My Top Places to Lunch in Sheffield: QC's Bagel Bar

This is going to be a series of shorter reviews on places I would recommend for lunch if you’re in Sheffield and feeling slightly peckish! I'm going to start with...

QC’s Bagel Bar!

My yummy bagel! - Instagrammed! Follow me - @VickiMint

Located next to T K Maxx in the city centre, this hidden gem is extremely popular with those who know it’s there. The shop front is small and quietly unassuming with a blackboard outside showing what they have to offer. This shows that QC’s Bagel Bar do not need to prove themselves. They sell bagels, they’re nice so come inside and buy them!

Inside the little shop comes to life with bagel buns and menus crowding the walls. Then you need to make the decision of what to get, for up to £3 you can order yourself a filling and bagel bun of your choice. The value for money is excellent. 

QC's shop front

The menu offers a selection of fillings all named after Sheffield landmarks, I ordered The Winter Garden which is smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber. Other landmarks include Ponds Forge and The Town Hall, this touch really connects the customer with their food, showing a camaraderie of sorts.

 I chose a spinach bagel bun which was toasted for me while I watched and filled with my tasty fillings. It really was delicious, there’s something so special about smoked salmon and cream cheese in a bagel and at £3 for my lunch I had nothing to complain about!

Because the shop does not have any seating we took our bagels to the Winter Gardens (how ironic!) and enjoyed the quiet of the garden. It was a wonderful way to spend our lunchtime and I would definitely recommend it!

It really is incredibly popular so be prepared to wait for your bagel! It will be worth it in the end though.

So next time you’re wondering around the city centre and fancy a quick, cheap tasty bite to eat, don’t dash to McDonalds (!) pop into CQ’s Bagels and try them out for yourself!

Leopold Kitchen - Review

I’ve moved to Sheffield! So reviews of places up in South Yorkshire (and maybe a bit of Derbyshire) have
started!

My brilliant parents drove me up from Surrey to Sheffield so when we got here we were in the market for some

Leopold Kitchen from across the road

lunch! I’ve actually been to the Leopold Kitchen (which is located opposite Leopold Square on the corner of Church Street and Leopold Street) before and really loved it. So I took my parents from my nearby flat to this cafe (convenient or what?!).

It’s a cheap and cheerful cafe which serves the usual cafe food (sandwiches, pasties, pizza slices etc.) but

with a slight difference which makes it more than a cafe, offering "proper hot dinners" as my mum (who is originally from Sheffield) would say! There is friendly air and a welcoming atmosphere. Living within spitting distance of London my parents are used to London prices and so were very impressed by the value for money.

Roast Pork Sandwiches!

On the railing on the edge of the pavement the cafe advertises a roast pork sandwich with trimmings and salads included, it even comes with a free cup of tea! 

So my mum and I ordered the roast pork sandwich because it just sounded 

so tasty! I was expecting something filling and tasty, but what arrived was bigger and better than I had expected. The sandwich was less like a sandwich and much more like a baguette, filled to the brim with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and even crackling. I love crackling, but sometimes it is a massive disappointment, soggy and fatty, ewww... so I wasn’t sure what to expect with this, but I was impressed to bite into crisp, crunchy and tasty crackling. It really completed the sandwich! The salad that came with the sandwich was also really tasty, it was fresh and crunchy with a tangy dressing. My dad ordered a Cornish pasty and although he said that it was nice, he was clearly jealous of our sandwiches and had his eye on my mum’s.

My dad's pasty

Mum and her free cuppa!

I would definitely recommend that anyone anywhere near the city centre pop in here for a bite to eat. It’s good food for a good price, the coffee is nice, you can get tea with your sandwich and it’s convenient for the shops. There are lots of chains in Sheffield but you should definitely try some of the independent cafes and restaurants (of which there are so many) and I aim to review and visit as many as I can!