Opposite Cafe opened on Tuesday (April 9) in Meanwood, bringing speciality coffee, cakes and an innovative brunch menu to the bustling street of Stonegate Road. This is the business’ fourth venue in Leeds. Founder and owner Lou Henry opened the first Opposite Cafe at Leeds University in 2006, before opening a second site in Victoria Quarter three years later, which Lou said was the first specialty coffee shop in Leeds. She later opened a third site in Chapel Allerton in 2013. And now, Lou is...
Therapist and author Grace Olson, 50, has been treating people in Leeds for more than thirty years. She began with massage therapy before learning about lymphatic drainage to help cancer patients. And it’s been a rewarding career. Grace told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “Treating all these amazing people - it changed me. “Being with people that are dying, you can learn so much from them. They changed me, which then has helped me to help more people.” Get a bespoke headline round-up, as well as...
Fika North, a speciality coffee shop on Otley Road, opened in April 2019 by founder and owner Gemma Williams. As it celebrates its fifth birthday this week, the coffee shop is set to reopen its much-loved bar and expand the drinks offering in Headingley. It was compelled to stop this service following pandemic restrictions. The duo behind Fika North then opened wine shop Bottle Chop a short walk away, in 2022. Gemma said: “I think we're in a different position now and people are in a...