Nomadic beers is celebrating five whole years as a business, so they're bringing Beer and Cheese specialists for a pop-up birthday event.
Based in Sheepscar, Leeds, Nomadic Beers hosts a small team of four and specialise in making hand-crafted, tasty cask ales for the masses in our city.
To celebrate their fifth birthday, the company will be throwing a 'Birthday Shenanigans' event, collaborating with Kaas Cheese and Cafe Amsterdam.
Kaas is an artisanal & continental cheese pop-up company that specialises in bringing cheese in and around the North. Expect a fine selection of your favourite cheeses, as well as accompaniments like olives, fruit and sourdough. The company recently took a trip to visit Henri Willig Kaas in Amsterdam, so we're expecting big things from their next event.
A tiny slice of Amsterdam comes from Dutch bier pops-up company, Cafe Amsterdam. The company have already hinted that a Blackcurrent X Blueberry X Citra Sour DIPA will be on tap, but there will also be an exciting selection of cans and bottles to drink in or takeaway.
They'll also be taking over the keg lines, so there will be plenty of draught pints to sip on.
Nomadic Beers have made a statement about their 'Birthday Shenanigans' event:
"It's our 5th Birthday this month. I can't really believe it's been that long, and at the same time it feels a lot longer! This year we have something a bit different for you. We are welcoming Cafe Amsterdam and Kaas Cheese for a day of beery goodness and delicious cheese boards on Saturday 30th January at our taproom.
"Kaas Cheese is the newest, tastiest venture to pop up in the North East. Richard will be providing cheese boards with all the trimmings. Seriously take a look at their Instagram feed, I'm drooling. Cafe Amsterdam will be taking over our keg lines and have a small amount of cans/bottles to take away. Specialising in Dutch beers we're very excited to see what they have ins tore for us.
"Our taproom will be open from 12-9pm. We'd love to see you there to help us celebrate."
One of the city's best independents is expanding into a bigger premises.
Shokupan on Wellington Street is a proper little gem that food-lovers across Leeds will rave nonstop about if given the opportunity.
Husband and wife team Alan and Alison took inspiration from trips around the world to bring a taste of Japan to the city and over the past few years it's gained a loyal following.
They're famed for their delicious Japanese sandos made with pillow-like fluffy shokupan bread, stuffed with everything from crunchy chicken katsu and flavourful pork to fresh strawberries and whipped cream.
But it's not all just about sandwiches, they also serve rice bowls and katsu curries as well as small bites such as chicken karaage and octopus balls.
Their food is so bloody good, that they've had to find a better location and this time it's slap bang in the city centre on Central Road.
And they're joining brilliant company too, with the likes of House of Koko and Vinyl Grounds as neighbours.
Announcing the very exciting news to Instagram, Shokupan said: "You guessed right…we are moving to Central Road, LS1 6DE. We are nearly there…
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"All the building work is complete and now we are finishing off the decorating. You might also start to see some signage appearing over the next few days…It has been lovely seeing some of our customers dropping by to see us whilst we slowly lose our sanity.
"Powered on caffeine and determination! Not long to go before we can announce our opening date and welcome you through the doors."
We can't wait to check out the new space, keep an eye on their opening date here.
Cult favourite burger chain Burgerism is officially coming to Leeds this August
Clementine Hall
An award-winning burger chain is coming to one of Leeds' suburbs.
If you don't know Burgerism, then get to know.
The Manchester-based burger chain is known by many for its incredible smash patties and quick, reliable service.
Their concept is simple: good burgers made with quality ingredients and cooked fresh to order. Delicious.
And it's not just burgers, they've also got some great wings and fries available too with a range of homemade sauces on offer for dunking, drizzling and devouring. We're a particular fan of the buffalo wings with their garlic ranch dip.
The chain used to have a dark kitchen on the outskirts of the city where people could order via Deliveroo, however this closed down and since then there's been a Burgerism-shaped hole left in our foodie scene.
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Burgerism recently applied to move into a vacant shop unit in Meanwood at 605 Meanwood Road, seeking change-of-use planning permission for the former Papa Johns site which was previously only allowed to serve...well, pizzas.
And the plans have now been approved, which means Burgerism will officially be coming to Leeds. Hurray!
Burgerism's new takeaway will be walking distance from the The Meanwood Tavern, perfect for those looking for some post-pint burgers.
It will be strictly takeaway with no dine-in option available.
The brand-new Burgerism will employ 15 people from the local area with food being served between 11am and 11pm.
We'll keep you up to date as and when we find out more, but for now we're aware that Burgerism Leeds is set to open this August.
Sophie Smith -
18th January 2022 
