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Artisan restaurant in Crosspool has retained its Bib Gourmand status in the latest Michelin Guide.
Restaurants are named Bib Gourmands for offering good food at moderate prices. By our calculations, it is now the sixteenth year that Richard Smith’s Crosspool restaurant has been named a Bib Gourmand.
The only other Sheffield restaurant to feature in the guide was The Old Vicarage in Ridgeway, which was awarded one star.
A pop-up gallery opened yesterday in the upstairs room at Artisan restaurant in Crosspool.
The temporary exhibition runs Wednesday 5-Saturday 8 October, although a limited selection of art work will remain on display for a couple for weeks.
Artisan plays host to latest pop-up gallery – Sheffield Telegrsaph
In July we reported the sad news that Coppice House Farm Shop was to close.
There is been some good news this week in that the shop is now in the hands of a new owner and will open under a new name, The Farm Shop at Coppice House.
Butcher Mike Kilner is in charge of the business. He has had previous experience of running farm shops and you may also know him as he was once landlord at the Sportsman in Lodge Moor.
Do you know anyone in Crosspool who is a learner with little confidence or who has not used ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) before?
If you know someone who is having difficulty getting to grips with word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, or using the internet and sending emails, why not suggest that they book a place on one of our two-hourly classes?
A laptop is provided and a projector is used to display lessons on to a large screen.
The Crosspool Forum’s next computer courses, for beginner’s and the more advanced, are scheduled to run for a 10 week term from January 2012. Registrations, 9.30am Friday 6TH January, St Columba’s Church Hall, Manchester Road.
To reserve a place in either class, please contact Ian Hague on 0114 335 1674 or crosspoolforum@fsmail.net
Optometrist Alex Gage opened his new practice in Crosspool this morning.
Alex said: “We hope to help all members of the family with their vision needs. It is easier if families come together, they only have to remember one appointment and they can get help and support with choosing spectacles as well as advice from us on what suits there needs best.”
A grand launch is planned for Saturday, with entertainment for all the family from 11am.
You can read an interview with Alex here.
Alex Gage Family Optometrist – 0114 266 7066
You’ll notice that there has been a bit of activity in the old Thresher Wine Rack unit recently. As we revealed back in June, a new family optometrist will be opening there in September.
We caught up with Alex Gage, who is opening his new Crosspool practice in September, to find out a bit more about him and his business.
Tell us a bit about the optometrist practices you run in different locations.
We are moving from Broomhill where we had a smaller premises and parking was difficult. We also have branch at Woodseats where I started in 1996.
What are your impressions of Crosspool? Do you live locally?
Crosspool is a lovely place we used to live there when the King’s Head still served beer. We used to sit in there and say “In years to come we can look back and say I remember when all this was fields” but I think the school field is still there, just not the pub.
Why did you decide to open an optometrist in Crosspool?
As I say we lived in Crosspool in a terraced house before my eldest daughter Emma could walk, but wanted to find somewhere with a garden instead of a concrete yard for children to play in. It still has that community feel and with the schools around I think there are lots of families around which we hope to serve well for all there vision needs.
What sort of services will you be offering residents?
We will offer the usual vision services: NHS & Private eye exam, spectacles, contact lenses including Overnight Vision Correction (OVC) where you wear lenses overnight and don’t need to wear them the next day. My wife Sarah started this about 18 months ago and hasn’t looked back.
We’ll sell good quality sunglasses for all the family: you wouldn’t dream of sending your kids out without suncream for their skin but how many make sure their kids protect their eyes from UV as well? We will be providing the choice to help parents and children alike.
We will also be offering Behavioural optometry which I am accredited and a member of BABO. This helps people especially children to understand the world we live and the information their eyes are giving them (more info at www.babo.co.uk).
We are also hoping to provide sports vision to help athletes improve their game, by maximising the efficiency of their vision. I have also been working with a Sheffield-based engineer with hid new putting programme called Break 30 which aims to help golfers get a round with less than 30 puts.
What approach do you have to optometry and what are your plans for the practice in the future?
I think the above gives a good idea of my plans and hope that by attracting families we can help all members of the family with their vision needs. It is easier if families come together, they only have to remember one appointment and they can get help and support with choosing spectacles as well as advice from us on what suits there needs best.
Crosspool’s new optometrist will be opening in early September.
We’re sad to pass on the news that the Coppice House Farm Shop on Rivelin Valley Road yesterday announced it would be shutting up for good this Friday, 29 July.
A statement on their Facebook page reads:
“It is with great sadness and much regret that we would like to inform you that we are closing coppice house farm shop we are looking to close Friday 29 July at 5pm (depending on stock)
. We would like to thank our loyal customers for all your support and friendship.
 With many thanks,
the team at Coppice House Farm Shop xx.”
The owners state that it hasn’t been doing overly well this last couple of months.
The Plough on Sandygate Road is no longer open for business – but should reopen before the end of the month.
The pub is one of several leased and operated by Hawk Inns North Limited. Glenn Thorpe, Director, said: “Due to administrative errors in all our Premises Licences we have had to temporarily close all the pubs operating within the Sheffield Licensing District.
“This is not a particular problem specific to The Plough as all our pubs will reopen with Temporary Event Notices on the 28 of July for periods of four days at a time and then will be fully open again from 11 August.”
A sign in window of the pub (pictured below) states that an alcohol licence was re-applied for on 15 July 2011.
Crosspool petrol station Jet has rebranded its shop as a Mace store.
Following the recent refurbishment of the forecourt and pumps, the company is looking to relaunch the store. It is still owned by Jet.
The petrol station was previously a BP garage.
Crosspudlains flocked to a party last night to celebrate the launch of a new local Italian restaurant.
The owners of La Dolce Vita laid on free tasters of pizza, focaccia, bruschetta and a selection of pastries, all washed down with Italian wine.
La Dolce Vita is based in the old A’Villa Caruso unit on Sandygate Road. The restaurant has been completely redecorated with clean white walls and a small drinks bar in the back corner.
It is a family-run affair, with Luciana and Gianpaolo preparing the food and Nirvana managing the restaurant with her husband Matthew.
The pizzeria is now open for bookings on 0114 266 9811.
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