Independent places for craft beer and real ale in Leeds

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Bar · Headingley

Assembly Bar and Kitchen is a café and bar within HEART, the community and arts centre on Bennett Road in Headingley, Leeds. It serves coffee, home-baked cakes and café food alongside local cask ales, and doubles as a cultural venue with live music, film screenings and other events. The venue has step-free access and free parking.

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Off-licence · Pub · Wetherby

A bottle shop and licensed café on Church Street in Wetherby, registered at Companies House as Bottle and Bean (Wetherby) Limited. The company was incorporated in November 2017 under the classification for retail sale of beverages in specialised stores, and is registered at the trading address. Clair Bilton and Andrew Levine have each held a shareholding since incorporation, with Jenny Humphries joining as a shareholder in January 2024. It sells wine, craft beer and coffee, to drink on the premises or to take home. Independent Life, which lists it as an off-licence and licensed premises, records charcuterie boards and cinnamon buns alongside the drinks. Yorkshire.com also files it under off-licences.

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Pub · Chapel Allerton

Further North is a neighbourhood bar on Harrogate Road in the Chapel Allerton area of Leeds. It is part of North Bar, an independent Leeds-based bar operator established in 1997, and serves craft beer, wine and cocktails. An upstairs room is available for private hire.

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Pub · Horsforth

Hoc Loco is an independent bar and bottle shop on New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. Opened by Emma Kerrawn in a previously vacant unit, it serves natural and artisan wines by the glass or bottle, craft beer and cider to drink in or take away, and Venetian-style small plates known as cicchetti. It is one of several independent food and drink venues in central Horsforth.

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Café · Bar · Headingley

Lento Cafe & Bar is an independent cafe and bar at 21A North Lane in Headingley, Leeds. It serves espresso-based coffee, all-day brunch and light lunches, along with a selection of natural wine and craft beer.

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Pub · Otley

A craft beer bar at 9 Orchard Gate in Otley, in premises previously occupied by Groove Pad & Vinyl. It opened on 3 November 2022 as a joint venture between the Curious Hop off-licence on New Market, since closed, and Major Tom''s Social of Harrogate. CAMRA''s survey records three handpumps of changing cask beer, mostly from northern brewers, and ten keg lines running to sours, double IPAs and stouts from British and European breweries, with gluten-free and vegan options among them. Bottles and cans are sold to drink in or take away, and growlers are filled. Food is limited to toasties and sausage rolls. There is a pavement seating area outside, an upstairs room with board games and a dartboard, step-free access and an accessible toilet.

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Pub · Horsforth

The Malt Brewhouse is a pub at 166 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, which opened in November 2018 in the former Bar 166 & Bistro. Developed as a microbrewery and bar by local operator Concept Taverns, it serves cask and keg beers, cocktails, wine and spirits alongside food. The venue includes booth seating, shuffleboard and screens showing sport.

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Pub · Horsforth

The Tavern (also listed as the Town Street Tavern) is a pub at 16-18 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It focuses on real ales, including locally brewed beers such as Timothy Taylor's, and its upstairs kitchen, Arriba Arriba, serves Mexican dishes including fajitas and loaded nachos.

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Pub · Horsforth

Woodside Micro Pub is a micropub at 258 Low Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. It is a small neighbourhood pub serving a regularly changing range of craft beers and real ales, with a focus on conversation and a local community atmosphere.