https://www.laynesespresso.co.uk/ I am pretty open minded when it comes to food, but try as I might, I cannot come to terms with the concept of midweek brunch. I associate the word with a long, lazy late weekend breakfast and the items on a typical menu do nothing to contradict this view. I have been wanting…
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The other day I decided to review the entries on this site to see what was left after the devastation caused by Covid. I deleted the ones where it was obvious from the websites that the businesses had ceased to be, but with others I needed to have a stroll round Leeds to verify their…
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http://www.midnightbell.co.uk I have visited a few establishments since the lifting of lockdown but they were places I did not know so, as far as I was concerned, the lack of other diners might have been the norm for the time of day when I called. Today, however, I was made starkly aware of the damage…
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https://www.thewhitehallleeds.com/ The last time I ate in Whitehall it was 2003 at the Banqueting House in the London thoroughfare of that name at a function where the guest of honour was HRH the Duchess of Gloucester. Whitehall Road in Leeds is a far cry from Whitehall in London but the food, and the company, were…
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https://www.theowlleeds.co.uk It is ironic that I was quite comfortable during lockdown with my daily walk and two or three trips to the shops each week but since the restrictions have been lifted I feel that it is a great effort to go out and start socialising again. I am not afraid of becoming infected it…
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https://www.owtleeds.com/ Please note that since I wrote this article Owt has relocated to the magnificent Corn Exchange. Another reason you should give it a try. I have learned a lot since I began doing my restaurant reviews but the one thing which has struck me more than the rest is that, as a rule of…
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http://www.the-reliance.co.uk/ When I started this series four years ago I set myself some rules, most of which I have since broken. Hey, what else are rules for? This visit to The Reliance Bar and Dining Room has prompted me into abandoning all of them and just doing what the heck I like. Two of the…
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Leeds As you can probably tell by the photographs for this week’s feature I ate much later than normal, 5.00pm to be exact, but it doesn’t really matter as Pieminister doesn’t have a special midday menu, so this is what you would also have at lunchtime. Another deviation from the normal review was that I…
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Please check on opening hours before calling. They have been altered since lockdown. Now here’s a first; two firsts in fact. This is the first time I have done a second Let’s Do Lunch article at premises still run by the same owner, and it is the first time I have eaten in a restaurant…
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