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Centenary Square, Bradford
Centenary Square is the new, modern, happening and sophisticated heart of Bradford. But this modern development conceals an historic past, fortunately preserved in one of the new incumbents for all the world to see. This is the site of what back in the 1920's used to be Collinson's Café - a once favoured coffee house and elegant tea dancing venue. ...Read This Article
Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate
The gentle slope that is Cheltenham Parade, leading from the well known and prestigious Harrogate Conference Centre, up to the bus and rail stations, is one of Harrogate's more important culinary streets. Here you'll find one of the widest ranges of cuisine types, ranging from American to Japanese, Indian to, well, very English, and the not so typi...Read This Article
Fossgate, York
Mention one street name in York and anyone who knows the place knows you're talking restaurants -- Fossgate. It takes its name from the small River Foss that passes under the stone bridge at the bottom end of the street. The street actually has a tradition of food going back to at least medieval times, as there used to be a seafood market there, an...Read This Article
High Street, Boston Spa
Boston Spa is a charming old Spa town, predominantly Georgian in character, that was all the fashion until much more plentiful supplies of spa waters were found in the nearby town of Harrogate some 14 miles north west. The village is more or less equidistant from Leeds, Harrogate and York. Boston (as it's known to the locals, and is Saxon for 'Ox t...Read This Article
John Williams Street, Huddersfield
It's all change in Huddersfield town centre -- thanks to the 'Huddersfield Renaissance Town Programme' funded by the EU and Kirklees Council - and it's on John Williams Street that you'll find much of the action. It's the longest street feeding into the main commercial and shopping area and is close to the railway station, the main hotel - the Geor...Read This Article
Norfolk Street, Sheffield
Norfolk Street runs through the cultural quarter of Sheffield, flanked by two theatres --the Crucible and the Lyceum -- a couple of restaurants, a modern bar and an old style real drinkers' pub. Not a plethora but a handful of venues for drinkers and diners alike. An art gallery and the town hall are also adjacent to this street. With the bus and i...Read This Article
North Bar Within, Beverley
Very much an underestimated medieval market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, historic Beverley has a 1300-year-old Minster. It was voted the best place to live in the UK in a survey conducted by the Royal Bank of Scotland owing to its good schools, galleries and restaurants. Once the tenth-largest town in England, this lovely little market tow...Read This Article
Park Row, Leeds
Park Row is the main banking street in Leeds, and as such has attracted some upmarket eateries and bars, along with the 'pack 'em in' variety. Some of these banks have inevitably turned into bars and eateries, with greater or lesser success. Running off this arterial street though is a plethora of venues to eat and drink in, and this is the hub of ...Read This Article
The Calls, Leeds
The Calls, one of the most charming streets in Leeds, represents a call back to the origins of the city's working past as it runs parallel to the river Aire, which once was the arterial life force of the city. It has now taken on a life-force of a completely different nature in the form of characterful and bespoke eateries and bars. These still res...Read This Article
The Grove, Ilkley
Grove Road is one of the most elegant roads in Ilkley, and elegant enough to have spawned a number of the most admired restaurants and tea rooms in the area. It's not blighted by the rush of traffic and is blessed with wide pavements so you can stroll leisurely from one venue to another, or take advantage of the equally elegant and interesting shop...Read This Article
Wellington Street, Leeds
Wellington Street is one of the main arterial routes in and out of Leeds but it also provides a variety of dining options. These attract a steady custom from both the city's business community and its growing band of riverside dwellers....Read This Article
