News from de Bretton

Harvilles Restaurant Review
A glance at the menu at Harvilles Restaurant is enough to stop passers-by in their tracks.

Vodka on a rock... the £5k cocktail
How much do you love your other half?
Enough to buy them a drink this Valentine's Day?
But what if the drink was the most expensive in all Yorkshire - a cocktail priced at £5,000?

Yorkshire's First Steak Club
Morag the Cow had reason to be concerned when she joined other pantomime characters to step off stage and into Yorkshire's first Beef Steak Club. But she needn't have worried as panto cow was not on the menu.

A Rare Menu
Monty's Grill has opened as Yorkshire's first restaurant dedicated to serving rare breeds meat.

Yorkshire Life lunch
Fossgate was once York's Bermuda triangle. Restaurants came then disappeared without trace, never to be seen or heard of again.

David Hattersley wins Top York Business Award
de Bretton boss David Hattersley wins York Business Personality Of The Year Award.

York historic deal is a real blast
Guy Fawkes Hotel is the latest historic acquisition for the fast-growing de Bretton group, which bought Four High Petergate Hotel in August and also owns the medieval Lendal Tower.

Gastro pub to stoke up images of Guy Fawkes
GUY Fawkes's reputation went up in flames 400 years ago, but his reputed birthplace is about to enjoy a new lease of life as a top-class gastro pub.

York hotel becomes first to ban foie gras
The de Bretton Hospitality Group acted after York council demanded the foodstuff be outlawed in Britain.

From Dallas ranch to traditional English garden
Dallas star Linda Gray opened a new garden in a scenic setting in York – after a Ground Force-style team transformed it in ten days.

'Architectural gem' set for new era
Over the centuries, York's Bootham Bar has been battered by forces supporting Royal impostors and the rights of Parliament.

Enjoy a meaty meal at Monty's Grill
Monty's Grill prides itself on being Yorkshire's first dedicated rare breeds restaurant. It serves proper, tasty cuts of meat from ancient English breeds.

Business award finalists fight it out for glory
At last we can unveil the finalists of The Press Business Awards 2007.

Live The History
For many visitors, York begins and ends with Four High Petergate.

Hoteliers continue to invest in the city
A family-run hotel group has taken its total investment over the past year to £20m with the purchase of an 18th Century site in the region.


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