In Leeds there’s a local brewery that I think is taking the city by a very quiet storm. I first came across the Leeds Brewery in The Victoria or I think The Adelphi a year or so ago (it may be longer) with their excellent Leeds Best Bitter and their sublime Leeds Pale Ale.
Quite quickly, [...]
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Sunday afternoon and The Stansfield Arms
Posted in Beer, Leeds, gastro pubs on Mar 8th, 2010
The weather was simply too beautiful to stay in bed all day (as we had planned) and after the inevitable phone call from G, we decided that it would be a complete scandal if we didn’t make the most of the incredibly crisp and clear day on Sunday.
Depositing a car at Rodley we aimed to [...]
No.5 Grassington House
Posted in Beer, Hotels, North Yorkshire, Restaurant Pub/Hotel, gastro pubs on Mar 7th, 2010
Sunday lunch is always a good benchmark for trying out new dining experiences and today we discovered a new venue that we definitely want to return to.
Waking to clear blue bright skies inspired us to throw the walking boots in the car and head off for a brisk country walk. [...]
Bear, Mann, Horse & Groom?
Posted in Beer, Breakfast, Hotels, Restaurant Pub/Hotel, gastro pubs on Mar 6th, 2010
First post of 2010 for Johnny or for this blog ‘first past the post’. We had an invite from John & Mo to join them on a visit to top race horse trainer Charlie Mann’s training stable in Lambourn, Berkshire. With an early start required we decided to travel down and stay overnight [...]
Stag weekends aren’t usually famous for the culinary exploits and to be fair this one is no different. However, we did unearth a couple of local Geordie gems that were more than adequate for the soaking up of the copious quantities of alcohol that is par for the course for a night out in Newcastle.
At [...]
The Cross Keys, Leeds
Posted in Beer, Leeds, gastropubs on Dec 3rd, 2009
This ‘traditional’ pub has actually only been open a few years as it’s part of the regeneration and creation of ‘Holbeck Urban Village’. I was told by the developers that part of the planning deal for the entire mixed use development, it had to include a old fashioned pub.
Well it was certainly a good move.
The [...]
Blue Lion East Witton 5th July 2009
Posted in Beer, North Yorkshire, gastropubs on Jul 21st, 2009
A little late but a very worthy addition to the site is the Blue Lion at East Witton. D and I have been wanting to visit the Blue Lion for over a year on recommendation from Pat and Tony P so our anniversary was a good excuse. The Haynes took Mr Chester off our hands so [...]
Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn
Posted in Beer, North Yorkshire, Restaurant Pub/Hotel, gastropubs on Jun 22nd, 2009
Saturday saw us travel up to darkest North Yorkshire with friends Jon and Sam for a long awaited and well overdue dinner date.
Jon had booked the restaurant and so it was a lovely surprise when we found out we were heading for Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn - the pub co-owned by Neil Morrisey of [...]
The Reliance
Posted in Beer, Leeds, gastro pubs on May 9th, 2009
As the girls were out dining elsewhere in the city (see separate post) I decided to join a couple of mates for a chilled out session at The Reliance in Leeds. Situated at the top of town on North Street, it’s not quite ‘in’ the city and for my money it’s all the better for [...]
Last Sunday morning we were watching Food TV and James Martin was cooking fish. This inspired us to book a table at Livebait(Leeds) as we hadn’t been for some time. We met the “kids” at Whitelocks for a pint first and as always the IPA was tip top. A short walk to Livebait ,which was [...]