Taste the Tuscan Hills

The Northern Quarter is get a new Italian coffee house, as La Collina Tuscan Cafe & Bar is set to open next door to Pen & Pencil, in the former Lola's unit.

The brainchild of Ancoats resident, Russell Verity, who also owns an olive farm in Tuscany, it will serve Bradford roasted coffee and cakes by day and sharing platters with Seven Brothers beer and Italian wine and prosecco in the early evenings.

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Benefiting from exposed brickwork and ceilings, steel columns, and timber floors, they have spent some money on the venue to make it stand out amongst its neighbours, which include William Sicilian Street Food just around the corner.

With a nod to its Tuscan inspiration, "La Collina" translates as "The Hill" in English, and the cafe is clearly aimed at the surrounding office workers, focusing on the Italian custom of grab-and go-espressos and after-work Antipasto sharing platters.

An opening date is yet to be announced. 

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