Author Elaine Lemm

The Owl taps into memories of Leeds’s historic Kirkgate Market while pulling in a whole new audience, writes Elaine Lemm. Pictures by James Hardisty.

If you want to see what happens when a closed down old boozer comes back to life, then head to the White Horse in Church Fenton

Dakota Grill is housed in a stylish Leeds city centre hotel and it has food to match, writes Elaine Lemm. Pictures by Bruce Rollinson.

I am not sure what surprised me more on an unexpected afternoon in the Dales, that we landed high up at Middlesmoor in Upper Nidderdale and discovered one of the best “proper” pubs in a long time or hearing someone in the bar of the Crown Hotel say in a no-nonsense Yorkshire way: “Well, I’ll go t’ foot of our stairs.”

The team at the Hovingham Inn do straightforward food very well and Elaine Lemm applauds them for it.

Pubs come in all sorts of guises as I found at the Angel at Topcliffe.

The Beehive X is Matt Healy’s much talked about new pub restaurant, but Elaine Lemm found it didn’t live up to the hype.

Horto offers some glimpses of culinary magic in the elegant surroundings of Rudding Park writes Elaine Lemm.

Origin in Helmsley has a lot going for it, it could just do with an extra pair of hands or two, writes Elaine Lemm. Pictures by Jo Dodsworth.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park offers stunning views and great works of art, and now its new restaurant is making culinary waves, too, writes Elaine Lemm.