A Photographic Food Tour of Leeds

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LaghettoAround the corner, on the formerly industrial Mabgate, is Laghetto Restaurant.The whole of Mabgate is becoming a site of conflict between developers and localbusinesses, community organisations and artists who have for years occupiedwhat was a forgotten, unwanted part of the city (see mapcharity.org). As the Covidcrisis continues to cloud the restaurant industry in uncertainty, will places likeLaghetto be able to survive without the economic force of the middle classes whoare perhaps more inclined to divert resources to their own suburban enclaves?
North StreetLess than 5 minutes’ walk away from Burmantofts is North Street, home to whatare some of the best restaurants and bars in the city: The Brunswick, Wen’sRestaurant, The Swine That Dines and The Reliance. The Reliance was my firsthead chef’s job and a place I have returned to work a number of times over theyears. Having spent so much time on this street as well as living within a stone’sthrow, it wasn’t until later I apprehended the lava like spread of the city as it leaksinto brownfield sites and pushes into some of the poorest areas of the city. NorthStreet is bordered by Burmantofts and, to the other side, Little London, an areawhich exhibits similarly disturbing statistics (see above). After returning to studysociology, it is these types of contradictions that led me to interrogate not just myown industry, but also the structural context that gives form to what we sometimesinnocently describe as culture. The city is committed to imagining itself as a brandthat speaks the language of community, inclusivity and diversity. But whathappens when these ‘values’ are turned over to the capricious market ofcommerce?
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Page 8 and 9: George StreetContinue walking down
Page 10 and 11: Fresh ProduceMany of the fresh prod
Page 12 and 13: Hungry Harry’sMoving out of the c
Page 14 and 15: Creative CuisineCross York Road fro
Page 16 and 17: Polski SklepAfter Germany, the UK i
Page 18: Banstead ParkMy research is focusse

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