There's nothing better for the soul than a Sunday roast, except maybe a Sunday roast with bottomless drinks.
There are so many great components to a roast dinner. Obviously, the Yorkshire puddings have to be right - fluffy but golden, crisp on the outside and soft in the middle. Same for the roasties. A good selection of veggies is also important, as is a good lashing of gravy.
A great roast is not just a meal you eat on a Sunday, it's a part of our culture and tradition. So to add on a bottomless booze option is pure genius. Let's be honest, we all love a good drink with our roast anyway - amd Crafthouse has just made it a whole lot more affordable.
Starting from 12 pm on a Sunday, you can get unlimited prosecco or red wine here with your roast dinner for an extra £25.
The roast itself is priced at two courses for £24.50 or three for £29, with main choices including gorgeously pink-looking roast beef and lamb.
Both come served with gravy, big, fluffy Yorkshire puddings, seasonal veg and crispy roast potatoes - plus the option to add on sides like buttered mash, sesame glazed carrots, seasonal greens or chunky chips for an extra cost.
The Crafthouse beef roast comes served with big, fluffy Yorkshire puddings, seasonal veg and crispy roast potatoes / Image: Crafthouse Leeds
For those who want something a little lighter, further main options include a dish of smoked haddock with lemon puree, crushed Jersey Royals and a sorrel veloute, and a crispy pork belly plate with potato puree, fresh peas and a carrot and orange puree.
As for veggies, there's a risotto of pickled cauliflower and a pine nut main and a starter of Isle of White tomatoes that are served with lovage, a creamy burrata and an IPA dressing that sounds divine for this time of year.
The raspberry and white chocolate choux religieuse at Crafthouse / Image: Crafthouse Leeds
Elsewhere on the menu, you'll find Lindesfarne oysters and nocellara olives to whet your appetite as you browse and, in the pudding section, a gorgeous deconstructed Eton Mess (that we consider a must-try) sitting alongside a white chocolate and raspberry choux religieuse that has us eager to return.
Bottomless drinks options will set you back an additional £25, giving you the choice of free-flowing red wine or prosecco to help you along your way as you tuck into your Sunday dinner.
For that, you'll get unlimited drinks over a ninety-minute period to enjoy alongside what is certifiably one of the best British meals ever.
To find out more and book your table, visit Crafthouse Leeds' website to view their menu. You can check out their Instagram here for more amazing food pictures.
A house that looks good enough for James Bond is set to be built on Ilkley Moor.
Is that a formation of angular grey rocks sitting atop of the Yorkshire dales? No, it's a house.
The wildly contemporary structure, which has huge irregular-shaped windows and a natural outdoor pool, is based off the famous Cow and Calf Rocks in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
It will be built just down the road from them too, on green belt land which is the garden of a home off Heber's Ghyll Drive.
Images: Shaw & Jagger Architects
It is the work of Harrogate-based architects Shaw & Jagger, who said the project was passed through the country house clause which allows things to be built on green belt for buildings of "exceptional quality".
The house itself has been named 'Fomorian', after a supernatural race of giants in Irish mythology. The name takes inspiration from the mythical giant Rombald who is said to have roamed on Ilkley Moor.
Images: Shaw & Jagger Architects
Shaw & Jagger wrote: "The design approach was to propose a scheme that is intrinsically linked to the spirit of its place. Fomorian is of its place, part of the Moors, its geology and its spirit.
"We took cues from local folklore, the surrounding rocks; ancient carvings, standing stones and escarpments that are synonymous with the landscape.
"The building depicts a series of monolithic elements embedded in the earth as the wild, dramatic environment looms around, attempting to overcome them. The building is new, yet part of this ancient landscape.
Images: Shaw & Jagger Architects
"Fomorian is to be built over the next couple of years and will provide family accommodation consisting of 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, sitting room and study.
"It was important to offer the client viable outside space therefore a paved courtyard garden allows external living to be within the heart of the plan. The abstract rock forms allow the design to have exciting internal spaces with large irregular windows designed to maximise views out across the valley."
Leeds railway station reopening delayed AGAIN due to problems with lift
Clementine Hall
The highly anticipated opening of Leeds City Station's new entrance has been further delayed.
The £46.1m Leeds Station Sustainable Travel Gateway has been in the works since 2022, with the original target for completion set for autumn 2025.
That date subsequently slipped to summer 2026, then September, then October, and now...well who knows?
This time, Leeds City Council have confirmed that the problem is to do with the lifts that connect New Station Street and Bishopgate.
Image: The Hoot Leeds
These lifts will allow the ever so turbulent taxi rank to move from the temporary arrangement at the rear of the station to its new home on Bishopgate Street.
A Leeds City Council spokesperson said on the recent setback: "Having opened the pavement along Bishopgate Street and sections of New Station Street, unfortunately we have encountered an issue with one of the lifts, which is delaying essential safety testing from being completed.
"We are working to resolve this as soon as possible so we can open the final parts of the scheme imminently."
When it does finally open, there should be plenty to like. The scheme is designed to make the area around the station more pedestrian-friendly, with improved public space, wider walking routes, better cycling facilities, a new cycle hub and step-free access between Bishopgate Street and New Station Street.
The taxi rank will also move to Bishopgate Street, with a new shelter and kerbside boarding.
So, after years of barriers, diversions, temporary arrangements, engineering works and at least one deeply controversial letter (lest we forget 'Welcome to Leeps') the end is apparently in sight.
We'll keep you updated with any updates and opening date of the new station, but we wouldn't hold your breath if the last couple of months are anything to go by.
Georgina Pellant -
13th August 2021 
