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That’s right, Yard & Coop are heading to Manchester’s Christmas Markets!

Not ones to miss a party, you’ll find us frolicking on Albert Square and serving up the best buttermilk fried chicken in Manchester. You can catch us there for the whole of the markets run, from Friday 8th – Sunday 22nd December.

Our legendary Chick In Cones will be making a triumphant return alongside an array of saucy buttermilk fried chicken trays and house favourite Buff Daddy burger. Expect us to be loaded, smothered ‘n downright dirty.

Vegans just wanna have fun, right? Tis’ the season of meat free alternatives and we’ll be smashing out vegan pulled chicken drenched in everybody’s favourite Dr Pepper BBQ so that one and all can eat and be merry with Yard & Coop this Christmas.

What to expect…

CHICKEN TRAYS

ALL SERVED WITH SKIN ON FRIES:

TENDERS
8.00
Three tenders and a sauce of your choice.

DIRTY BIRD
8.50
Three tenders loaded with cheese sauce and smothered in our homemade spicy Bee’s Knees, Dr Pepper BBQ and blue cheese sauces.

JAMMY SANTA
8.50
Three tenders loaded with chicken gravy and bacon Jam

CHICK IN CONE

6.00
Fried Chicken in a waffle cone loaded with fries, cheese sauce and spicy Bee’s Knees, Dr Pepper BBQ and blue cheese sauces

BUFF DADDY BURGER

10.00
Fried chicken with iceberg lettuce and pickles. Drenched with buffalo and ranch sauces and topped with a chargrilled red chilli.

BLOODY MARY JACKFRUIT FRIES (VG)

8.00
Jackfruit pulled in our homemade Bloody Mary sauce with chips

CHOOSE YOUR SAUCE

DR PEPPER BBQ
Everyone’s favourite, perfect for dunkin’ chicken

THE BEE’S KNEES
Our signature hot sauce with cayenne pepper, lime and honey

BLUE CHEESE
Silky and dreamy, crumbly Devonshire blue cheese and stilton

BUFFALO
The classic hot kick to any fried chicken dish

RANCH
Garlic lovers rejoice! Creamy mayo, garlic and chive

(extra pots £1)

Want the full chicken shop experience? Relish in the market mood then head over to our Northern Quarter home where you can treat yo’ self to a Dirty Santa Afternoon Tea* and plenty more.

*Dirty Santa Afternoon Tea is available on a pre-booked basis only. Chick out our Christmas offer here

You want it don’t you? Oh, of course you do… and there’s cotton candy¹. That’s right, get ready to Chick ‘N Treat yo self this Halloween at Yard & Coop.

As the legend goes, a storm blew Pennywise and the whole circus straight to the Coop causing a crash of taste to hit the Yard. Yep, this Halloween we’re treating you to a smothered n’ saucy burger and hell loads of booze with a classic horror twist.

Let’s ‘ave it! A beetroot bun with sweet mustard skelter, two buttermilk chicken thighs loaded with chilli honey glazed bacon and smothered in ghost pepper marinara and cheese sauces. Oh, and there’s candy floss too. Not forgetting a balloon of everybody’s favourite cherry pop with a trio of booze – rum, rum, gin. A faultless blend of nostalgia and adultness, the ultimate grown-up trick and treat.

Our Halloween specials are available from Thursday 24^th October until Sunday 05^th November at a Coop near you. Scroll down for the full menu…

‘AVE IT BURGER
12.00
Can you smell the circus? Beetroot bun with sweet mustard skelter, two buttermilk chicken thighs loaded with chilli honey glazed bacon and smothered in ghost pepper marinara and cheese sauces. Oh, and there’s candy floss too. Served with fries.

CHERRYWISE
8.50
We all drink down here. Havana especial rum, Malibu passionfruit and Beefeater blood orange gin stirred with lemon juice and cherryade. Finished with candy floss and a red balloon.

 1 Barbara Muschietti, Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith (Producers), & Andy Muschietti (Director). (2017). IT [Motion Picture]. United States: New Line Cinema

Introducing the Garlic Ranch Cheese! Our latest special is hot out of Coop-ifornia with a classic Kiev twist.

It’s a total mind melting sauce sensation.

This garlic ranch cheese chick is smothered in garlic butter and drenched in creamy ranch and cheese sauces, sprinkled with parmesan, then stick a pickle in her because she’s done. You’ll want to gar-lick it all over.

Go the extra Yard and pimp yo’ fries or savour the sip of our latest BOOZE additions to get your ultimate Coop fix.

See something you like? Our coolest special is available from 2nd September, so head on down to your nearest Coop ASAP.

GARLIC RANCH CHEESE
12.00
Brioche bun with a buttermilk fried chicken breast, garlic butter, creamy ranch, iceberg lettuce, cheese sauce, parmesan cheese and pickles

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Commencing countdown.
booze on.

We bloody love cocktails, wine and beer and our booze lovin’ team have gone out to find the best drinks to bring to your nearest Coop. That’s right, our newest drinks menu is here and we feel like a better dancer already.

In true Coop style we’re having a party to celebrate! On 23rd August, our regular Friday Club will see a tequila take-over from 4pm, with FREE Don’t Tequila My Vibe cocktails and booze flowing all night.

All you have to do is sign up to our newsletter to receive your free cocktail.

So say Hakuna Ma Vodka to life and let us take you on a ride to booze and beyond.

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Sun’s out, thighs out! That’s right, the Home of Buttermilk Fried Chicken will be feeding the people of Leeds one thigh at a time – for FREE! 

Oh hey Leeds. You jammy cluckers are invited to the ultimate scran giveaway. We seriously love our chicken, so on Saturday 10^th August we’ll be dishing out 1,000 pieces of the best buttermilk fried chicken and chips in town for free – we don’t cluck about.

Aye, all you have to do to claim your free chicken and chips is enter your details below and fly on down to the Coop to join our thigh-high club.

The Big Road Block is available to every single person in Leeds from families, weekend workers, staycation students and tourists – get down early though, when it’s gone it’s gone!

Sorry, this event has now passed. Keep a look out in 2020 for the next Big Road Block…

Hey Clever Chicks,

So, you’ve just finished University and today is the day you’ve been waiting for. You’re probably at that bittersweet moment where that dreaded dissertation is over and there’s no more revision, but your student party days are coming to an end.

Keep the party alive just a little bit longer with a booze and chicken-fuelled graduation at Yard & Coop. Throughout all of June and July, book your party of 6 or more and we’ll throw in a free bottle of Prosecco for your table (or just for you).

So, come and enjoy a buttermilk fried chicken feast and some free fizz. After all, you’ve earned it!

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Everyone knows we love a special here at Yard & Coop. After our Easter specials of the hot cross bun burger and deep fried crème egg, we thought it would be hard to top. BUT we think we may have done it. This is a burger we’ve been working on for a while, and we think you’re going to love it.

We present to you the Bang Bang Katsu Burger.

Katsu curry was first invented in Japan in 1899, originally with Pork (Tonkatsu) and based on European cuisine with a Japanese twist. Its grown in popularity ever since, with several variations and is loved worldwide.

In fact, most Japanese curries use English curry powders, which explains why katsu sauce has a similar taste to English chip shop curry sauce, which works perfectly with our chicken.

The Bang Bang Katsu Burger combines everybody’s favourite Japanese curry with our buttermilk fried chicken. Obviously its Yard & Coop style, so there are a few twists.

Our burger consists of a brioche bun with a buttermilk fried chicken breast, bang bang cucumbers, pickled ginger, fried seaweed and katsu curry sauce. Its topped with our gunpowder chicken, served with fries and it’s absolutely delicious.

Our newest special is available from the 2^nd May up until the 24^th May, so you can indulge for nearly a whole month. Come and give it a go at your nearest Coop – its perfect washed down with a pint.

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After Christmas, Easter is our second favourite holiday, and we always go all out at the Coop.

This Easter we’ve listed all our Hen-credible weekend shenanigans for you and the family to enjoy.

The Return of the Deep Fried Crème Egg

Yes that’s right, the deep fried crème egg returns from Wednesday 17th to Monday 22nd April. We obviously love deep frying things and a chocolate egg is no exception. Get your deep fried egg at any of our Coops this Easter as a perfect oozing fondant chocolate delight after your feast of chicken.

The deep fried crème egg is £3, and likely to sell out fast!

Check out this Behind The Scenes video:

Hot Cross Burger

Our hottest new special, the hot cross bun burger is available all weekend for £14. It features a hot cross bun stuffed with two buttermilk fried chicken thighs, bacon, fried onions, adobo mayo and a fried egg. Oh and its garnished with a crème egg. It’s absolutely delicious, and pretty much the best special we’ve ever done.

This special is available from Wednesday 17th to Monday 22nd April.

Easter Egg Hunt

Every year we do our Easter egg hunt, where we hide chocolate eggs near the restaurant. They each have prizes in including free mains, drinks and sides. The hunt begins on Monday 15th April, where we’ll be giving out clues of the hiding places on Facebook. So get hunting!

Little Chicks Eat Free

Bring your chicks in over the Easter period, and we’ll feed em up good and proper when you get yourself a main meal. We’ll throw some lego in to keep them occupied.

We’ll also have free face painting for your little chicks AND a colouring competition running over Easter, so theres plenty for them to be getting on with whilst you kick back with your booze and chicken.

You’ve all heard of afternoon tea, but that’s not very Yard & Coop. Fried chicken afternoon tea on the other hand…

This Mother’s Day treat your mama to our twist on an afternoon tea. Introducing our tiered fried feast fit for a queen, served with buttermilk fried chicken breast, dirty bird style. 

It’s the ultimate buttermilk fried chicken pile up, with the bottom tier consisting of a Dirty Bird for two: chips with cheese, chicken breasts, smothered in our Bee’s Knees, Dr Pepper BBQ and Blue Cheese sauces.

The middle tier has Amaizeballs, Gunpowder Chicken and a selection of all our homemade sauces, perfect for dipping!

The top tier will finish you off nicely with our homemade lush brownies and cupcakes.

Wash all this down with a gin serve from our BOOZE menu.

Our fried chicken afternoon tea is available on Sunday 31st March for £20.

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