Calling all students, Fleur are giving you the chance to try their infamous bottomless brunch for just half the price for a limited time only.
If you're a student and you love bottomless brunch, then you will definitely want to keep on reading.
Fleur is the first to call itself the most Instagrammable spot in Leeds, proudly stating on its website that it is the “most Instagram-friendly cafe restaurant” in the city.
As the name suggests, the theme here is floral – and they have gone all out on the aesthetic. Think cascading wisteria draping down from every spare corner of the ceiling, which is also covered in 10,000 pink and purple butterflies.
It’s also just as lush from the outside, with pink signs draped in more pink and purple flowers and flanked by large green areca palms, ferns and peace lilies.
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Add in hanging spotlights hidden amongst the flowers and luminous pink neons declaring their own hashtags like #BrunchatFleurs and you’ve got yourself a proper Insta trap if ever we saw one.
But whilst we’re quite taken with the decor, we also want to talk about the brunch offering – which features the likes of pretzel bun burgers, BBQ beef brisket on toast and eggs royale with caviar.
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The boozy brunch offer stretches across the entire day from 11am - 5pm and the all day brunch menu is jam packed with delicious dishes to satisfy your cravings all day long.
For just £29.95 a head, enjoy a range of dishes alongside unlimited prosecco, beer, cocktails or mocktails for a whopping 90 minutes.
Cocktails on offer include the Pink Gin Fizz, Mojito or Fruit cocktail and you can even upgrade to unlimited house white or rose wine for an extra £6.95.
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Fleurs’ Autumn/Winter menu features nods to Chef Bobby Geetha’s Keralan heritage with brunch dishes such as Masala Tofu & Avocado Scramble and mains such as Kerala Salmon.
Fancy something sweet? Opt for the Belgian Waffles with Nutella and Banana to satisfy your sweet tooth, finished with a tangy berry compote and a crunchy Biscoff crumb.
With Fresher's week just around the corner, the lovely people at Fleur are offering all students 50% off their brunch when they present a valid student ID.
Chef Bobby Geetha said, “With multiple universities here, we really have missed having such a large student population due to covid the past couple of years. With restrictions no longer in place this year we know that our city is set to welcome thousands of new students and we can’t wait to give them the welcome they deserve.”
The offer is valid on the 26, 27 and 28 September 2022, between 3-4pm and for tables up to four people. Now is the perfect time to get together with your friends and enjoy one of the best bottomless brunches in the city.
To find out more and to book your table, visit their website here.
Padel courts could be built on top of a car park in Leeds if plans are agreed.
Padel has been taking the world by storm recently, and it seems like there's no stopping it just yet.
Developers behind the Merrion Centre in Leeds have submitted plans to build eight rooftop padel courts at the shopping centre.
If successful, the development would result in the loss of 128 spaces at the car park which currently has space for 960 vehicles.
The plans outline that the courts would be built on the eighth floor of the building and that the scheme would support the fast growing popularity of the sport in the city.
The development would include seven indoor courts that would be housed in a detached aluminium-framed structure at the car park site that was built in the 1960s.
The report said: "Padel is widely recognised as a fast-growing racket sport, combining elements of tennis and squash in a format that is social, inclusive and relatively easy to learn.
"Its increasing popularity across the UK has led to a notable rise in demand for accessible courts, particularly in large urban areas."
It continued: “The application site forms part of the existing Merrion Centre car park, currently operated by CitiPark. The building comprises eight levels in total, with this proposal limited to the uppermost level.”
Leeds City Council is currently considering a full planning application which is out for consultation until Wednesday 3 June.
The Yorkshire designer who’s put together the official FIFA World Cup scarf collection
Danny Jones
A Yorkshire-born and bred artist and his creative team have earned the huge honour of creating the official FIFA scarf collection for this year's World Cup.
Nothing short of massive for anyone from our part of the world.
The local legend in question is Tom Pitts, who was born in Sheffield and is now based just beyond Leeds, leading the campaign right from the helm.
Hand Drawn Pixels is a graphic design and digital studio based in Otley, and while you'll see plenty of folks wearing football shirts and even the odd scarf on the town's famous pub crawl, these lot are venturing on an entirely different kind of run this summer.
In fact, the work has very much already started, with Tom and co. collaborating directly with FIFA and US manufacturers, Global Scarves, to create the World Cup collection.
With this year's tournament obviously taking place across America, Mexico and Canada, they've joined up with a big LLC, but they describe themselves as "a true English custom scarf company with American parents."
In their words, "We knit scarves for clients all over the world", with a presence both near Leeds and over in Seattle, Washington.
The fixtures themselves kick off next month (England's first game coming against Croatia on 17 June), and so Hand Drawn Pixels have been hard at work meeting the briefs for each of the nations taking part.
Here's a quick breakdown of how the opportunity came about, their vision for the project, and how everything starts for them as a whole process.
You can see more of their work HERE, but as the brand name would suggest, it's pretty simple to begin with: nothing more than a pencil.
It's worth noting that the 2026 World Cup also featured the largest number of teams in the competition's history: 48 qualified national squads, to be exact. So, technically, they've had even more designing to do than they theoretically would have in any of the previous years, too.
Tom confessed that winning this bid is obviously a big deal on its own and that seeing his creations being worn in person by supporters at the stadiums will be a "surreal" experience.
Speaking exclusively with The Hoot, he said: "It’s been an amazing creative challenge for us to truly reflect the individuality and diversity of the nations competing in this prestigious tournament on such an iconic product as the football scarf."
He went on to add that "the whole project has been a huge learning experience, gaining deeper cultural insight into every nation involved."
We can't wait to cast eyes upon a sea of colour and finely crafted fabric in unique but somehow universally familiar patterns, all designed right here in 'God's Own Country'.
Clementine Hall -
16th September 2022 
