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.

Jan- 2020 -

29 January

Gizzi Erskine announces three-month London residency

Chef, food writer and broadcaster Gizzi Erskine will be joining St Martins Lane London for a three-month residency. The Nitery by Gizzi Erskine will run from St Martins Lane Kitchen between 13 February and 30 April 2020, bringing “playful” take on classic French, American and British dishes with “carefully sourced…
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29 January

Bird Brixton set to open on Electric Avenue

Fried chicken and waffle chain Bird has announced the opening of its first new site in 2020 on Electric Avenue in Brixton. The new 40-cover site will feature classic Bird dishes including fried chicken and waffles served with honey butter and Canadian maple syrup, their trademark Waffle Burger and their…
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28 January

Five Guys, @pizza and Yo! to open at Edinburgh St. James

Edinburgh St James has announced that restaurant brands Five Guys, @pizza and Yo! are all set top open at the £1m development. @pizza, the Edinburgh-based brand whose offer centres around an open kitchen and counter service where customers can choose from a total of 64,000 possible topping combinations, has committed…
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28 January

Baba G’s closes first bricks-and-mortar site in Camden

Street food trader Baba G’s has closed its first bricks-and-mortar restaurant in Camden Market, after less than a year. The Indian-inspired burger restaurant opened its 50-cover site in Camden in May last year. A statement posted on its social media platforms announced the closure, and read: “Just a little announcement…
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27 January

D&D to launch Birmingham rooftop restaurant

Restaurant and bar group D and D London announced it will launch a new rooftop restaurant in Birmingham. The new restaurant will be sited at 103 Colmore Row, which is set to be Birmingham’s tallest office tower. Sterling Property Ventures, who are developing the site, has agreed a 25 year…
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27 January

Panoramic 34 appoints new head chef

Liverpool restaurant Panoramic 34 has announced the appointment of Elliot Hill as its new head chef. The restaurant said that Hill will bring a “unique” style of cooking to Panoramic, and that the front of house and kitchen team are “hugely excited with the new developments that are planned under…
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27 January

The Pompadour restaurant in Edinburgh closes after 95 years

The Pompadour restaurant at The Caledonian hotel in Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh officially shut its doors yesterday (26 January) after 95 years in the city. A statement posted on the restaurants’ social media platforms said: “After careful consideration, we confirm that we will close our doors for the last time this…
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24 January

Handmade Burger Co. falls into administration, 238 jobs lost

Handmade Burger Co. has fallen into administration resulting in its 18 restaurants closing and 238 jobs lost. David Griffiths, Conrad Beighton and Paul Masters of Leonard Curtis Business Rescue and Recovery were appointed Joint Administrators of The Burger Chain Limited earlier today. The administrators revealed that despite “considerable efforts” to…
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24 January

Sushi2Me opens new Portsmouth site

Restaurant Sushi2Me has opened its doors in Portsmouth, replacing The Cube Pizza on Somers Road. The new takeaway restaurant will offer different styles of sushi to pick up or have delivered. According to Portsmouth News, it is owned by serial restaurant owner, Ruman Karim, who owns several Indian restaurants in…
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23 January

Restaurant group Tre Ciccio enters administration

Manchester-based Italian restaurant group Tre Ciccio has entered administration. Tre Ciccio opened its first restaurant in Altrincham in 2018 and opened two more sites in Bramhall and Ramsbottom soon after. The group confirmed the closure on social media. In a Facebook post it said: “We can confirm Tre Ciccio Ltd…
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