Curated Makers is a new pop-up store inside Trinity shopping centre that is centred around the idea to ' think big, shop small'.
The locally-designed gifts and homeware items will be available until Christmas and have been created by forty different creatives.
The store is located opposite Moss Bros on the ground floor inside Trinity Leeds shopping centre, but this isn't the first time that Curated Makers have hosted a store in Trinity.
Founder Megan Jones, has brought local artists to the high street since 2017 and has been made thoroughly welcomed by the city.
Curated Makers is a one-of-a-kind store that brings the best creative talent in Leeds to the public. / Image: Trinity Leeds
On the Trinity website, the new store is described as "the destination to explore shelves filled with unique and discover beautiful products, all created with local magic."
Local makers are also regulars in the store, so if you're lucky, you might even get to meet one of the designers and ask them about the inspiration and process of working with the Curated Makers store.
The majority of designs are centred around Leeds and West Yorkshire, with phrases like 'ey up' and 'mardy bum' available in mugs and prints.
There are also meticulously-designed pieces of jewellery and enough scented candles and soaps to give high-street giants like Lush and Yankee Candle fair competition over the festive period.
The Trinity store is only one of five in England at present, with other pop-up stores located in Meadowhall Sheffield and John Lewis Cheadle.
Curated Makers will also be opening in additional John Lewis stores across the country, including Oxford Street, Cribbs Causeway and Solihull.
Their instagram-worthy store have been described by customers as "almost like visiting a museum of beautiful things, but getting to take some of them home with you - and who wouldn’t love that!"
The store is open 9am - 8pm Monday to Saturday and opens 11am - 5pm on a Sunday.
A Leeds pizza takeaway has received a glowing review from popular review duo.
Edges Pizza opened up their first permanent spot in Leeds back in June this year, after making a name for themselves slinging out pizzas at multiple pop-ups across the city.
Owners Grace and Edge from Harrogate opened Edges Pizza two years ago, taking inspiration from trips to New York over the years.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Their pizzas are a love letter to the class New York slice, think thin and crispy rather than chewy and floppy. But above all else, think absolutely delicious.
And now, they've caught the attention of a major review page, with Bite Twice Food Reviews (a page with almost 300k followers) paying Edges a visit.
The food review duo of Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany popped up in Holbeck beneath the arches to get their hands on a pizza, and the outcome is brilliant.
In the video, Bite Twice said that the pizza is 'f**cking exceptional' and up there with 'one of the best pizzas in the UK'.
Before even taking a bite, they said: "On aesthetic, I don't think anywhere in the UK is doing pizza like this".
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Then after the first bite, they go on to say: "There are very few pizzas in the UK that create this, I’m a little bit blown away".
As Londoners themselves, they go on to say that Edges is 'easily hitting with the best that we’ve got down south'.
And if that's not high praise enough, they sign off the video saying: "Leeds has got an absolute gem. I give this a stamp so hard my foot went through the pizza. Edges. Don Level."
The 42-year-old Kirkgate Market stall serving freshly shucked oysters for ÂŁ1.90 a pop
Clementine Hall
Tucked away in Leeds Kirkgate Market you'll find a wonderful seafood stall selling freshly shucked oysters for ÂŁ1.90 each.
It's places like these that remind us why we love Leeds so much.
Established in 1880, Hayes Seafood is widely regarded as the oldest trader within the historic Kirkgate Market.
For the past 42 years, it has been run by Cliff and Michelle, the loveliest couple who welcome every customer with open arms.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
The menu here is small but perfectly formed, focusing on fresh, ready-to-eat seafood that you can enjoy with a squeeze of lemon and a dollop of mayonnaise at most.
Delivered fresh every morning, there's pre-cracked crab shells, brown and white crab meat, cockles, crawfish tails - all perfectly prepared for you to eat at their bar or high tables opposite.
But, it's the oysters that you'll see people queueing for. And rightly so.
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Everything here is prepared to order right in front of you, and for no extra fee. You can choose from two types of oysters: super salty Lindisfarne oysters or the slightly sweeter English Loch Fyne.
We recommend having a couple of each, pulling up a stool right by the counter and getting stuck in. If you ask Cliff nicely, he might tell you a bit about the history of the place - but you may have to order a couple more oysters for that.
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You're left to dress them yourself, whether you prefer dash of fiery tabasco or a few pickled shallots. But to be honest, they're delicious just as they come.
This spot is a real piece of Leeds history, and the queues at lunchtime as well as the repeat regular customers proves just how special it is.
All it's missing is a champagne stall next to it...now wouldn't that be perfect?
Sophie Smith -
18th October 2021 
