Stax Burgers to replace Café Patisserie in old Cock and Bottle pub

Stax Burgers is set to take its place in 93 Barkerend Road, which used to house the well-known Cock and Bottle pub, this October.

The news was revealed by Aftab Ali, who manages the building on behalf of landlord, Kevan Miley.

It comes just a few days after Café Patisserie announced it would be leaving the premises with a "heavy heart", claiming high levels of crime in the area had just become too much to bare.

But West Yorkshire Police has since told the T&A that there have been "no reports" from the business in the past 12 months.

Inside the building when it was the traditional Cock & Bottle pub

Mr Ali also refutes the Café Patisserie's claims, stating the business was kicked out early - after three years of a 10 year lease - due to allegedly breaching the terms.

He added: "I'm shocked with what they've said and how blatant it is."

Café Patisserie vacated the building on Sunday, with Stax Burgers ready to take the mantle in just over a month's time.

The restaurant is being set-up by the same group who run The Cat's Pyjamas, in Headingley.

The group includes Mr Miley, who owns 93 Barkerend Road, Mr Ali, who owns The Cat's Pyjamas, and a number of other private investors.

This therefore represents and in-house move to launch Stax Burgers in the historic premises and Mr Ali admits their experience with Café Patisserie is one of the reasons behind this.

He said: "With Cats Pyjama's, there's a couple of different set-ups, we've got the Indian street food, but we also own Growlers - which is gourmet burgers and craft beer.

"Stax is going to be similar to that.

"It will be burgers without beer, because beer doesn't work very well in that demographic in Bradford.

"There will be burgers and all-day breakfast.

"Stax Burgers already has an Instagram page.

"It's not going to be formal at all, more social.

"You can come in and sit down, or take with you.

"It will be like an American diner, we used 80 per cent brisket, we make the patties by hand."

Just over a month is a quick turnaround, but there will be no work done to the building and Mr Ali has always been an advocate of bringing the traditional into the modern.

He said: "Nothing needs to change, it's something I've always objected to that.

"It will be the same way it has been since it was handed over to us.

"The advantage we've got is, it's a grand old, beautiful building.

"I've always been for it, instead of building a big shopping centre, use our old buildings.

"I've always been for using what we've got.

"I've lived in York and I can appreciate that kind of architecture.

"We'll certainly we showcasing it at Stax Burger."

Mr Ali expects the new restaurant to be a roaring success, offering a variety of experiences for people.

He said: "It's a decent location with a car park.

"Bradford has a young population, so I think it will do well with that population.

"We're very good with social media and we're really keen for it to be inclusive.

"We'll be serving really nice coffee in there, roasting our own coffee."