The weather has been stunning recently, and on a friends recommendation I decided to visit Porto, in Bowness-in-Windermere. Easy to find behind the main street, Porto is an Italian which has rave reviews, and rightly so. Situated on a street that honestly smelt delicious this restaurant is a gem. We were lucky enough to sit… Read More Porto Windermere
Midway through my holiday, we’d managed to get some time off. Just the two of us, me and the missus, lovely stuff. I wanted to visit the fantastic Lishman’s butchers in Ilkley, but we also headed off without breakfast so lunch was on the cards. Now, I’m not a rich man so I needed something… Read More WildWood Kitchen Ilkley
Fancied a bite to eat, somewhere cheap, cheerful and family friendly. Like all great dads, I wanted somewhere that was close and could have a fry-up. We ventured to the True Briton, one of the sizzling pubs. As we’re saving for a wedding I couldn’t really justify the unbeatable breakfast or whatever it was called (even… Read More Family Friendly: The True Briton, Sizzling Pub, Leeds
Ah, sad day, my best vegetarian friend is leaving the office. Has it got anything to do with my constant wind-ups? Probably. Anyway, sad as I was to see him go, I’m always up for a lunch! So, with the rest of the team we ventured to into upper Headingley (West Park) to a quaint… Read More Chris’ last Day at West Park Cafe
I wanted to do a series about family friendly restaurants in Leeds. We decided to take Skyler out for her first family meal. Now, I needed to get this right as it would have been our first meal out as a family. We headed off about 6:45 and as a treat thought we’d go to… Read More Family Friendly: Frankie & Benny’s Kirkstall
