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Crosspool’s new Indian restaurant will open on Friday.
The new restaurant, Aligarh, has taken over the old Artisan building on Sandygate Road.
Preview nights have been taking place this week and the owners are now taking bookings for Friday night onwards. You can call 0114 266 6096 to reserve your table.
Their aim is to provide quality food and great service at an affordable price.
Look out for more information and interview with on the website soon.
Aligarh website (online next week)
A 4×4 vehicle ram-raided Crosspool hairdressers Inspiration on Monday night.
The thieves took out one of the large windows and made off with hairdressing equipment including hair straighteners.
Appointments for today were cancelled, although the salon should be open on Wednesday. Anyone with an appointment can call 0114 266 3996 to confirm it.
A new curry house is to open in the former Artisan restaurant on Sandygate Road.
Work is currently being undertaken on the building. We don’t know yet of the planned opening date but the work should take around 3 weeks.
Ali the owner lives in Bradford and intends to employ a manager to run his new Crosspool restaurant.
Over the years the restaurant in that location has been known as Thyme, Smith’s and most recently Artisan, which closed in January. The upstairs area was also reinvented under different themes including fish restaurant Catch and budget eatery Canteen.
Older residents may remember the building operating as an Indian restaurant before chef and entrepreneur Richard Smith took it on.
This morning it seems a child’s small pink bike was left outside Motor World in Crosspool.
We’re not sure if it was abandoned, stolen or simply forgotton about, but if you know the owner please can you get them to call Si on 0114 268 4479 so the bike and owner can be reunited.
The back brake is damaged, so this may be the reason it was left there.
Final preparations are underway for Crosspool’s annual Selborne Road street market on Sunday 29 June.
The event is your opportunity to buy local food, cakes, plants, crafts, jewellery, clothes and books from over 40 stalls and also enjoy music and dance from Jacapella, Lydgate First
School, Tapton School’s wind band and an Irish dance troupe.
Many of our local shops will also open up for the day. Direct Travel is hosting a travel market and family fun day with free face painting and goody bags.
During the market, Crosspool Art Group will be exhibiting in the garden at 55 Selborne Road where tea and picnic facilities will also be available.
Last year, even the deputy prime minister popped by.
Crosspool Street market is 12-4pm and is part of Crosspool Festival 2014.
Crosspool was awash with colour this week as flags were hung above the shops.
This year’s various flags include the white rose of Yorkshire, to mark the visit of the Tour de France to the county, flags to show support for England (and Italy, if you look above Guido’s!) in the world cup and also Union flags above some of the other shops.
Crosspool’s Jet petrol station would be demolished and replaced with a retail development if a new planning application for the site is approved.
Application 14/01275/FUL would see the building of a double-storey A1-class retail unit with parking for ten cars. It would extend to 354 square meters gross internal area.
No occupier for the unit has been announced, but the application states that discussions with several parties are ongoing and that “it is anticipated that it will attract a general convenience store operator selling everyday items such as groceries, alcoholic and soft drinks, tobacco, and newspapers.”
Full details of the scheme are on the council website, including site plans and a detailed planning statement (PDF, 657KB).
You have until Monday 19 May  now extended to the 2nd June   to comment on the proposals.
This planning application follows the news last week that just up the road plans have been submitted for an extension to the former Crosspool Coffee Shop house.
A family-run farm shop relaunches in Rivelin valley this weekend, offering meat from their own farm and a range of Sheffield-sourced produce.
The Duck House is based at Coppice House Farm and was previously Coppice House Farm Shop. New owners Tom and Jess Ducker are no strangers to the business, with Tom’s father and grandfather both once responsible for running the old shop. Jess previously owned Gerty’s Pork and was previously named a Sheffield food hero.
Tom and Jess explained: “We’re focused on quality local produce, that’s why all the meat we sell is straight from our own farm and butchered on site to give you the freshest and finest produce.
“We’re keen to support other local businesses therefore all the other great products you’ll see at The Duck House are sourced from Sheffield – or the nearest we can get.”
“With our on site butcher Frank, if you want a specific cut of meat to try that new recipe we can do it for you right then and there.”
The Duck House farm shop opened with a soft launch last weekend and and will have its official opening over the coming weekend (12-13 April 2014).
Opening times are Thursday-Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 10am-3pm.
The Duck House Farm Shop
Coppice House Farm
Rivelin Valley Road
Sheffield
S6 5SG
07502 228587
theduckhousefarmshop@hotmail.co.uk
@The_Duck_House on Twitter
The pair of empty shops in Crosspool shopping precinct on Sandygate Road are set to reopen in the coming weeks, with the former Co-op Travel shop now fitted out as Peppermint Salon.
We’ve also heard that the old World of Wine/Bargain Beers double unit could reopen as two businesses, a beer off licence and nail bar.
On Saturday 7 December between 10am and 2pm, Lounge at Crosspool will hold a home-made/hand-made sale.
On sale will be cakes, cards, baby clothes, gifts, jams, baby toys, candles and refreshments.
All money raised will be given to a local boy who is fighting life threatening illness.
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