Monthly Sunday lunches at El Gato Negro

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Our customers have been asking us for years if we’d open on Sundays. With the exception of a few special occasions (such as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day) we’re usually closed. However… we’re always responsive to our customer’s wishes, so we’re pleased to announce that starting this month, we’ll be opening for on the first Sunday of the month, featuring a bespoke menu comprising some old favourites, superb specials and seasonal delights.

The first Sunday we’re open is July 7th, and then every month after that. To allow our hard-working staff to recharge their batteries, after a Sunday opening we’ll be closed on the Tuesday as well as our usual Mondays. Therefore we’ll be closed on Tuesday 9 July.

We’re now taking advance bookings for Sunday lunch on 01422 823070, and doors will be open from 1pm. Enjoy a day of rest with a great alternative to Sunday lunch at home, offering El Gato Negro’s superb standards of food and wines. We hope to see you there!

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Father’s Day special menu

Father's Day at El Gato Negro Tapas

Great news for Dads (and everyone else in the family)! Following the success of Mother’s Day back in March, we’re pleased to announce we’ll be opening on Sunday 16th June for Father’s Day. We’re not normally open on a Sunday… so it’s a great chance to enjoy a special family lunch and treat your dad to a delicious, memorable meal at El Gato Negro Tapas. Or indeed if you’re just looking for a special Sunday lunch to enjoy!

Six dishes for Father's Day at El Gato Negro Tapas

Simon and the kitchen team will be serving a special menu: six of our signature tapas dishes, and a choice of dessert – all for just £25 per head.

The six dishes are

  • Padrón peppers with Halen Môn Salt
  • Mini Catalan chorizo with Aspall Cider
  • Patatas bravas
  • Poached duck egg yolk with Alejandro chorizo & migas breadcrumbs
  • Pinchos Morunos, chickpea and chilli purée, and harissa yoghurt dressing
  • Tiger prawns with chilli, lemon, garlic and paprika

… and a choice of dessert

  • A selection of ice creams
  • Creme Catalan
  • A selection of cheeses

We’re offering a choice of two sittings: either 12-3 or 3-6, with limited numbers of places available for both sittings.

Reservations are now being taken: please call the restaurant directly on 01422 823070. We expect both sittings to be rapidly booked up, so we’d recommend calling and booking rapidly to avoid disappointment.

 

Our brand new sherry page has launched

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We’re pleased to announce our new specialist sherry page is now online. As many of you know, we’ve long been fans of these glorious Spanish wines, and we’ve been extending the range of sherries we stock, as well as holding a series of matched sherry and tapas evenings.

With so many varieties of sherries to explore and savour, we’ve teamed up with our friends at González Byass to create a brand new page, dedicated to the pleasures and pairings of this most versatile of wines. Click on the link in the navigation bar, or on the image above to explore a wide range of sherry. We hope you enjoying browsing it as much as we enjoy serving and sipping sherry. ¡Salud!

Mother’s Day special menu

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We’re open for a very important Sunday this month – Mother’s Day on Sunday 10 March. Regulars may know we’re normally closed on a Sunday… so this is a rare and perfect opportunity to treat your mum to a special and memorable meal at El Gato Negro Tapas.

Simon and the team will be serving up a suitably special menu: six delightful tapas dishes, and a delicious dessert – all for just £25 per head. We’re offering a choice of two sittings: either 12-3 or 3-6. Limited covers are available for both sittings.

Reservations are now being taken: please call the restaurant directly on 01422 823070. We expect both sittings to be rapidly booked up, so we’d recommend calling and booking quickly to avoid disappointment.
Wineglass at El Gato Negro Tapas

Valentines Day special menu

Valentines menu at EL Gato Negro

[Please note, we are now fully booked for Valentines Day evening]

Calling all romantics! We’re now taking bookings for Valentines Day evening. We’ve created a special menu, perfect for sharing, consisting of…

  • Glass of Cava on arrival
  • Padron peppers
  • Catalan bread
  • Tiger prawns
  • Patatas Bravas 
  • Mini Catalan Chorizo
  • Classic paella to share
  • Chocolate fondue to share

All for just £30 per person.

There are currently limited places available on both the first and second sittings. To make a reservation please call the restaurant direct on 01422 823070 and speak to one of our staff. In the event you are not able to be connected to a staff member please leave your name and contact number and we’ll call you back.

A gourmet evening of matched sherries and fine food

A range of Gonzalez Byass sherries in El Gato Negro

El Gato Negro Tapas is pleased to announce our first specialist event of the year: a gourmet evening of matched sherries and fine food.

Banish the January blues with a splash of Spanish style on Tuesday 22nd January, as we pair a stunning selection of sherries with a special tasting menu. We’re excited that this first sherry evening of 2013 will feature a rare UK appearance by the master venenciador direct from leading sherry house Gonzalez Byass in Jerez. Gonzalez Byass has been producing high quality sherry in Jerez for over 175 years, and they’re perfectly placed to showcase the heritage and provenance of these exceptional Spanish wines.

The venenciador’s unique skill is based on a time-honoured tradition of expertly drawing out samples from sherry barrels, using a ‘venencia’ or measure on the end of a long, flexible pole, then pouring these into copitas. Enjoy his flamboyant performance as you savour six very special sherries, along with matching tasting dishes, throughout this special evening.

Gonzalez Byass venenciador

Between the venenciador and an expert from the Gonzalez Byass UK team, you’ll learn about the unique production and styles of sherry, and how these pair with different foods. Simon will be on hand to explain the perfectly-matched dishes from the evening’s tasting menu, expertly complimenting each sherry’s characteristics.

We hope you can join us for this unique and memorable event. Our previous sherry evening last year was a sell-out success and ever since we’ve had customers asking when we’d repeat the experience. There are limited places, and with the added bonus of the venenciador direct from Jerez, places will go quickly.

Bookings can be secured by phoning the restaurant direct on 01422 823070*
Doors open 7pm, and the event starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at £45 per person.
* We use a telephone booking system to ensure the seating plan is tailored to your needs. Please let our staff know if you have any specialist dietary considerations. Thank you.

Fino and palourdes clams

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Happy Christmas and New Year from El Gato Negro Tapas

We’re open as usual until Monday 24th December (we’re also open on Sunday 23rd December). El Gato Negro Tapas will be closed for business from the evening of Christmas Eve for a well-deserved festive break. We reopen on Thursday 10th January 2013, refreshed and ready for the new year, and look forward to welcoming customers old and new through our doors again.

The new winter menu is just around the corner

Here’s a sneak peek of the new menu we’re about to roll out, for late autumn/winter. As usual we’ve taken onboard feedback from our customers, and we’re pleased to let you know we’ve incorporated some of your favourites from the specials board onto the new menu: including the chargrilled onglet steak with patatas a lo pobre, and the always-popular tiger prawns with chilli, lemon, garlic and paprika.

We’ll publish the full menu here next week, and add some fantastic new dishes to our specials board as well. November will also see our long-anticipated new drinks list in place… with new menu, specials and drinks we have everything you need to keep you warm and content during the winter months!

We’re in the Sunday Times Food List today

Sunday Times Food List article featuring El Gato Negro

We’re excited to have been featured in the Sunday Times’ Food List today, as part of their Cheap(ish) Eats guide. They love our famed morcilla scotch eggs, and the review via Hardens calls us “the best tapas in the north”. We’re very pleased, but thanks go to our whole team here at El Gato Negro, as well as all our loyal customers, old and new, who speak so highly of us.

“Shaw’s “excellent” converted pub is “a joy”. 

It’s an extra pleasure to have a photograph of our selection of Spanish Meats (Salchichon, Lomo, Fuet de Vic, Serrano Ham, Chorizo Magno, Chorizo Artisan Leon) at the top of the page for Yorkshire and the North East, accompanied by the headline “Cure perfection”. Looks delicious!

El Gato Negro's famed morcilla scotch eggs

Simon, Spain, and a selection of superb sherries

A selection of the Gonzalez Byass sherries in EL Gato Negro

Simon’s just returned from a brief but informative trip to Jerez thisweek, visiting the soleras and cellars of González Byass and learning much more about the history and quality of their sherries. As one of the most distinguished and renowned sherry wineries, he had a lot to learn from them! We’ve stocked many of their lines for some time, both as popular regulars and limited edition specials; and we’re very excited to be introducing some of their less-widely availably wines, as perfect companions to many of our superb Spanish-influenced dishes.

Earlier this year we held a wildly successful sherry tasting evening, and received great feedback from the guests who joined us to learn more about the wines. Encouraged by the recent upsurge in interest in quality sherries in the UK, and with greater interest than ever from our customers, we’ve decided to expand the range of sherries we stock, and provide an online guide to customers and viewers to give greater insight into the breadth and variety of these characteristic wines. Believe us when we say these are a million miles from the sweet cream varieties which many people still associate with the word ‘sherry’…

We’ll shortly be launching a new section of the website, dedicated to these delicious, distinctive and elegant wines; and have another event in the works to complement the new online feature. Keep your eyes peeled and glasses at the ready for more news and a special feature on our website soon… and in the meantime, please ask our staff for recommendations while you’re dining in the restaurant. Incidentally, the current special is this superb limited edition Tio Pepe Fino En Rama, which is definitely one of our all-time favourites… highly recommended!

A limited edition Tio Pepe Fino En Rama in El Gato Negro

 

 

 

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El Gato Negro is a Simon Shaw restaurant. The award-winning tapas menu combines modern and traditional flavours and techniques, offering seasonally-influenced small plates using quality Spanish and locally-sourced ingredients.

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