Popular Mancunian cafe chain Federal will open its first site outside of the city - with a new Leeds venue set to open this autumn.
The business was founded in 2014 and is inspired by Kiwi and Aussie neighbourhood cafes. With sites in the Northern Quarter, Deansgate, Oxford Road and Altrincham, the chain is set to have built a reputation for coffee, brunch dishes and warm, welcoming service.
The new 1,500 sq ft Leeds venue, on the city's Boar Lane, will seat 70 guests and is due to open later this year. Bosses say that diners can look forward to a "relaxed yet polished" space with "bright, fresh colours, lush greenery, vibrant artwork and an open kitchen".
Fit out of the new premises is now under way. Once open it will offer an all-day brunch menu including favourites such as French toast, steak and eggs, haloumi and 'shrooms and regular specials. Its drinks range will include coffees, teas, fresh juices, wine, beer and cocktails.
Federal founder and owner Claudio Ribeiro said: "Choosing Leeds for our first café outside Manchester felt like the natural next step. Leeds has many similarities to Manchester with the same buzz and a growing independent brunch and coffee scene. We don’t expand for the sake of it; we wait for the right time and the right energy for Federal.
"Everything we do is fuelled by passion for great brunch and great coffee and crating the perfect space for every occasion and every type of customer. Now feels like the perfect time to bring the Federal experience to Yorkshire and join Leeds’ growing independent food and drink scene."
Promoting its forthcoming Leeds launch, Federal pointed to a recent study by bookmakers Betway, which it says measured the popularity of more than 300 coffee shops worldwide. Federal was named the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s most popular independent cafe and was ranked fourth in the world with more than 1.1 million TikTok views and almost 400,000 annual Google searches.
