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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Nov- 2019 -19 November
Rosa’s Thai Cafe owners rescue Ceviche out of admnistration
The Ceviche restaurant group has been bought out by Rosa’s Thai Cafe founders, Alex and Saiphin Moore, after the group nearly fell into administration. The restaurant group, famed for its Peruvian food, filed an administration notice last month after wage increases and business rates created cost pressures for the group. …
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18 November
Tom Kerridge’s Bull & Bear opens within new Stock Exchange Hotel
Tom Kerridge’s new Bull and Bear restaurant has officially opened as part of Relais and Chateux’s new Stock Exchange Hotel. Housed under the building’s dome which for decades was the trading floor of the Stock Exchange, the space has been designed to be a social space where people can enjoy…
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15 November
Coconut Tree announces plans to open sixth site in Bournemouth
Sri Lankan street food restaurant group, The Coconut Tree, has announced plans to open its sixth UK site in Bournemouth. The restaurant will replace the former Brunch Club cafe’s site on Old Christchurch Road.It will join other branches based in Cardiff, Bristol, Oxford, Cheltenham. Coconut Tree’s menu offers “smaller tapas-style…
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15 November
Connaught Grill returns to Mayfair
The Connaught Grill will be returning to its original home next year, almost 20 years after it first closed its doors in 2000. The 46-seat venue will be located on the ground floor of the The Connaught in Mayfair, the site where it first opened as an “iconic” restaurant in…
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13 November
Lucky & Joy set to launch first permanent site
Lucky and Joy has announced the launch of its first permanent site, which is set to open in Clapton later this month. The team behind the Chinese-inspired concept announced that bookings are now being taken for their soft launch, before the new restaurant officially opens its doors on 29 November. …
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13 November
Patty and Bun announces reopening of Liverpool Street restaurant
Patty and Bun has announced it is to reopen its takeaway focused Liverpool Street location, with a new venue holding 40-50 seat eating area and an expanded menu. The restaurant closed its doors late last year due to redevelopment plans in anticipation of Crossrail. The new restaurant will commend its…
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12 November
Old Street’s Daffodil Mulligan opens its doors
Daffodil Mulligan has opened its doors on Old Street, marking it the third London restaurant to be launched by chef Richard Corrigan. Corrigan opened the restaurant alongside John Nugent of Green and Fortune, and Tony Gibney of Gibney’s of Malahide. The Irish trio “have over a century of hospitality experience…
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12 November
Raymond Blanc confirms opening of new White Brasserie in Cheltenham
Rayond Blanc has confirmed that his White Brasserie Company will open at the Kings Arms in Cheltenham on 9 December 2019. The Kings Arms will be the 20th launch in the group, offering a British pub atmosphere with a “French brasserie twist.” Opening within a grade II listed building, the…
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11 November
Rugby World Cup fails to score more business for pubs and restaurants
Like-for-like sales across managed pubs and restaurants fell -0.6% throughout October, according to new figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Restaurants faced collective like-for-like falls of -0.7%, whilst pub sales saw a fall of -0.6% against the same month of last year. Wet-led pubs performed marginally better than their…
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8 November
Barbecue restaurant Pitt Cue Co. returns to London
Pitt Cue Co., the restaurant that specialises in “barbecue, bourbon, and beer,” is set to return to London after closing its doors in June this year. Jamie Berger, who co-founded the company alongside Tom Adams in 2011, has announced that he will relaunch the restaurant under original ownership, with plans…
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