Taking a trip to Sheffield? Here are some great places to grab a bite to eat.
Yorkshire's biggest city boasts an impressive array of independent restaurant, bars and cafes. There's a diverse food and drink scene that caters for all budgets, tastes and occasions. Whether you're after a slap up eight-course tasting menu to tantalise your tastebuds or looking for a quick sampling of street food for on the go; we've got you covered.
Gatsby
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This late night drinking spot combines beats, booze and bites for an epic night out on the tiles. Think loaded fries, burritos and an extensive taco menu, all served up alongside your favourite cocktails. Why not try their 'Pop Ketel On' cocktail, which combines Yorkshire tea infused vodka, peach bitters and prosecco.
There are local DJs playing tunes all night if you're craving a boogy and there's a heated, cosy beer garden for those dreamy long summer nights ahead of us. Come for an evening or book onto their ultimate hip-hop brunch to kickstart your weekend for only £29.95 a head!
Gatsby, 73-75 Division Street
Cutlery Works
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This converted cutlery factory turned food hall is definitely one for the foodies. Currently the biggest food hall in the North, there are 14 different vendors offering food and drink from across the globe.
Start your culinary journey in India with the Chana Masala at Ma-Ba or sample some Szechuan delicacies from China Red. Have more of a sweet tooth? You can find indulgent ice cream sandwiches and dark drinking chocolate at craft chocolate counter Bullion. There really is something for everyone here so grab a table and get stuck in!
73–101 Neepsend Lane, Sheffield
Joro
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Serving up ultra local produce in a beautiful setting, this modern British restaurant is one of the swankiest places to dine in Sheffield. Set in an open plan dining room, they aim to create an immersive experience offering 5, 8 and 10 course tasting menus.
A relaxed and communal atmosphere is achieved where guests revel in the shared passion for food and drink. An ever-changing menu means you will only be eating the freshest ingredients prepared excitedly by the team and presented beautifully.
294 Shalesmoor, Sheffield
Public
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Occupying the former gent's toilets below a grade one listed Victorian town hall, Public is a tiny haven of delicious drinks and mouthwatering food. Offering small plates like bone marrow with parsley salad and burrata with roasted squash, this is a fabulously unique date night spot to impress your significant other.
You could easily walk past Public due to its secret, underground location, but seek it out and we can promise it will be well worth the search.
Surrey Street, Sheffield
Kommune
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This 16,000 square foot, Scandi inspired food hall in the heart of the city centre offers everything from wood-fired pizzas to colourful, Korean soul food. There are also a few bars to choose from if you fancy a classic cocktail or a fine wine to go alongside your food.
As well as food and drink vendors there are a range of independent, local retailers with their products on sale. Pick up a specialist magazine from La Biblioteka or take home some craft beer from The Hop Hideout to enjoy at home. This bustling hall really is your one-stop shop for a fantastic day out in Sheffield.
Peddler’s 13th year marks a bold new direction for the free monthly event.
Peddler Market began its life 12 years ago as a street food night market with a sprinkling of live music and DJs.
Now that they're synonymous with bringing some of the best street food the UK has to offer to Sheffield, the organisers are now heading in a new direction.
Peddler will now offer a five-stage monthly music festival, spread across their Kelham Island footprint - maintaining its ‘free entry’ ethos for customers.
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But don't worry, food will still be a key component all whilst increasing their to platform some of the best local promoters, record shops, DJs and bands across Sheffield.
But now, they're bringing five stages to Peddler, working with some of the best up and coming and well established promoters in and across the city.
“Twelve years ago, we filled a gap that Sheffield really needed,” Jordan Roberts - owner, says. “Since then, it’s nourished this huge gastronomic change within the city. Now there’s food halls and street food everywhere, which is great because people have choice – at peddler amazing street food is a given but now you can expect much more”
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"I wanted to create a labyrinth of exploration like that you find at a proper festival, tread the zones, sample the delights and find your vibe. It’s like a little mini festival,” Jordan says.
“With Tramlines and We Out Here being huge inspiration for the next gen development. There’s a car park stage, the inside main stage, a courtyard stage, the factory floor and activities happening in the basement underneath too,” Jordan explains. “Bands, DJs, the whole thing.”
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“We’ve always been a street food event with two music stages,” he explains. “Now we’re excited to bring five stages, working with some of the best up and coming and well established promoters in and across the city. After more than 100 Peddler Markets where we’ve always hosted a free entry gig.
"We’ll still host our street food partners, who love seeing all the Sheffield foodies. However, the changing music line up will help you ‘save the date’ making each month even more unmissable”
The first edition of the reformatted Peddler lands on the usual first Friday and Saturday of the month on 5-6 June and promises a sprawling, multi-space experience inspired as much by classic city festivals as warehouse parties and independent culture.
Plans have been revealed for ‘Sheffield’s smallest cinema’, plus record shop and gallery space
Clementine Hall
Sheffield based curator and archivist Alex Wilson is taking over a refurbished Victorian unit down the historic Chapel Walk.
The space will be transformed into a record shop, gallery space and micro cinema dubbed 'Sheffield's Smallest Cinema'.
The space will be rooted in, and be a champion of, Sheffield/Yorkshire/Northern cultural heritage; focusing specifically on sound, moving image, design and photography.
Titled 'Memory Dance', the opening exhibition, WE'LL MISS THEM WHEN THEY'RE GONE, will reboot a popular display held on The Moor, Sheffield back in 2012.
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The exhibition will explore the history of record shops in the city, from Bradleys to Virgins, and includes original 78 RPM sleeves, old and new record shop bags, related ephemera from lost Sheffield vinyl retailers, alongside prints by designer Simon Robinson responding to the imagery of these old sleeves.
They're also asking the Sheffield community to come down with anything relating to the history of Sheffield record shops and if suitable, Memory Dance can scan the items on site and hand back a digital file. Or, they can hang them in the venue for the duration of the exhibition.
The ground floor will also open its racks for the first time to a curated selection of used vinyl for sale drawn from some of the best collections the city has to offer, with a real focus on Sheffield artists and labels past/present to carry the legacy forward.
At the end of June, the walls will be refreshed for the first ever exhibition telling the amazing story of 'SHEFFIELD CABLEVISION TV (1972-76)'.
With newly printed photography from surviving staff members and crew, plus archive artefacts and merchandise, the Memory Dance micro cinema space will also be launched with an exclusive, rarely seen collection of Cablevision TV Station archive video.
Memory Dance at Chapel Walk will soft launch on 05.06.26, and you can find out more here.
Clementine Hall -
22nd March 2022 
