Overview
- Newsquest titles in York, the North East, and Bradford have opened public nominations for Best Restaurant or Gastro Pub 2026.
- The Northern Echo is collecting online nominations now, with finalists to be named next and printed voting slips to follow in the paper.
- The Press in York will create a top‑ten shortlist from the most‑nominated venues and will publish profiles of each finalist.
- Bradford’s Telegraph & Argus is taking nominations via an online form and will also cut to a ten‑venue shortlist before reader voting.
- Editors frame the contests as support for local restaurants and gastro pubs during tough trading conditions, and the pieces carry a USA Today partnership note.