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The Source at Leeds Kirkgate Market

April 24, 2011
The Source at Leeds Kirkgate Market

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for The Culture Vulture about Leeds Kirkgate Market and what I thought was the matter with it. It generated a fantastic debate and some great comments from a wide range of people who had plenty to say – good and bad – about the market, its purpose [...]

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What’s the matter with Leeds Kirkgate market?

February 27, 2011
Photos taken in and around Leeds Kirkgate Market

Kirkgate Market in Leeds is the city’s oldest market and the biggest covered market in Europe. It’s sad to say, but it’s not what it used to be.  Despite this, the place is packed with potential. Find out more in my piece on Kirkgate for The Culture Vulture Before you go, here are a few [...]

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The Midnight Bell, Leeds…could do better?

January 29, 2011
The Midnight Bell, Leeds Brewery's flagship pub

In retrospect, last Wednesday evening wasn’t the best night for our first visit to the Midnight Bell. The presence of Arsenal football club at nearby Elland Road for an FA Cup replay against the mighty Leeds United meant that the Bell was packed to the rafters with Leeds fans out for a pre-match drink before [...]

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Sela Restaurant, Leeds

December 31, 2010
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I’m not very good at planning things properly, which is how we ended up at Sela the other night. It was quite accidental. We’d planned to eat at The Reliance, but found it stuffed to the rafters with Christmas party type people, with a table waiting list that may have stretched into January.  So, we [...]

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PIN, Leeds

November 13, 2010
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Leeds Brewery have been quietly expanding in Leeds over the last few years. They’ve now got four pubs and bars, each with a distinct identity and reason. PIN is their ‘contemporary cafe bar’, a small bar and restaurant tucked away on Dock Street, just over the river. Given that PIN is a Leeds Brewery bar, [...]

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Pasta carbonara, with pancetta, peas and sage

October 8, 2010
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As I suspect plenty of people do, I buy massive bags of pasta from the supermarket. Most of it gets cooked quickly and eaten even more quickly when we arrive home either late or starving. Pasta often gets degraded to a ‘there’s not enough time to cook anything’ convenience food, but that really doesn’t do [...]

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Foodies Festival, Leeds

June 21, 2010
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The 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July sees Roundhay Park playing host to the Foodies Festival, the Leeds debut of a major food festival which spans four sites over four weekends this year. The festival is part of the wider Leeds Loves Food festival, which sees events taking place across the city. Despite my low [...]

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Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona, Spain

June 18, 2010
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Markets have been the social and cultural hubs of towns and cities for centuries,  millennia, even.  They’re meeting places, trading places, places to eat and drink, places that play a central part in the community they serve. The traveler can gauge the temperature and mood of a town by heading straight for its market.  Ambling [...]

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