Smokin’ Bar & Kitchen Launches In Leeds

Brand New Bar, Smoking’ Bar & Kitchen opens in Leeds, inside the hugely popular Bierkeller Entertainment Complex with a bold Old West look, and huge Native American murals as a stunning centrepiece.

With a menu focused on in-house smoked meat and fish specialities, Smokin’ has a strong US influence and the décor pays homage to its rugged roots. The owners of new American BBQ restaurant and bar on Park Row, inside the Bierkeller Entertainment Complex, commissioned Leeds-based comic book artist and live mural specialist John Pearson to create the giant floor-to-ceiling artwork.

Stripped darks woods have been mixed with exposed concrete and metalwork, with individual table and high bench seating and a long bare-brick feature bar. Even the loos have been given an Old West touch, using galvanised buckets and old reclaimed oil drum sinks as well as light installations in each of the cubicles.

Rebecca Eastwood, operations director for BurningNight Group which owns and operates Smokin’, says they were keen to create a unique identity for the new concept.

She said:

“The murals are a big feature for us and we were really pleased to be able to get John to do them because he’s so well known in Leeds and his work is amazing.

Design is an important part of everything we do, and because this is a listed building it gave us some challenges as well as plenty of opportunities. We’ve created a new entrance for Smokin’ and with the listed status we had to get a stonemason in to do all the work to form the steps. That was probably the biggest single job, but we wanted to take the time and effort to get it just right and the results are really impressive.”

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SMOKIN’ Bar & Kitchen, 24 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5QB