As I keep saying over and over again, Leeds must be the best place in the country to find wonderful places to eat. Admittedly it has its fair share of clunkers as well but the good far outnumber the bad. I am not just talking about fine dining here but the full range of eateries.…
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We were having one of those mild January days which, whilst not exactly tropical, was conducive to perhaps eating al fresco. I had read about the stunning views over Leeds City Centre from the roof garden of East Parade Social so I decided to check it out. It was closed! I am not having the…
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In May 2018, I ticked one more item off my bucket list when I visited Istanbul. To be fair, this is about my third bucket list as I have been fortunate enough to do lots of stuff I never thought possible, so I am now looking for stuff that I didn’t really want to do but…
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I was slightly wary about doing my Let’s Do Lunch article this week as I’d been to Blackhouse, or Grill on the Square as it is also known, a couple of months ago, when I was asked to cover its tenth birthday bash. As you will know, I do these articles incognito so was a…
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I have a set of self-imposed rules which I apply when I decide where to eat for my Let’s Do Lunch series. I drafted this list when I began writing the feature about three and a half years ago in order to be fair to both the restaurant operators and you, my dear reader. Not…
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I have been banished from the City Centre by my editor again this week and sent to the rolling moorlands of Pudsey. I think he’s a bit worried that the bright lights and fleshpots of Leeds on a Thursday lunchtime might just turn the head of a young innocent lad like myself. Excuse me for…
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It’s funny how a place seems to keep cropping up throughout your life. In the early 1970s I worked as the manager of a betting shop in East Parade and one of my regular punters, who later became a good friend, did the racing commentaries for Extel. In those days it was illegal to have…
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