Running a takeaway in Leeds city centre is now a “waste of time”, fumed a fed-up pizza chef who feels it has become merely a destination for wild “stag and hen parties”.
James Potter, 39, is a manager at Pizza Freak in Kirkstall Road, Burley, where its been located for about 18 months after moving away from a venue in Union Square, a bar close to First Direct Arena.
He’s said that Leeds has become a “one day city” with little footfall as most people tend to only visit for a big shop on Saturdays – “if that!”. And offices are being used less and less frequently, making the weekends feel like an uphill “battle” with other takeaways fighting to keep their heads above water.
