A good lunch is a wonderful thing and the days when the choice for Yorkshire people was a sandwich or a different sandwich are gone. These days lunch can be any way you want it with a huge range of venues from which to choose. Whether you want salubrious and select or fast and great value, options are always available. Whatever your mood and your taste buds dictate can be yours because Yorkshire is now a region that lunches with style.
A Nation of Shopkeepers
June 2010
Previously the slightly shabbylooking
Courtyard, this Grade
II listed building has been
transformed into a quirky
venue that boasts everything
from pub quizzes to weekend
jumble sales.It also serves as another, muchneeded live music venue for the city, dishing up an eclectic mix of acts ranging from alternative bands to DJ nights and funky electronica.
For a midweek lunch it was a welcome departure from the norm and, happily, the food managed to live up to the surroundings.
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The Mansion
April 2010
WHILE we
appreciate it
shouldn’t have
come as such a
shock, we were still nicely
surprised when we
dropped into the newly
renovated Mansion which
takes pride of place at the
highest point of Roundhay
Park.It has, quite rightly, gained quite a high profile since its latest incarnation was unveiled to the public last year, yet we still didn’t know quite what to expect once we ventured inside. Around two-thirds of the building is a dedicated events space for functions, while the remainder has been given over to this cafe/restaurant – and what a lovely place it is.
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Anthony's at Flannels
IF you haven’t sampled the delights of
the set menu of Anthony’s at Flannels
yet, then you really should.
It really is pretty good value,
particularly since the food comes from
the stable of Leeds’s finest chef Anthony
Flynn. Two courses will set you back
£14.50 while three courses is just £18.
Ok, it isn’t budget dining but you’ll be
hard pushed to find many restaurants of
this standard serving meals where each
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BRB
It's comparatively low-profile belies the fact that it enjoys exceptional popularity, a reputation as a cool hang-out and is unquestionably deserving of both.
The Call Lane bar's success rests on the fact that despite being a rather hip place it's also rather neutral so there's no unwritten prescription in terms of appearances you have to adhere to.
Fields
EVER noticed that sandwich shops – like fast food outlets – breed at an amazing rate. They seem to sprout up anywhere. Take Kirkstall Road, for example. Opposite the cinema and leisure complex food counters serving up subs, batons and baps are starting to line that
short stretch of the A65.
The Gatehouse
VISITOR centre restaurants shouldn't be good. They're perfunctory, nothing special. They serve a purpose which is somewhere to grab a cup of tea and, at a culinary push, maybe a prawn mayonnaise baguette wrapped in clingfilm.
Harvey Nichols Cafe
NOT the Fourth Floor Restaurant, you understand, that darling little espresso bar annex nestling in the main throng of Queen Victoria Street. Little Oliver doesn't do big, only bijou.
It's strange that we haven't been here before since it's been open for almost 12 years, providing a cosmopolitan focal point for the retail frenzy that is Victoria Quarter.
Revolution
Little Oliver has sampled the menu at Revolution's other Leeds branch - the newest outpost on Millennium Square - and was very pleasantly surprised when he did.
Salvo's Cafe
Somehow this place spontaneously sparks a sense that you're in for a very authentic experience, and it's about more than just the name.
The name of Salvo's is a legend in this neck of the woods. The neighbouring restaurant has built up a reputation for the best Italian cuisine around.
Salt's Delicatessen
Virtually every street corner has a sandwich shop on it. Some sell the odd salad, the occasional pastry or maybe a smoothie or two.
But the problem is they still ain't delis - but Salt's? No problem at all. Salt's is the bona fide, real deal, Rolls Royce of delicatessens.
Sesame
THIS is the new kid on this very upmarket block of solicitors, PR firms and recruitment consultants - Sesame know their market and what to give them. Sushi, noodles, de luxe soups and nibbles, this is an incredible chic little place which isn’t quite a deli, more of a shop selling pre-prepared top quality foods largely to take away (although there are a few seats inside.)
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