Now, an opening date has been confirmed for The Wicked Wolf on Friday December 6 at 7pm, with an opening party featuring Ellie Sax.
A site for a Wicked Wolf in York is also being sought.
The bar is in Unit 3 of the Royal Baths in Montpellier Gardens, which was once home to the Potting Shed, Rift & Co and Revolution.
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The venue spans a massive 7,000 square feet and the former Harrogate Borough Council had it on the market for £120,000 a year.
After a £150,000 upgrade, the Wicked Wolf promises lots of new features, including a karaoke room, and will be open until 3am at weekends.
There will be a DJ every Friday and Saturday, with live music performances during the week.
The building will be split into a food and restaurant area which will serve up pizzas, burgers and Mediterranean food on one side with the rest of the site becoming a bar area.
Wicked Wolf owner Kevin Spencer, who now lives in Wakefield, told the Press he has been running bars and rubs for 39 years.
The 47-yeat-old is opening his first venture in Harrogate because “it’s a lovely area, in an amazing venue.”
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“It’s in the centre of Harrogate in the old Royal Baths, which have a beautiful kind of architecture. It’s an ideal location and venue for an upmarket bar in Harrogate.”
However, Kevin says he will be price-matching some of his competitors and offering cheap deals, whilst providing “better service and quality of food.”
The Wicked Wolf, he describes as a ‘new concept’ of bar.
Promotions for it say: “It’s wicked… Very wicked and the new place to be in the centre of Harrogate. Perfect for a get together with friends and making memories…Wicked ones!”
Recruitment for staff in Harrogate is also underway and videos promoting the venue have also been placed on social media.
Kevin says a Wicked Wolf will be opening in Sheffield and he is looking at other sites in West Yorkshire.
“I’m originally from York and grew up in Poppleton. We are looking for a venue in York. I am looking for the ideal venue where it will do well,” he added.
The arrival of the Wicked Wolf comes amid a series of bar openings in the North Yorkshire spa town.
A Katie O’Brien’s Irish Tavern is due to open in The Ginnel, Harrogate, sometime in December.
A sportsbar called the Mayfair Pub Kitchen is also due to open in Parliament Street by the Year end.
