Sophie Mei Lan went on a date with her mate Vic Reddington to Iron Dram on the Ropergate Run.
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00:00We've heard of the Westgate Run, we've heard of Otley Run, but now it's time for the Ropergate Run.
00:07Yes, I'm in Pontefract and it's a town of two halves.
00:11Down there you've got the cheap kind of karaoke bars, two pound pints,
00:15and this apparently is Date Night Street, Ropergate Run.
00:20And I'm heading inside Iron Dram, which started the trend of bars along this street.
00:25It's a moonshine and cocktail lounge and we're about to find out what it's all about.
00:29And what is moonshine? And what does it taste like?
00:34To be honest, we thought that we needed something like this in Pontefract.
00:39So it got to a point where there weren't many options.
00:44You had to go to Leeds to find somewhere like this, a cocktail bar.
00:48And it's fine if you want to go out to Leeds, out to Wakefield, but it shouldn't be the only option.
00:53So we thought if we put something on your doorstep, it can pop out on a Wednesday night
00:57if you fancy a date night, anything like that.
01:00So that was the main reason.
01:03And tell me about the Ropergate Run.
01:06The Ropergate Run is brilliant. It's just snowboard.
01:09In the last three years, I think we've got about 12 bars on this run in a full loop.
01:15We get a lot of people, again, that used to go to Leeds, used to go to Wakefield.
01:19It's right on the doorstep. So there's a few different nights out.
01:23You can have your usual pubs, Witherspoons, that sort of thing.
01:27Or you can do the cocktails and this sort of thing instead.
01:34And what is Moonshine? Because you're a moonshine and cocktail bar, so what does that mean?
01:40So Moonshine, in essence, it's unaged whiskey.
01:43It doesn't taste like whiskey because it's never been in a barrel,
01:46so it's got to be in a barrel for five years to call it whiskey.
01:49So it's a neutral green liquor. It lends really well to putting flavours on top
01:53because it does what it says on the jar.
01:55If it's sticky toffee, it tastes like sticky toffee.
01:58It's a little too easy to drink neat.
02:01It is really nice, but also putting it in a cocktail format,
02:05it means that we can get that sort of thing across
02:08without people being worried about the word moonshine or worried about the word whiskey.
02:13And it sounds and feels like the perfect place for a date.
02:16And you've said the Ropergate run is a bit of a date night street.
02:19Yeah, it is, definitely. It's a bit more, I say higher end.
02:24It's just a different kind of vibe. You can enjoy each other's company.
02:28It's not music pumping all over. You can relax on Ropergate, definitely.