Independent businesses on Market Street, Otley
10 independent businesses we've checked. None is part of a chain or franchise, and none paid to be listed.
Listed by the street in their address. A business whose address we don't show isn't on this list.
- Updated 8 November 2026
- Next check due March 2027
All 10, alphabetically
The order is not a ranking: nobody can pay to be on this list, or to be higher up it. How we check
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A Casa Di Alessia
Restaurant · Otley
A Casa di Alessia is an Italian café and restaurant at Unit 5, Orchard Gate, Otley. Its own description sets out what it makes: Roman pizza by the square slice, calzoni, salads and Italian cakes, to eat in or take away, with the dough given 24 hours of natural rising and built on Italian ingredients and fresh local vegetables. Fresh pasta is made traditionally on Fridays and Saturdays, and Italian store-cupboard products are sold alongside the food. It is listed as serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, with outdoor seating in the courtyard, and it carries a 4.9-star Tripadvisor rating from around 143 reviews.
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Geo Middlemiss And Son
Grocer · Otley
Geo Middlemiss And Son is a butcher at 3 Market Street in Otley. The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that John Middlemiss established it in 1881 and that five generations of the family have run it, with Peter Middlemiss working alongside his father Tony and brother Martin. The paper says it took the Supreme Pork Pie Champion title at the Great Yorkshire Pork Pie and Sausage competition in October 2017, using a recipe that dates back to the 1960s. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in February 2025.
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Groove Pad Beer And Vinyls
Pub · Otley
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Lettie's
Restaurant · Otley
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Like Nana Did
Grocer · Otley
Like Nana Did is a zero-waste refill grocery at 14 Orchard Gate, Otley. It works on a weigh-and-pay basis: customers bring their own containers, have them weighed empty, fill them from the dispensers and pay for the contents. The range covers dried goods — pulses, pasta, rice, flour, sugar, nuts, dried fruit, cereals, herbs and spices — household refills including washing-up liquid, laundry liquid, fabric softener, shampoo and body wash, and plastic-free items such as bamboo toothbrushes and glass containers. The shop''s own account traces the idea to a grandmother''s refill shop in Urmston, and says its founder gave up work as a university maths tutor to open it. The Otley Chamber listing names Jo Lyons as the owner and records the shop winning Best Newcomer 2020 at the Otley Business Awards.
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Mr Blinok
Café · Otley
Mr Blinok Pancake House is a café at Unit 12, Orchard Gate, Otley. Pancakes are the core of what it does, sweet and savoury — golden syrup and Lotus Biscoff among the sweet ones, a full English version among the savoury — served alongside paninis and coffee. It opens seven days a week and carries a 4.9-star Google rating from around 102 reviews.
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Sancta Bookshop Cafe
Café · Otley
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The Curious Hop Biere Cafe
Café · Otley
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The Tea Corner
Restaurant · Otley
The Tea Corner is a kiosk at Orchard Gate, Market Street in Otley, LS21 3NX. Its Just Eat menu is split into dim sum, dumplings, rice bowls, noodles, tea and bubble tea, including a fresh fruit range, with pork siu mai and shrimp dumplings among the dim sum. It offers delivery and collection. It was rated 4, good, at its last food hygiene inspection in July 2025.
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Thomas's Taverna
Takeaway · Otley
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