It's finally happening... Leeds' newest addition, the Brewery Wharf Tavern, has finally announced its anticipated opening date.
Brewery Wharf Tavern will officially open to the public on Friday 29 August, hoorah!
The new city centre pub, situated on the banks of the River Aire and close to The Calls, takes its name from the fact they are based on the site of the riverside delivery wharf for the historic Tetley Brewery.
Brought to you by the wonderful team behind Leeds institutions Whitelock’s Ale House, The Meanwood Tavern, and White Cloth Hall - you just know it's going to be a good 'un.
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The modern pub is based at the premises most recently occupied by Home Restaurant, and before that, the Oracle bar.
A sister venue to The Meanwood Tavern, the pub draws inspiration from the Meanwood Tavern design and has been refurbished in collaboration with interior designers Collective Design, and the team at Box Construction.
Like the other venues, Brewery Wharf Tavern will operate as an independent freehouse, showcasing a wide range of independent beers alongside great cocktails and wines, whilst championing Yorkshire-based food and drink suppliers.
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A brand-new pizza kitchen will be launching later in September, serving up premium sourdough pizza and small plates.
Founder and Managing Director of the Whitelock’s Group Ed Mason, who is also a founder and owner of Five Points Brewing, said: "We are passionate about hospitality, and about Leeds, and we are excited to be opening a brand new venue on the banks of the River Aire, right in the heart of the city.
"There is a shortage of riverside venues in the city, and still not enough venues championing independent food and drinks suppliers - we are excited about delivering both."
The tiramisu hype lives on, and this time it's coming to Leeds.
It really does feel like the traditional Italian dessert has taken the world by storm as of late.
Everything from tiramisu cups and tiramisu coffees have been popping up all over our feed, and now tiramisu in drawer form is popping up in the city centre.
Misu Tiramisu is an independent business that began at Manchester's Christmas Markets and quickly became one of the most popular operators, all thanks to its miniature tiramisu ‘drawers’.
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The individually portioned and colourfully packaged desserts quickly became one of town’s top puddings, and owners Aleem and Aishah went on to launch a stand inside the Manchester Arndale too.
And now they’re branching out again in Leeds inside Trinity shopping centre for a two month residency.
You’ll find all their delicious flavours of handmade tiramisu, including classic, pistachio, chocolate, Biscoff, mango, and lemon - they'll also have some gluten-free tiramisu on offer as well, so no one has to miss out.
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Misu Tiramisu owners Aleem and Aishah spent a year refining the recipe for their tiramisus after a trip to Milan, first launching with their first market stall in Sale.
Misu Tiramisu is now open inside Trinity shopping centre opposite Boots Opticians and Pop Specs.
They're open every day of the week for you to get your tiramisu fix, from 9am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 5pm on a Sunday.
And trust us Leeds, they're just as delicious as they are adorable.
Fossilised 320-million-year-old fish found in Leeds’ Roundhay Park
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A prehistoric fish fossil has been unearthed at Roundhay Park in Leeds.
The fascinating prehistoric skull bone of a coelacanth fish was discovered by a geologist at Roundhay Park earlier this year.
It is thought the creature was frozen in time aeons ago, during an era when the park was submerged under a vast tropical lagoon.
The remarkable discovery has now been kindly donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries and added to the natural sciences collection at Leeds Discovery Centre.
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The Leeds fossil was found by Ru Smith of the Yorkshire Geological Society during a reconnaissance walk he was carrying out ahead of a planned field excursion in the north Leeds park.
Describing the moment he made the discovery, Ru said: “There’s a layer of rock in the park which dates from around 320 million years ago, from a time before the breakup of the continents, when what is now the park would have been situated close the Equator and under the warm waters of a tropical lagoon. West Central Africa would be a good place to find similar environments in the present.
“There’s a bed of freshwater mussels called Carbonicola at one level in the rock, and opening a piece of shale from this bed in my hands I saw something unusual – a distinctive skull bone of a large fish. I knew straight away this was something different and very rare."
The bone was verified byexperts as belonging to a coelacanth older than those found elsewhere in Yorkshire, making it the oldest fossil coelacanth discovered in the region.
Ru added: “Coelacanths are pretty amazing fish and it’s just very cool to think that at one time, you could have been standing in Leeds and watching them swim around above a bed of mussels in Roundhay Park.
“That’s really the wonder of geology, looking at the rock and time travelling in the imagination to what was a very different world.”
Clementine Hall -
21st August 2025 
