Party restaurants

Five brilliant restaurants to stay up late, drink, dance, and eat sensational food over the party season

BELGRAVE MUSIC HALL, LEEDS

As its name suggests, Belgrave is primarily a loud, lively late-night bar and gig space, but food has always been at the heart of this hip, multi-storey operation. Its monthly street-food festival (look out for the Christmas special with a choir and brass band, 12 Dec), has launched celebrated Yorkshire names such as Bundobust and Harrogate’s Stuzzi, and Belgrave’s main bar is the permanent home of two of Leeds’ hottest street-food slingers: Patty Smith’s burgers and Dough Boys pizza. The latter serves its NYC-style slices until 1am at weekends, meaning that, if you’ve hit the bar’s superb collection of craft beers too hard – look out for ales from North Brewing Co., a new micro-oufit co-owned by Belgrave – there’s always salvation on hand in the shape of Dough Boys’ ricotta ‘get through this’ pizza, its self-explanatory ‘sausage fest’, or the ‘Paul & Linda’, a sensational veggie slice of preserved artichoke, Sicilian olives, smoked mozzarella and caperberries. Those Patty Smith’s burgers, cloche-steamed and served in a brioche bun, are some of the best you’ll eat outside London (open until 11pm, burgers from £5, pizza slices from £2.40; belgravemusichall.com)

THE ESSENTIALS

Signature drink Beavertown Brewery’s ultra-hoppy pale ale, Gamma Ray (pint from £3). Hearty dish to line the stomach The Dirty Burger, a ground-steak patty with homemade cheddar sauce, pickles, chipotle mayo and incredible skin-on, rosemary salted chips (£7.50). Expect to hear On Saturday nights, cutting-edge beats ranging from party hip-hop to the out-there sounds of Flying Lotus. Quieter space, if you need a breather Near neighbour, North, a connoisseur’s craft beer bar (northbar.com). New Year’s Eve plans Ticketed funk gig with the Haggis Horns (£15), otherwise free entry.Watch the fireworks over Leeds at midnight from Belgrave’s quirky rooftop garden.