Food & Drink - Eating Out in Leeds

News MP Calls For Boycott Of Carlsberg

After confirmation that the Tetley Brewery will close down in 2011, local Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland calls for the people of Leeds to boycott Carlsberg

At midday on Friday 5^th March, Greg Mulholland MP poured a can of Carlsberg lager down a drain outside the Tetley’s brewery. Prior to this, he had approached the gates of the Carlsberg-owned Tetley’s Brewery in Leeds with a strongly worded letter addressed from himself and John Rowe, the Chair…

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News Future Plans For Tetley

The Leeds brewery will definitely close and production will be split between Yorkshire and Wolverhampton

As we reported in October 2009, Carlsberg UK, the owners of Tetley’s are closing down the iconic Tetley’s brewery in Leeds and moving the production of the beers to new sites.

Tetley’s, which has a history in Leeds dating back to 1822, will see its production split between two breweries.…

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Food Review La Bottega Milanese

Simon O'Hare samples Milan-style cafe culture in the heart of Leeds

The phenomenal independent bar scene in Leeds means that beer drinkers are spoilt for choice, but sadly the same cannot be said of the city’s cafe culture. The dependable multinational coffee chains dominate the high street with their McDonald’s business model, serving up massive cups of moderately pleasant froth with…

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Bartender's Choice Dan Smithson, Smokestack, All Rights Reserva

Where the stars behind the bars reveal their favourite drinks

“Basically it’s a full booze cocktail - there’s no fruit juice, no lime juice,” says Smokestack’s head bartender Dan Smithson, as he talks us through the All Rights Reserva, which is one of the bar’s signature cocktails. “Nine times out of 10 when you get a full booze cocktail it’d…

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Chef's Special Kaoru Nakamura's Yaki Soba

Every fortnight, the region's top chefs share their culinary secrets with a recipe for you to try at home

Kaoru Nakamura was born in Fukuoka - an industrial island, in southern Japan. It is known as the gateway to China and Korea, and some aspects of Nakamura’s food reflect this mix of cultures. Having learnt his trade Australia, Nakamura came to England to start working at Call Lane’s Norman.…

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Interview Dine

Tom Goodhand meets the men behind one of Leeds' premier caterers, Dine

Set up over 10 years ago, chances are that a decent proportion of the folks in Leeds have attended an event, dinner or wedding where the food, service and crockery was provided by the folks behind Dine. We met up with commercial director Matt Jones and executive chef Paul Lee…

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Season's Eatings Winter Crops

Eating fresh and seasonal produce not only tastes better, but is better for the environment. Here we look at what's in season at the moment, and what you can make from it

Eating seasonally is, quite simply, the best way to eat. To find out what’s in season at the moment, and what you can make from it, we spoke to Stephanie Green from Doorstep Organics and Brett Barnes, chef at Holbeck’s The Cross Keys.

What’s in season?
Doorstep Organics provide…

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Nibbles Harvey Nics, Leeds Loves Food, Piazza by Anthony & More

Food news with bite

Head on down the rabbit hole to Harvey Nichols this Easter where they have introduced a new range of Alice in Wonderland-inspired goodies in their food hall. The new food coincides with the release of the Tim Burton’s new film Alice in Wonderland on the 6th March and includes Mad…

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Feature Escobar Leeds

We visit a Wakefield institution that has taken up residence in Leeds

Over the years Leeds has suffered from an absence of an arts district, but Great George Street looks like it may be evolving into a real live music strip. For years Carpe Diem have hosted local bands on their humble stage, last May A Nation Of Shopkeepers set up, erm,…

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Review Jekyll and Hyde

New cocktail competition causes a stir at Bibis

This month witnessed the birth of a new bi-monthly event for Sovereign Street’s infamous bar and restaurant, Bibis. ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ guarantees one of 16 competitors £500 for constructing the best cocktails in town. Leeds’ finest professional mixologists can join to battle it out among rival bartenders, performing before judges…

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