Livin' Italy brings the flavour of Italy to Granary Wharf- so why not let them host that belated Christmas party?
If you didn't manage to make it to your Christmas do in December and you feel as if you missed out, worry no more. Italian restaurant, Livin' Italy have got a January menu that is bringing all the festive cheer into the new year- and at a great price too.
Vegan options are available. / Image: Livin' Italy
There's three menus to choose from, and you just need a minimum of six people to join you at the dinner table to make the most of the offer. Either served buffet style or as large sharing platters for those that still want to enjoy a party atmosphere and an informal dining experience, guests have complete control on what they order.
The restaurant itself has a series of beautifully designed, versatile areas make this venue suitable for parties of all sizes, whether you are after a sit down meal in our restaurant or an informal evening in our lounge area- there's room for up to 120 to party.
There's festive favourites like Stuffed Turkey Roulade on the menu with chestnut cream and roast potatoes, as well as winter warmers like the Double Tuscan Sausage Burger, with fried aubergine, silky mozzarella Stracciatella, fresh basil and homemade pesto with two grilled Tuscan sausages.
Long time vegans and Veganuary first timers will be welcomed with a menu of tasty plant-based pizzas, fried polenta and more. The Pizza Don't Call Me Vegan is made up of a plant-based mozzarella and tomato sauce and topped with wild mushrooms and plant-based spicy 'Nduja.
Pizza Don't Call Me Vegan Pizza. / Image: Livin' Italy
In true Italian spirit, sharing is essential so feast your eyes and drool over the selection, however you choose to party away the January blues.
But if you do just want to go in for an intimate sit down meal, you'll be welcomed with just as much enthusiasm. Top of our list of recommendations on the regular menu is the carbonara pizza: because who wants to choose between carb cravings?
Read More:This Leeds restaurant is serving carbonara topped pizzas.
Traditionally made from eggs, hard cheese, cured pork, and black pepper, the age-old favourite of carbonara has made its way onto the menu for good reason- if anything we can’t believe it’s not come to Leeds sooner. A white-sauce base with creamy cheese, parmesan and cured pork meat makes up this tasty meal that will no-doubt have foodies flocking in by the masses.
If you’re ready to live life more Italian and try out the latest authentic cuisine and party like it's 2021, visit the Livin’ Italy website or head over to their restaurant on Granary Wharf.
There's another new opening in Farsley - this time an incredibly cool listening bar and cocktail bar.
Tucked away in Sunny Bank Mills, Pardon Me is a bar built around 'music, atmosphere, and detail'.
Bartenders here create well-made cocktails and pour natural wines in front of a wall of vinyl records, while a playlist of hip hop, soul, jazz, funk, deep house, and disco soundtracks your evening.
The stylish space features a considered sound system that's been built around Danley speakers.
Pardon Me has opened with the intention of creating a space where 'sound sits at the centre, and everything else supports it'.
It's been launched by Scott Rapson, who grew up in the Scottish Highlands and fell in love with music around the time of the arrival of hip hop in the early 80s.
He then spent time travelling for raves, and visiting venues like Glasgow’s Sub Club and London’s Plastic People, giving Scott an appreciation for how 'music can shape a room, not just fill it'.
Scott and his partner Laurie have then spent the past three years travelling Europe, visiting listening bars across the continent to shape the foundations of Pardon Me.
Inside Pardon Me in FarsleyCocktails at Pardon Me
They say that sound, look, atmosphere, service and style are treated with equal importance.
Whether it's for coffee during the day, or drinks into the evening, they want Pardon Me to be a place to spend time, looking out across Sunny Bank Mills.
Scott says he's built the bar with the support of family and friends, plus Laurie helping to bring the idea to life, already finding a warm welcome within the Farsley community.
Pardon Me is open now at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley.
Posh bakery chain Gail’s is finally coming to Yorkshire
Daisy Jackson
Gail's has finally set its sights on Yorkshire for the first time, with a new bakery set to open this year.
It's one of the UK's most famous bakeries, launching in London in the early 1990s to supply restaurants, before opening its first retail site and cafe in Hampstead in 2005.
Gail's founders set out on a mission to bake bread as it used to be baked: by hand, using quality ingredients and time-worn artisanal methods.
While Gail's has expanded aggressively into the north, opening around a dozen bakeries in Greater Manchester and its surrounds, it hasn't made the journey across to Yorkshire just yet.
All that looks set to change, with job ads now listed for roles within a brand-new Yorkshire branch of Gail's.
Based on the job advert, Gail's is heading straight to the spa town of Harrogate - which is a fairly predictable move.
It looks like Gail's is heading for HarrogateGail's will make its Yorkshire debut
When it does open, you'll find loaf choices including classic white and brown sourdough, Gail’s ‘wasteless’ loaves (made using a specially-created recipe designed to incorporate unsold bread crumbs), alongside seeded varieties, baguettes and batons.
Must-tries include Gail’s famous cinnamon buns, still-warm cheese and ham croissants, chocolate chip cookies, and – given the weather we’re having this week – iced coffees, all day long preferably please.
Gail's has now confirmed the opening, with a spokesperson saying: "GAIL’s is excited to confirm it is opening a new bakery in Harrogate later this year. The opening will bring GAIL’s craft baking to the community, including creating a number of craft baking, barista, and management roles.
"We will also be donating surplus baked goods through our Neighbourly partnerships. This is part of our ongoing commitment to giving back to the communities we serve and improving access to quality food and drink on the high-street."
But given the number of fantastic local bakeries all over Yorkshire, the question is, does anyone want Gail's?
Sophie Smith -
5th January 2022 
