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Revolution Electric Press is hosting a sausage dog day this month with 100+ pups and 2 for £10 cocktails
The next Pup Up experience is Sunday 26 March 2023, where there will be two sessions, each with space for 50 Dachshunds and plenty more humans to head into Revolution Electric Press.
The Pup-Up cafe is all about bringing together four legged friends for a day like no other.
On Sunday 26 March, the much-loved Pup-Up cafe returns to Leeds, and is set to take over one of Leeds' best known brunch spots.
Revolution Electric Press has everything you need for a truly Instagrammable day - whether it's grabbing a classic avo on toast, fruity cocktails designed for making a statement or they're filling the bar with teeny sausage dogs, it's safe to say the bar has plenty to enjoy.
Image: Pup Up Cafe
Attracting attention across Leeds and beyond, the Pup Up Cafe at Revolution Electric Press is a true dog-lovers experience.
Celebrating all things Dachshund, those heading over to Revs will walk through the doors into the fairground-themed bar and wander between stalls stocking everything your pup could ever want or need.
And there's a photographer to capture all of the action too. From candid shots of the day to full on photoshoot moments in ball pits and velvet sofas, you and your dog will be papped throughout the experience so you can look back and remember the occasion.
Image: Pup Up Cafe
Everything is perfectly laid out for dogs and humans alike. You can grab unlimited dog-friendly puppuccino treats for your pet with ease and mingle with like minded dog owners and pups as far as the eye can see - you're bound to make some new four legged friends in the process.
Even if you don't have a dog yourself, Revolution Electric Press and the Pup Up Cafe are making this an accessible space for all to enjoy. There will be a safe and secure 'off lead time' area where dogs can hang out, and space for humans to hang out at the bar, cocktail in hand.
In fact, the well-known Revolution Happy Hour combinations will be available throughout the experience, ensuring that those looking for a boozy, fruity combo can pick up two cocktails for £10.
Caption: Happy Hour cocktails are 2 for £10 throughout the experience. / Image: The Hoot Leeds
Choose from classic and Bubblegum Daiquiri, Strawberry Woo Woos and Pornstar Martinis with an eco-friendly twist (the bar group swapped out the passionfruit topper for a rice paper alternative that saves over 107 tonnes of carbon every year).
The Pup Up Cafe concept is so popular that Leeds' own Kalvin Phillips has been spotted at these events. The cafe event went viral after the former Leeds United player dropped by with his little sausage dog back in summer 2021 - and it continues to be one of the most exciting event for dog lovers in the city ever since.
The next Pup Up experience is Sunday 26 March 2023, where there will be two sessions, each with space for 50 Dachshunds and plenty more humans to head into Revolution Electric Press.
We're basically half way through the year, so let's see what else we've got to look forward to...spoiler alert, it's a lot.
So far we've had everything from ice bath cafes to listening bars open up in Leeds, and it seems like 2026 is the gift that keeps on giving.
Allow us to get you excited about what's coming to the city...
Dishoom
68–78 Vicar Lane, LS1 7JH
Images: The Hoot Leeds
This one is a biggun' as the ever so popular Indian restaurant is set to open on Friday 14 August in a beautiful Grade-II listed building on Vicar Lane which was formerly Flannels.
First opening in London, Dishoom now has restaurants dotted all over the UK including a huge site in Manchester. The group is famed for its lavish and grand interiors, as well as its home-style curries, grills and breakfasts including its legendary bacon naans.
Acai and the Tribe
88 Vicar Lane
Image: The Manc Group
Acai and the Tribe first opened four years ago in Manchester, and ever since then it's only gone from strength to strength opening up three other locations across the country.
Next stop? Leeds. And we couldn't be happier about it.
So, what can we expect from this aesthetically-pleasing and ultra trendy female-owned business? Well, loaded acai bowls that look almost too good to eat, superfood smoothies, coffees, matcha and savoury options like avocado toast.
This Japanese restaurant serves a menu full of sushi as well as grilled meats on sticks, sharing sides and build-your-own hand rolls. All of this is wrapped up in the most gorgeous interior, which you can see from their jaw dropping new Manchester site.
Occupying the Grade II-listed space on Vicar Lane, the three-storey building will include a 220-cover dining room, 30-cover terrace and an upstairs bar.
Introducing Moods - a new all-day cafe, bar and events venue that will open to the public at First White Cloth Hall on Kirkgate on Friday 31 July.
Created by husband-and-wife founders Will and Hayley Moody, the team behind Buzz Club Tattoo, Moods will occupy the ground floor of the Grade II* listed building.
Alfonso's
Horsforth
Image: The Hoot Leeds
Famed for it’s toasted Cuban sandwiches, stacked subs and loaded breakfast bagels - Alfonsos Deli has made a name for itself for serving some of the best sandwiches around the city.
Such a good reputation in fact, that they’ve just announced a second location over in the leafy suburb of Horsforth. Get in.
Leeds rallies around independent wine bar after thieves smash windows to steal… an empty bottle
Clementine Hall
An independent wine bar in Leeds city centre was broken into over the weekend.
And do you know what the sneaky thief stole? An empty bottle.
Latitude Wine Bar on The Calls issued a statement about the break in over the weekend, they said: "Some unscrupulous ______________ (insert expletives in the comments) decided to smash our window last night to grab a magnum of chartreuse out of our window.
"Obviously it was a dummy bottle, so more fool them, but it also makes this criminal damage more pointless. DON'T THEY KNOW HOW MUCH GLASS COSTS!?
"Well, this puts a real dampener on the month so if any one feels like popping in to buy a bottle in the shop or a glass in the bar or heading online to place an order this weekend it would really help to support an independent wine merchant and bar.
Images: Latitude Wine Bar
"Thank you to one of our customers who found the abandoned dummy bottle and returned it to us today. Legend! Santé and happy Friyay!"
So not only did the thief smash the window to steal an empty bottle, but they didn't even take it home with them.
In classic Leeds fashion, fellow indies flocked to the comments to support Latitude with many promising to pop in over the weekend for a glass or two.
One comment read: "Do you need a sign in your window saying “this is a dummy bottle you dummy”" whilst another said "Damned spit buckets! I’m sure we’ll be in soon, keep your chins up fam."
So if you've been meaning to pop in for a glass of the good stuff, there's no better time than the present.
Sophie Smith -
21st March 2023 
