Much-loved Indian restaurant unveils new name and brand identity

Tapasya in Hull's Holderness Road has rebranded as Ruthvika Spices and Kitchen. The restaurant offers well-known favourites and signature dishes with small bites, grilled mains, curries and an extensive menu for vegetarians and vegans. The rebrand and new name represents a new direction for owner Mukesh Tirkoti. Aptly named as the goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom and learning,...

Great Newsome Brewery’s butterfly-inspired beers put the spotlight on sustainability

Great Newsome Brewery has launched its latest beer inspired by the butterflies that thrive at the East Yorkshire farm where the brewery is based. Tortoiseshell, a hoppy, 4.5% ABV pale ale named for one of Britain’s best-known butterflies, is on tap at 17 pubs across Hull and East Yorkshire, with availability set to increase in the coming weeks. It is the eighth beer in Great Newsome’s Chrysalis...

Return of Yum! Festival attracts huge crowds to boost city centre businesses

Thousands of people flocked to Hull's Fruit Market area as the third of this year’s Hull Street Food Nights was followed by the return of the Yum! Festival of Food and Drink. Traders taking part in the back-to-back events were inundated with hungry hordes eager to try cuisine from around the world, with sweet and savoury delights served up from stalls lining Hull Marina. Non-food businesses...

Fruit Market to enjoy double helping of Hull Street Food Nights and Yum! Festival

HullBID will deliver a double helping of sensational street food next week when two of the city centre’s most popular gastro events are presented back-to-back at an exciting new venue. The Fruit Market area of Hull Marina will provide the setting on Thursday, August 4, for the third in this summer’s series of Hull Street Food Nights. In addition to offering the usual array of mouth-watering food...

Hull Street Food Nights to make a mouth-watering return

HullBID is counting down to the return of the hugely popular Hull Street Food Nights with businesses banding together to offer a wide variety of culinary delights. The first event on Thursday, June 9, will also feature comedians Micky P Kerr and Tony Vino in a first for Hull Street Food Nights. Kathryn Shillito, HullBID executive director, said: “It’s first and foremost about the food but, over...