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."
Manchester's favourite Mexican bar is about to become your newest nightlife destination in Leeds.
It's been a long time coming, but Salon Madre is officially ready to open in Leeds.
Although we may have to wait a little bit longer for Madre, the day-to-night eatery that has made waves over in Manchester and Liverpool, Salon Madre, its lively tequila bar and pool hall sibling, is officially opening on Friday 20 February.
Salon Madre, which will be located just around the corner from Madre at 114 Wellington Street, is where the party really gets started.
Image: The Manc Group
Expect tequila-fuelled nights, pool tables, lively DJs and Lucha Libre on the big screens.
There will also be plenty of tacos being flung out the kitchen to keep you going until the early hours.
If you’ve ever visited one of their venues in Manchester or Liverpool, you’ll know it’s an absolute riot and we can’t wait to welcome them to the city.
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Co-founder Sam Grainger, inspired by countless trips to Mexico, says: “Mexico is alive with passionate artisans and cooks, mastering everything from street tacos to regional delicacies. It’s a world where traditions blend and evolve and we’ve built that ethos into the heart of both Madre and Salon Madre.”
Madre Leeds will open soon and you can even grab yourself a free margarita by signing up to their newsletter here.
We’ll keep you up to date with their opening times but for now, we'll see you at Salon Madre for a boogie, margarita and game of pool next week.
Award-winning Leeds restaurant announces shock closure just months after opening
Clementine Hall
Emba in Leeds will be closing its doors with the owner blaming rising costs and pressure on the hospitality sector.
Back in April last year, one of Leeds' top restaurants The Owl closed its doors.
Run by renowned Chef Liz Cottam, The Owl was reimagine into Emba - a trendy restaurant tat bridged 'the gap between cosy bar and vibrant dining room'.
To open Emba, Cottam opened a Crowdfunder where supporters would be awarded with prizes such as VIP dinners and merch depending on how much they donated.
But sadly just months after opening, Emba is to close permanently.
Cottam confirmed the sad news with a statement shared with customers over the weekend, saying she was completely "heartbroken".
She said: “This is no longer the right time to own independent restaurants like Emba,” she said. “Under the current conditions they cannot survive and the recent budget confirmed what so many of us already knew: no meaningful help is coming for hospitality.
"The experience of being here and the harsh financial reality of running a business here no longer stack up.
"Being award winning, popular, admired and loved no longer means profitable and as an industry if we’re honest most of us have not truly been okay since Covid."
She signed off the statement promising to return to the restaurant world, she said: “What I do know is this, I am not done. I will keep cooking, keep creating and keep finding ways to do the thing I love.”
Sophie Smith -
18th January 2022 
