The 2000s featured a raft of new bar and restaurant openings in the city centre catering for the trendy, hip, hop, and happening brigade all determined to enjoy a night on the tiles. These nightspots offered good food and drinks to cater for all tastes and budgets in relaxed and chilled out surroundings. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, showcase the best of the best on offer to city folk keen to rest and play after a hard week at work. Some venues thrived while others struggled and fell by the wayside. How many do you remember? READ MORE: 17 Leeds nightspots you probably visited during the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Pin
October 2008 and Leeds Brewery's new bar Pin opened on Dock Street in the city centre. Photo: Mark Bickerdike
14. Restaurant Bar and Grill
Restaurant Bar and Grill on City Square was housed in the former Post Office.
15. Larocca
Do you remember Larocca bar and restaurant at Clarence Dock? Pictured here in September 2008. | Bruce Rollinson Photo: Bruce Rollinson
16. Bar Room Bar
Do you remember Bar Room Bar on Call Lane? Pictured in September 2008. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
17. Toast
Toast bar and restaurant was located on Wellington Street. Pictured in September 2008. | Matthew Page Photo: Matthew Page
18. Epernay
You could find Epernay - which sold more than 45 different bottles of champagne bar - at the Electric Press building. | YPN Photo: YPN