Pintxos 44 Leeds: 'Classy' Cross Gates restaurant gets licence to serve alcohol until 1.30am

Pintxos 44, a wine and tapas venue, will open in the coming weeks on Austhorpe Road in Cross Gates. A local neighbourhood association and a nearby resident had objected the diner’s application for late-night booze and music licences, amid fears about a change in the residential “character” of the area.

But restaurant owner Naki Akarsu was granted the licences after a council hearing at Civic Hall on Tuesday. Mr Akarsu, who also owns the La Cantina 44 restaurant on the same road, promised a panel of three local councillors that there will “never be any nuisance”.