Ox Club restaurant launches in Leeds’ Headrow House

A new restaurant has opened its doors at Leeds’ Headrow House, a former textile mill now used as a food and events venue.

The Ox Club was launched by the team that established the city’s Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen, along with chef Ben Davy, the culinary mind behind Leeds eateries Fu-Schnikens, Patty Smith’s Burgers and Dough Boys Pizza.

Ben, who will serve as head chef at Ox Club, said: “We think Ox Club brings something genuinely new to the Leeds food scene. We’re working with some amazing Yorkshire producers to source the best meat, fish and produce out there, and the Grillworks grill is a totally new way of cooking.

“We’ve been testing out dishes at Belgrave Feast and we can’t wait for everyone to see what we can do down at Headrow House.”

He continued: “The brunch service should be something totally fresh for Leeds too.

“Travelling in places like Portland and New York we ate awesome breakfasts every day, all a bit more grown up than a greasy Full English, and we wanted to bring that idea back home, with a few Bloody Marys thrown in for good measure.”

Ox Club offers small plates and wood-grilled main meals, serving dishes such coal-cooked scallops with grapefruit, brown butter and coriander, or cherrywood-smoked ox cheek with bacon jam and flageolet beans.

Meat served at the restaurant will be sourced from local firm R&J Yorkshire’s Finest, while fruit and vegetables will come from Delifresh, a greengrocers that sells produce from small farms in the North East and Yorkshire.

Additionally, the firm’s wine list was drawn up with the help of Latitude, an independent wine merchant in Leeds.

Bosses at Ox Club are also planning to use Headrow House’s roof space for growing fresh produce on site, while staff will be curing, smoking and pickling everything in house where possible.