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Restaurants and stuff

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Fools Gold, Apr 13, 2018.

  1. bantam65

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    I think that's quite a reasonable price for a whole vegetarian.
     
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    Heard good things about Jinnah. Has anyone been recently ?
     
  3. Bigrod

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    Went for a blow out meal. Got to say it was excellent. The food was tremendous, the surroundings sumptuous and the service….well superlative.

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    Has anyone tried Porterhouse Brothers in Bradford yet?
     
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    Sad news that the Waterside Restaurant in Shipley closed down yesterday.
     
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  6. Offcomedun

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    That is indeed a real shame.
    I know they've been struggling to get the right staff since they lost the chef that got the rave reviews from Jay Rayner. And Covid hit them hard.
     
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    Could start a whole new thread on pubs closing, but this one hit home - the Albion in Greengates is now closed. My gran lived opposite, and it was a pub I used to nip out to for last orders when my parents thought I'd gone to bed, then later years, a place to go with my uncle to get away from the womens gossip. As my old nan isnt with us anymore, its been a while since I've been up there, but last time I saw that the Albion had revamped itself into a craft beer pub, and looked terrible. This is the place that served superb cask Tetleys, Acorn and Smiths beers back in the day. Too bad. Many fond memories.
     
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  8. Storck

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    their problem was they closed games room to turn it into a Gin bar, that phase ended as quickly as it came not helped by Covid. This left them with a small pub but not pool or darts teams and I think the football teams moved because of it. Then their size didn’t make them much different to the micro pubs but with higher over heads.

    basically they made a bad call with the gin bar.

    they have put planning in for flats
     
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    I thought the chef was co-owner & part of the family?
     
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    It's always sad when a restaurant is forced to close. We went to the Waterside twice following the recommendations on here and for me it just wasn't quite there. Hard to put a finger on it but I think it fell a little bit between 2 stools, between fine dining and family bistro. I guess the location was more suited to the latter. Still a shame though. Where did the chef move on to?
     
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    I'm sure the owner told us that the previous chef had left and they were struggling to find suitable replacements.
     
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  14. bantam65

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    Apparently Elvis HAS left the building then...;)
     
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    I’m reading the Sparrow has closed down. Kirkstall Brewery who own it, deem it no longer viable. As obviously I’m not in Bradford, I can’t say if it’s true or not. Last day was Sunday apparently. Sad news if true. Was the pub which originally revitalised North Parade.
     
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    I just read the same on one of the pub Facebook groups.
    Never the same since the Brewery took it over
     
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    Just don't seem to put as much work in as the Record Cafe over the road. There's one thing saying its not viable, but there's another when you take your foot off the gas. Hopefully they can find a buyer to bring it back to life again.
     
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    Weirdly it is the last place I can remember having a drink before I stopped drinking ten years ago. Think I still have the glass :p
     
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    I was up there last night and, yep, it's closed.

    Hard to believe it opened a decade ago. I was something of a post-work regular until the new brewery got hold of it and made it into a pretend 'pub'. We even had our wedding celebration there.

    Time flies, etc etc.
     
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    Went to Mamma Mia last night. Still banging out the crowd-pleasing classics.

    The new market's starting to take shape. I'm intrigued as to what the food offering will be.
     
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