Elkwater Bar & Bistro

About Elkwater Bar & Bistro

Elkwater is a bar, bistro and lifestyle store on Broadway in Darras Hall, serving French and Canadian-inspired food from breakfast right through to evening cocktails, often with live music. The all-day format makes it as suited to a morning coffee as to a night out.

As part of the Broadway parade, it's at the centre of Darras Hall's own little high street, giving the estate a genuine destination for eating, drinking and browsing. (A separate Elkwater operates at Kirkharle; this is the Darras Hall branch.)

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