October). Known as ‘Bash’, the charismatic restaurateur launched Akbar’s as a 28-seater in […]
The ‘first true Filipino’ restaurant in Leeds is to open next week in St Peter’s Square, near the BBC building, with the conversion of existing Japanese-fusion restaurant Sakku into the new Sakku Pinoy. Sakku Pinoy will showcase both modern and traditional dishes from the Philippines, including Lechon kawali, crispy fried pork belly; Sinigang, a sour tamarind-based […]
Sustainable York bistro Fish & Forest reopens next week in new, bigger premises, having moved from its original address on Micklegate. Founder Stephen Andrews has taken over the ground floor of the former 1331 Bar and Grill in nearby Grape Lane, which was run by his parents. A self-taught chef, Stephen launched Fish & Forest […]
