Brighter future for Carriages restaurant in Knaresborough

Customers of Carriages feared the worst earlier this year when the long-standing bistro-style restaurant and bar on the High Street shut its doors.

Known for its good food and beer garden famed for its live acoustic gigs during feva festival, in particular, it was for many years a family-run concern.

Even the best efforts to rescue the situation by its most recent owners David and Jo Straker of Harrogate's famous William and Victoria restaurant were not enough as it was forced to close in February.

Now Bears Pantry has announced it has moved into the premises and intends to reopen, possibly with the moniker 'The Bears At Carriages.'

The Leeds business, which is based in kitchen space at Sunnybank Mills in Farsley, was launched by founder Sam Pullan in his own kitchen at home in 2014 but grew rapidly.

In 2019 it opened Bear’s Den, a restaurant and bar based at Sunbridge Wells in Bradford.

No date has yet been announed for Carriages' reopening but the news has already been welcomed by customers and the Knaresborough Chamber of Trade.

What happens next for Harrogate's Stray FM - the story explained

A message from the Editor

Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspaper