They’re a winner, baby!
Black Wheat Club, at 52 Fossgate in York, has been named Best Restaurant in Yorkshire & North East by the Good Food Guide.
It has also been ranked at number 10 in the Guide’s 100 Best Local Restaurants of 2026.
It’s an incredible achievement for the independent bakery and bistro, which only opened in York last year, and also featured in the 2025 Good Food Guide too.
The guide complimented the venue’s ‘enterprising hybrid café/restaurant’ set-up.
‘By day, there’s an informal drop-in brunch menu, where the likes of poached eggs with creamy goat’s cheese, pickled radish and pumpkin chilli oil on fabulous home-baked sourdough could be served alongside delicious pastries (we recommend the croissant cinnamon swirls) and very good coffee,’ they wrote.
‘In the evening, they ramp things up with a selection of tasty and inventive sharing plates based on superb local ingredients.
‘The star of the show is the food.’
Black Wheat Club is founded by Marta Obuchowska and Tomek Mlynarski, the couple also behind the popular street-food stall Krep on Shambles Market.
In response to the accolades, Marta wrote on social media that they’re “still trying to get our heads around it.
“If you’ve ever been here, you’ll know we’re not really the type to shout about ourselves. So this feels pretty special.
“Awards are lovely. They really are. But the truth is, this place has never been about chasing them. It’s always been about creating somewhere we’d genuinely want to spend our own time.
“Tomek and I started Black Wheat Club and we’re still in it every day, but this place has never been built by two people. It’s everyone involved.
“Something like this comes along and reminds you why you started in the first place. So thank you all.”
Read the full list on the Good Food Guide website, and find out more about the Black Wheat Club at their website here.
