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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Jul- 2020 -1 July
Castle Terrace to close due to Covid-19’s ‘devastating effect’
Edinburgh-based restaurant, Castle Terrace, has announced it will not reopen post-lockdown, attributing the Covid-19 pandemic as having a “devastating effect on the hospitality industry”. The restaurant, which opened 10 years ago by chefs Domonic Jack and Tom Kitchin, revealed the news via an Instagram post. Jack said: “Sadly today [30…
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Jun- 2020 -29 June
Purezza to open new Bristol site in August
Purezza, the UK’s first vegan pizzeria, will open its fourth branch in Bristol in August 2020. Following swiftly on from the announcement of a new Hove branch, also opening in August, and tripling the size of their Camden branch, Purezza will be opening the new restaurant at 79-81 Gloucester Road,…
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29 June
TGI Fridays announces reopening of 66 sites on 6 July
TGI Fridays has announced the reopening of 66 of its UK restaurants on 6 July. The company said it will also reveal a “fresh new brand” which will be showcased at six specially selected restaurants, dubbed ‘Famous at Fridays’, with elements introduced across the rest of the estate. These new…
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24 June
City of London to consider al fresco dining as lockdown eases
The City of London Corporation will explore reallocating some street space to al fresco dining as part of its plan to safely reopen the Square Mile’s cafés and restaurants. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic all 138 ‘Tables and Chairs Licences’ in the city were suspended but, as the lockdown is gradually…
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23 June
Eviction moratorium for hospitality must be extended, says Blick Rothenberg
Tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg urged the chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to extend his moratorium on evictions into 2021. Mark Hart, a partner at the firm, said many businesses will “struggle with payments” this month, and that this is the first rent quarter since lockdown began with…
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23 June
The Ivy Chelsea to reopen on 4 July
The Ivy Collection has announced the reopening of the first of its restaurants within the group, The Ivy Chelsea Garden, on 4 July, on the basis that the government lifts its existing restrictions on its two-metre social distancing guidelines. The restaurant said whilst service “remains a priority”, it will be…
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22 June
Edinburgh’s Tower Restaurant to close
The Tower Restaurant, located on top of the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, is to close permanently. The restaurant said that in the light of the “many problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic” it has made the “difficult decision” to close The Tower. In a statement posted on its website,…
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19 June
Camile Thai Kitchen opens new London site
Camile Thai Kitchen has announced the opening of a new site in Barnes South West London, with further units to follow later this year in the capital. The group said it has seen its like-for-like sales in London grow by over 35% in 2020, which also takes into account trading…
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19 June
D&D London to reopen 17 UK restaurants on 4 July
D&D London has announced the reopening of 17 of its restaurant venues on 4 July, pending the lifting of government restrictions. These restaurants, located in London, Manchester and Leeds, form the first phase of reopening of the full D&D London portfolio. The other of its UK restaurants, as well as…
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17 June
Spanish restaurant group Ultracomida invests in online ‘deli deliveries’
Spanish bar and restaurant group Ultracomida has announced plans to expand its ‘deli home delivery’ service, click and collect, and online tasting events, after a successful trial period. The independent boutique operators run two deli-restaurants in the coastal towns of Narberth and Aberystwyth, as well as Curado Bar and Vermut…
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