Independent delicatessens in Leeds

Delicatessen · Armley

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Delicatessen · Chapel Allerton

An independent cheesemonger on Harrogate Road, opened by Stephen Fleming — who left a 20-year career in corporate IT to sell cheese, and named the shop after the middle names of his two eldest sons. The counter runs to more than 150 handmade farmhouse cheeses, chosen on a simple rule: everything is handmade and liked by every member of the team, with a strong bias towards Yorkshire and British makers. Beyond the counter it runs tastings — from a handful of people to corporate groups of 200 — and a cheese school, with Fleming a certified Academy of Cheese trainer. Its work has been recognised with Best Speciality Cheese Retailer at the 2018 Great British Cheese Awards and Best Retailer (North East) at the 2023 Farm Shop & Deli Awards.

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Delicatessen · Restaurant · Oakwood

A delicatessen and café at 43 Street Lane in Roundhay. The company now behind it, Haley & Clifford Ltd, was registered in July 2026 with Araz Imani Veghaslou as sole director and shareholder, and is classed at Companies House for specialist food retail, café and takeaway trade. The shop is considerably older than the company: its own website records a Deli of the Year award in 2012 and appearances on BBC Look North the following year. The counters carry Yorkshire and European cheeses, bread baked fresh each day, smoked fish from Yorkshire producers, and jams and chutneys from Raydale Preserves in North Yorkshire, alongside oils, condiments, pasta and grains, cakes, biscuits and chocolates. The café serves breakfast, lunch and coffee, and the business makes sandwiches, takeaway suppers and hampers and takes catering bookings.

Delicatessen · Morley

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Delicatessen · Pudsey

METZ Cheesemonger is an independent cheese shop in the Sandsgate building at Sunny Bank Mills, the former worsted mill on Town Street, Farsley, with a shopfront visible from the road. It was opened in November 2024 by Emmanuelle Metz, who is from Paris and had spent more than a decade selling cheese in Yorkshire and France; Aurelie Charles is her fellow director. The counter is stocked with handmade artisan cheese rather than mass-produced, with several varieties matured in-house — among them a stout-washed rind brie, which took the People's Choice award at the Academy of Cheese Affineur of the Year. It reports also winning Best Display Champion and gold awards for cheeseboard and grazing board at the Great Yorkshire Show, and it runs cheese nights with neighbouring Amity Brew Co.

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Delicatessen · Café · Horsforth

Pooky's Deli is an independent café and delicatessen at 92 New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. The café serves speciality coffee, breakfast and brunch and home-made pastries and cakes, while the deli sells cheese, charcuterie, wine and spirits, store-cupboard goods and gift hampers. It also offers local deliveries.

Delicatessen · Cross Gates

Spence Deli is a sandwich shop and delicatessen at 8 Barwick Road in Stanks, east Leeds. The shop address is also the registered office of Spence Deli Limited, incorporated in January 2022 and registered under the SIC code for take-away food shops and mobile food stands. Companies House records Carol Munro as its sole director and only person with significant control, holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights. Menu listings for the shop, which also trades as M.R. Spence Deli, cover breakfast sandwiches and wraps, made-to-order hot and cold sandwiches, jacket potatoes, cakes and pastries, and hot drinks, with morning-to-early-afternoon opening. The Food Standards Agency classifies the premises as a retailer and awarded it a food hygiene rating of 5 at its inspection in July 2025.

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Delicatessen · Wetherby

A cheese shop and delicatessen on The Shambles in Wetherby, which describes itself as "a proper deli, not a supermarket". It stocks more than 80 artisan cheeses and says everything on the shelves is chosen because it is genuinely worth eating, with staff who know each cheese on the counter. Around the cheese it sells sourdough and baked goods from Thierry Dumouchel, Perello olives, Onsuri olive oil, handmade chutneys, crackers, pâté and charcuterie, and it makes deli sandwiches and bespoke cheese wedding cakes. The business is registered as Artisan Cheese Ltd, incorporated in May 2025, with Bonnie Lazzarini as its majority shareholder and, alongside Vincent Lazzarini, a director. Leeds City Council gave the shop the top food hygiene rating of 5 in May 2025.

Delicatessen · Garforth

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Delicatessen · Restaurant · Oakwood

A neighbourhood delicatessen at 27 Chelwood Drive in Moor Allerton, just off Street Lane. It trades as The Leeds Deli Ltd, registered in September 2020 with Nicholas Colley as sole director and controlling shareholder, and is classed at Companies House as a specialist food retailer. Local coverage describes it as family-run, started by husband and wife Nick and Tory and opened in 2021. It sells artisan pizzas made with flour from Naples, focaccia sandwiches, bread and pastries baked fresh, coffee, and French and Italian wines, alongside deli goods to take home. The site opens from 8am, until 4pm Sunday to Thursday and until 8pm on Friday and Saturday, with the kitchen closing earlier on the weekday evenings. It also runs supper clubs and pop-up events, and reports being shortlisted for Best New Business in the Deliciously Yorkshire Awards.

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Café · Delicatessen · Horsforth

Truly Scrummy is a café and delicatessen at 90-92 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves freshly ground coffee, light lunches and homemade cakes prepared on site using local suppliers, and also offers afternoon teas, treat boxes and catering. A monthly Yorkshire tapas evening is among its regular events.

Butcher · Delicatessen · Cross Gates