The Stray Ferret Business Club’s next meeting is an after work drinks event on Thursday, August 31 at The West Park Hotel in Harrogate between 5-7pm. 

The Business Club provides monthly opportunities to network, make new connections and hear local success stories. Get your tickets by clicking or tapping here.

Independent Harrogate restaurant Farmhouse is set to open a second venue in Leeds.

The breakfast and brunch destination, owned by Jordan Aspinall, opened in Harrogate four-and-a-half years ago.

It has now acquired the site formerly occupied by ASK Italian on Lands Lane in Leeds.

It is due to open on September 8 and will cater for 110 covers — slightly more than the 90 in Harrogate.

Area manager Nicole Mangnan said the two restaurants will be run on similar lines, serving customers from 8am to 5pm. She added:

“Harrogate has been doing well and we always wanted to open in Leeds.”

Turkish Baths Harrogate gets national recognition

Turkish Baths Harrogate has been recognised by the Sunday Times.

The newspaper included the venue in a list of the 21 best things to do in the UK when it rains

The Victorian baths, which date back to 1897, were praised for its “eucalyptus-scented steam room” and the “sharp shock of the plunge pool”.

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Cosy Club is set to open the doors to its latest bar and restaurant in Harrogate today – so we went for a sneak peek.

The new venue is designed to bring “relaxed dining and drinking with a touch of timeless glamour” to Cambridge Street.

Cosy Club Harrogate has an arts and crafts feel with wallpaper originally designed in 1895.

Diners will find handmade table lamps throughout the restaurant and an eyecatching bar with bespoke, handmade stained-glass.

The all-day menus will include “fresh and modern classics” with “extensive brunch, gluten free and vegan options”.

The venue had a special opening evening last night.

Loungers Ltd runs the Cosy Club and Lounge brands. As of March 2022 the company operated 193 sites in England and Wales, including Claro Lounge in Ripon.

Amber Wood, managing director at Loungers Ltd, said ahead of the opening that Harrogate “has been a target of ours for some time”. She added:

“Our new restaurant offers a very strong location, linking the main retail and leisure pitches within the town. The externals of this historic building have been extensively renovated by our landlord, Broadland Properties.”

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Loungers Ltd was founded by a trio of friends from Bristol: Dave Reid, Alex Reilley and Jake Bishop.

They opened their first first venue in Bristol in 2002 and then opened the first Cosy Club in Taunton eight years later. They set up the separate Cosy Club brand to cater for larger sites.

More photos from inside the Cosy Club