The high-end Japanese restaurant, Issho, in Leeds has announced that it will not re-open after the Christmas period. In a statement released in January 2023, the owners blamed ‘economic challenges’ including spiralling costs and an unstable labour market for the closure.The high-end Japanese restaurant, Issho, in Leeds has announced that it will not re-open after the Christmas period. In a statement released in January 2023, the owners blamed ‘economic challenges’ including spiralling costs and an unstable labour market for the closure.
The high-end Japanese restaurant, Issho, in Leeds has announced that it will not re-open after the Christmas period. In a statement released in January 2023, the owners blamed ‘economic challenges’ including spiralling costs and an unstable labour market for the closure.

These eight Yorkshire pubs, bars and restaurants have announced they will close - in the past three months

Rachael Grealish
By Rachael Grealish
Published 28th Dec 2023, 17:31 BST
Over the last year, the cost of living crisis has squeezed hard on businesses causing many in Yorkshire to close.

Since October 2023, The Yorkshire Post and its sister sites have reported on several businesses closing – with many citing the closures down to the cost of living crisis and finances. This includes these eight pubs, bars and restaurants that have announced they will close permanently.

Not-for-profit Blend Kitchen started life in 2016 to give employment and work experience opportunities to anyone affected by disabilities, substance misuse and other conditions excluding them from the workplace. Its staff include homeless people and asylum seekers. The social enterprise aimed to become self-sustaining through its day-to-day trade rather than rely on funding grants, but has suffered from ‘catastrophic footfall drops’ since Covid and announced it's closure in November 2023.

5. Blend Kitchen, Sheffield

Not-for-profit Blend Kitchen started life in 2016 to give employment and work experience opportunities to anyone affected by disabilities, substance misuse and other conditions excluding them from the workplace. Its staff include homeless people and asylum seekers. The social enterprise aimed to become self-sustaining through its day-to-day trade rather than rely on funding grants, but has suffered from ‘catastrophic footfall drops’ since Covid and announced it's closure in November 2023. Photo: Scott Merrylees

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V OR V restaurant in Kelham Island, an acclaimed vegan and vegetarian restaurant in Sheffield, Yorkshire, has announced its impending closure, describing it as the 'end of an era'. Owners said it had taken the incredibly difficult decision to shut for good, though it remained open until Sunday, December 17, to give staff 'time to regroup and plan their futures'.

6. V OR V Kelham Island

V OR V restaurant in Kelham Island, an acclaimed vegan and vegetarian restaurant in Sheffield, Yorkshire, has announced its impending closure, describing it as the 'end of an era'. Owners said it had taken the incredibly difficult decision to shut for good, though it remained open until Sunday, December 17, to give staff 'time to regroup and plan their futures'. Photo: Scott Merrylees

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Back in October 2023 yhe owners of Doncaster business Rustic Pizza Co announced that their Wool Market stall would be closing with immediate effect. Lee and Sian Ogley began the company as a mobile street food business in 2017 and opened its first permanent stall at the market in 2019.

7. Rustic Pizza Co, Doncaster

Back in October 2023 yhe owners of Doncaster business Rustic Pizza Co announced that their Wool Market stall would be closing with immediate effect. Lee and Sian Ogley began the company as a mobile street food business in 2017 and opened its first permanent stall at the market in 2019. Photo: UGC

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James Allcock opened The Pig and Whistle in Beverley in 2017, with the bistro specialising in small plates, charcuterie and cheeses. Writing on X on December 28, Mr Allcock said: “After a December with a record day, record week and record month, it is better to burn out than to fade away. That’s why I’ve come to the most gut-wrenching decision of my life, to unfortunately close. I’m just a person who’s done his best and can do no more, and for that I’m sorry. "I have never been so battered in this business, with £40,000 of Covid debt still looming, an energy bill nearly four times that of its previous total and a staffing crisis which I’m happy to take responsibility for but which has become unmanageable, unsustainable and unworkable."

8. The Pig and Whistle, Beverley

James Allcock opened The Pig and Whistle in Beverley in 2017, with the bistro specialising in small plates, charcuterie and cheeses. Writing on X on December 28, Mr Allcock said: “After a December with a record day, record week and record month, it is better to burn out than to fade away. That’s why I’ve come to the most gut-wrenching decision of my life, to unfortunately close. I’m just a person who’s done his best and can do no more, and for that I’m sorry. "I have never been so battered in this business, with £40,000 of Covid debt still looming, an energy bill nearly four times that of its previous total and a staffing crisis which I’m happy to take responsibility for but which has become unmanageable, unsustainable and unworkable." Photo: Tony Johnson

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