Restaurants
The latest news and updates on restaurants, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Sep- 2021 -7 September
Pitaya opens debut UK restaurant
Fast-casual restaurant group Pitaya has entered the UK with the opening of its debut London restaurant in Covent Garden. Founded in Bordeaux, the group provides Thai street food to over 150 locations across seven European countries, including Belgium, Spain, and Switzerland. Comprising 108 covers inside, Pitaya Covent Garden also features…
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6 September
The Beaumont Hotel opens new restaurant and bar
The Beaumont has relaunched its restaurant, The Colony Grill, and opened a new bar, Le Magritte. It comes after the hotel reopened its doors at the end of August. The restaurant is open for breakfast seven days a week and will also serve a weekend brunch menu, alongside a full…
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6 September
Upstairs by Tom Shepherd set for October opening
Chef Tom Shepherd has announced the launch of a debut restaurant under his name, Upstairs by Tom Shepherd. Opening on 8 October 2021, the venue will be situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, as a first-floor restaurant above his father’s jewellery shop. The 28-cover establishment is also set to feature a bar…
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3 September
Hospitality owners report staff shortages as vacancies rise
Hospitality owners are reportedly facing staff shortages after a lack of response to job advertisements, according to the BBC. In the UK there were 102,000 vacancies in the sector from April to June 2021 – a rise of 12.1% compared to the same period in 2019. According to the BBC,…
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3 September
Jeremy’s Restaurant set for October closure
Jeremy’s Restaurant, a Haywards Heath bistro and fine dining establishment, is set to close next month following 24 years of trading. The site’s last service will take place on 1 October, as owners Jeremy and Vera Ashpool look to retire after 40 years in the hospitality industry. Writing on the…
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3 September
Booking Office 1869 to open this October
Booking Office 1869 has announced that it will open an all-day drinking and dining destination this October in the heart of King’s Cross, London. A reimagining of the original 19th Century St. Pancras ticket hall, the launch marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel…
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2 September
The Londoner to open its Whitcomb restaurant on 16 september
The Londoner Hotel has announced that it’s new restaurant, Whitcomb’s, will open its doors on Thursday 16 September. The Menus will be created by executive head chef Shailesh Deshmukh, previously of The Leela Palaces Mumba. The restaurant is designed by Yabu Pushelberg, and its street-level terrace will allow for year-round…
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1 September
Busaba opens first site in Wales
Thai chain Busaba has announced that it has debuted in Wales, after Orchard Street Investment Management, a specialist commercial property investment manager, signed a 4,000 sq ft letting at the Brewery Quarter, Cardiff. The company has agreed to a 15-year lease across the ground and terrace floors of the property,…
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1 September
Tattu to launch London restaurant in 2022
Independent restaurant group Tattu has announced plans to expand into London with the opening of its fifth site in early 2022. Tattu’s debut venue in the capital will be situated on Denmark Street at Outernet Global’s The Now Building, which will also feature a four-storey high digital canvas. The contemporary…
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Aug- 2021 -31 August
Haar launches crowdfunding campaign to fund St Andrews return
The Haar Restaurant has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help fund a new restaurant launch in St Andrews. Haar opened its doors in 2019, but was forced to close during the pandemic after failing to agree new terms with their landlord. The restaurant has revealed it has found a new…
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