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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Dec- 2020 -10 December
San Carlo set to open new restaurant in 2021
San Carlo Restaurant Group has announced it is set to launch a new Italian restaurant concept in Spring 2021. The 6,000 square feet, 200 cover restaurant with two outdoor dining terraces, will open at St Christopher’s Place in London. Founded in 1992, San Carlo is owned by the Distefano family…
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9 December
Gordon Ramsay to expand London portfolio
Gordon Ramsay is expanding his presence in London with the opening of five separate restaurants across the capital, according to the Evening Standard. The celebrity chef, who operates 35 worldwide restaurants, will be extending his Street Concept brand, with the latest Street Pizza concept launching on 4 December in Southwark.…
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8 December
Barburrito secures future with sale to co-founders
Barburrito, the Mexican eatery, has secured its future through an administration sale securing new investment in the business. Barburrito chairman Graham Turner leads a new investment in the business, alongside other private investors, backing the existing management team of Morgan Davies, founder and CEO and Steve Herring, finance director. The…
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8 December
Tomahawk debuts London restaurant
Tomahawk, a steakhouse chain, has established its first London restaurant with the opening of a new Hoxton site. It marks the tenth nationwide establishment for the chain, after a new site in York launched at the end of August. Set over two floors, the 88-cover “gem” of a restaurant will…
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7 December
The Bleeding Heart Group to close two sites under CVA
The Bleeding Heart Restaurant Group has announced it is to undergo a CVA which will see the closure of two of its sites. The group is set to close its the Don and the Bleeding Heart restaurants as part of the restructuring in order for its The Bleeding Heart Tavern…
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7 December
RA Group closes Roux at Parliament Square
Roux at Parliament Square, a Westminster restaurant, has announced its permanent closure in a statement on its website. The 60-cover restaurant is part of RA Group’s fine dining and public restaurants operations that is run in partnership with the Roux family. The website’s statement said: “Our restaurant has regrettably suffered…
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7 December
Wahaca to launch UK’s first AR menu
Wahaca has announced it has partnered with Poplar Studio to launch a new augmented reality (AR) menu to showcase its dishes and create an “interactive customer experience”. The Web AR effect will reportedly enable customers to interact with the menu making it the first of its kind in the UK.…
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4 December
London restaurant Arros QD CVA receives approval
Mediterranean restaurant and bar Arros in London’s Fitzrovia has seen its creditors approve its CVA proposal. Accountancy firm RSM advised on the restructuring of the sister company to the Iberica group of restaurants. The CVA was approved on 30 November achieving 100% support from voting creditors. The firm said the…
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4 December
Cocotte Rotisserie opens fourth London restaurant
Cocotte Rotisserie, a farm-to-table restaurant chain, has opened its fourth site in Queens Park, north-west London. The establishment, which opened for takeaway and dine-in on 2 December, joined Cocotte’s existing portfolio in Notting Hill, Shoreditch, and Parsons Green. The 40-cover restaurant has been designed with “chich, welcoming interiors”, alongside the…
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4 December
Slough restaurant fined for Covid breach
The Grill Garden in Slough has been fined £1000 after being found by local council officers to be open during lockdown. According to council reports, officers from the licensing team and Thames Valley Police visited Grill Garden on 13 November 2020 and found the “business open as a restaurant” with…
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