Good Food And Open Fires

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Casa Mia Millenium has been crowned ‘Best In Yorkshire’ at the 23rd Annual Hi-Life Dining Awards. . .Darbar in Leeds has now opened a new exquisite café in Bradford. . .Lockwoods will be hosting a table magic evening, enjoy our great a la carte menu while being entertained by modern magic at your table, featuring Robert Mc Bratney, President of The Harrogate Society of Magicians. . .Posh Nosh and Vino Evening at Bradley's Restaurant, Huddersfield, Thursday 24th July, five course dinner plus coffee and aglass of wine with each course, £27.95 per person. . .Lobster Month at Bradley's Restaurant, Bradford, enjoy lobster as a main with our Early Bird Menu for a £10 supplement or £16.90 as an A La Carte main course. . .Café Italia opens under new ownership on the site of La Comida, with new chefs. . .Orchid is the award winning pacific rim restaurant that is part of The Studley Hotel in Harrogate, which has just completed a phased refurbishment which includes complimentary Wi-Fi enabled rooms throughout. . .New menu at Battered on Leeds' Brewery Place. . .La Bellezza Italian restaurant has opened at The Old Star, Collingham. . .Italian restaurant Larocca has opened in the recently completed waterside development of Clarence Dock. . .After the successful launch in Manchester last year, Chaophraya has started its cookery classes in Leeds. . . .Casa Mia is giving tea lovers the chance to quench their thirst and give their health a boost by offering customers a new range of speciality teas, made by London-based tea specialist Teapigs. . .Steve Smith (ex-Seaham Hall, Guellers, Holbeck Ghyll) is the new Executive Chef at The Devonshire Arms at Bolton Abbey. . .Shabab Express has opened on the site of the old Dino’s in Leeds. This is the second Shabab to open in Leeds. . .Swing Fridays and Jazz Sunday Lunches starting in May at Sam's Chop House. . .Sukhothai have been featured in The Times Newspapers' guide to the 10 Top Thai restaurants in the U.K for the third consecutive year. . .Salvos is now open on Sundays with a special lunch menu available all day, £12.95 for 2 courses. . .Dough Bistro have launched a new five-course Sunday afternoon menu for only £20, book early for Father’s Day 15th June. . .Come Dancing at The Stroom Function Rooms in Pudsey on the last Friday of every month. 3 courses, £19.50. . .Regular live entertainment at The Old Tramshed in Saltaire. . .Award-winning chef Scott Hessell of The Old Bore at Rishworth has opened a second venue, the Carlton Bore at Carlton Husthwaite, near Thirsk. Everything served on the menu is Yorkshire-sourced from local regional food heroes. . .Wine dinner at Malmaison Leeds Apr 29. 4 courses with wines, £45. . .Vanilla Black vegetarian restaurant is moving to London from York. . .Winners of the 2008 Northern Hospitality Awards -- Reg Johnson (Special Achievement); The London Carriage Works, Liverpool (Best Restaurant); The Pipe & Glass Inn, East Yorkshire (Best Newcomer); Lisa Allen at Northcote Manor, Langho (Best Chef); The Shoulder of Mutton, Kirkby Overblow (Best Pub); Lowry Hotel, Manchester (Best Hotel); Eyck Zimmer at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester (Best Chef Mentor); Barlounge, Chester (Best Bar); Northcote Manor, Langho (Best Wine Offering). . .Half-price fish & chips on the last Tuesday of every month at The Wensleydale Heifer -- the AA's English Seafoood Pub of the Year for 2007. . .Kings Arms in Heath, Wakefield is under new management. . .Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me is looking for contestants from the Bradford area. If you want to take part call 0871 244 4142 and leave your details. . .Jino's Thai Cafe (Headingley) is now open all day Saturday & Sunday and is also pleased to announce the launch of their new Combo Meals, Tuesday to Friday lunch only. With prices from £6.50, (for starter, main course & drink) it's quick & simple, being served on one plate & makes an ideal business lunch…Lockwoods in Ripon has been picked out by The Times recently as No 1 spot for breakfast in the UK and No 1 family run restaurant. Upcoming events here include Bank Holiday Sunday Lunch with Jazz (Mar 23, May 4), Yalumba wine tasting evening (Apr 10), Call My Bluff wine tasting evenings (Apr 23, Jun 12, Aug 14). . .Italian restaurant Felicini has opened on the site of the old Hard Rock Cafe in Leeds. . .Thai Sabai in Headingley has been awarded Best Oriental Restaurant in West Yorkshire by h2b magazine. . .Italian language class at Cafe Marinetti in Horsforth starting 2 Apr for 6 weeks. £45 incl. refreshments. . .Upcoming events at Magdalene's in Wakefield -- Psychic evening with emminent psychic beginning 8.30pm Mar 26. Booking advised. . .Dough Bistro in Headingley now opening Sundays. . .Casa Mia has launched a new low-fat menu inspired by traditional Mediterrnean ingredients. It's available at Casa Mia Grande in Chapel Alleron and Casa Mia Millenium in Leeds city centre. . .The Mustard Pot in Chapel Allerton has reopened after a major refurbishment. . .New Tex Mex restaurant Mex Cantina Bar now open on Lowgate in Hull. . .Woodlands Restaurant and Hotel in Leeds has a new chef. John Lyons won Yorkshire Life Restaurant of the year in 2002 with his own restaurant in Ripon and he is now bringing his expertise and innovative menus to this luxury hotel in Leeds. . .Regular events at Chino Thai in Bradford -- Karaoke (Sun/Mon), Student Night (Tue), Ladies Night (Wed), Free canapes (Thu), Salsa from 8pm, £5 (Fri), Resident DJ (Sat). . .Bouzouki nights every Friday and Saturday at The Olive Tree Greek Restaurant in Rodley. . .Sisushi has opened a new Leeds restaurant on Infirmary Street. . .Sukhothai in Chapel Allerton have been featured in the Good Food Guide 2008, the only Thai restaurant in Yorkshire that is recommended by the Guide. Also winner of the overall best restaurant at this year's Leeds Restaurant Awards. A second Sukhothai restaurant on St Annes Road in Headingley opened late last year. . .Bubble & Squeak in Lindley, near Huddersfield, featured as one of the Yorkshire Post's 'Hidden Gems' in October. . .New evening buffet at Maliks Restaurant in Leeds. . .Salsa dancing classes every Monday from 7.30pm every Monday at La Tasca in Harrogate. . .La Comida in Leeds is now under new management. . .31 Northgate in Wakefield is now open with new evening menu Friday and Saturday from 6pm til close. . .Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc’s latest brasserie opening has taken place at what was Leodis on the waterfront on Sovereign Street, Leeds. . .Fancy private dining with a difference? Richmond's AA-rosetted Frenchgate Restaurant & Hotel has a private, walled garden where up to 6 can enjoy a candlelit dinner inside an African pot that weighs 350kg, is 3.5 meters high and has heated walls and seats. . .