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Stay ahead with curated reporting on new restaurant, pub, bar, café, and catering openings across the UK. This highlights the latest venue launches, from independents to multi-site operators, and offers behind-the-scenes insights into concept development, site selection, kitchen design, menu strategy, and operational planning. Whether you’re tracking competitors, scouting for inspiration, or evaluating expansion trends, this coverage helps hospitality professionals understand where investment is going and how new openings are shaping the foodservice landscape. Essential reading for chefs, operators, landlords, and F&B executives watching the market evolve.
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Oct- 2019 -28 OctoberRestaurants
Chick-fil-a opens second UK restaurant in Scotland
Chick-fil-a has opened a second site in Scotland, despite announcing that it would be closing its first UK restaurant following backlash from the LGBT+ community. A Chick-fil-a spokespeson said the chain is always “evaluating potential new locations”. They added: “The Aviemore Macdonald Hotel location gives us an opportunity to build…
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25 OctoberRestaurants
Rosa’s Thai Cafe to open in Manchester
Rosa’s Thai Cafe will open its first restaurant in Manchester next spring, in The Old Courthouse on Deansgate, formerly occupied by Handmade Burger Co. Launched in 2008 by Thai chef Saiphin Moore and her husband Alex on East London’s famous Brick Lane, Rosa’s Thai Café said it has built a…
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24 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
% Arabica to make UK debut with double store openings in London
Lifestyle-orientated Japanese coffee brand % Arabica is to make its UK debut with two London outposts officially opening on 1 November 2019. The brand will open its flagship store in Broadway Market, East London, and Covent Garden will see its sister site situated on King Street, the latter of which…
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23 OctoberRestaurants
Beef and Brew closes its last site
Steak Restaurant chain Beef and Brew has closed its last remaining site, the first that it opened, in Kentish Town. The announcement was made on the restaurant’s website four years after founders Jessica Simmons and Daniel Nathan opened the restaurant. The statement read: “Beef and Brew is now closed.To coin…
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23 OctoberPubs and Bars
Queen Victoria Arts Club and The Exchange close
The Queen Victoria Arts Club and The Exchange bars, Leicester, have both closed their doors following a breakdown in discussions between management and its landlord. Owner Cassie Davison said in a post on the two websites of the bars, that the landlord and 50% shareholder, unexpectedly closed both properties yesterday.…
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22 OctoberRestaurants
The Feathers opens new restaurant
The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow has completed the second phase of its refurbishment which sees the opening of its brand new restaurant, Plume@Feathers. The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow closed in August last year following a legionnaires outbreak in 2017 which caused the death of 69-year-old Elaine Brown, who contracted the…
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21 OctoberAnalysis
How emerging technology will reshape the professional kitchen
Fast forward 25 years from now. It’s 2044 and we have entered a new dawn when it comes to food and hospitality. What we eat and the way it is served has completely evolved – imagine, for example, getting all our daily nutrients and vitamins from a single pill or…
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21 OctoberRestaurants
First UK Chick-fil-a restaurant set to close following LGBT backlash
Chick-fil-a’s first UK restaurant is set to close following backlash from the LGBT+ community. It comes after LGBT+ groups boycotted the opening of the restaurant, over comments made by the American fast food chain’s CEO about the LGBT+ community. A spokesperson for the chain told the BBC that “the right…
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18 OctoberRestaurants
New zero-waste restaurant to open in London in November
Silo, a zero-waste restaurant which will see a continually changing menu of ten to fifteen dishes,has announced it will be opening its second property in London on 5 November. Owned by award-winning chef, Douglas McMaster, will join Crate Brewery,at The White Building in Hackney Wick. “A zero-waste pioneer,” the restaurant…
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17 OctoberFood and Drink
India’s Copper Chimney opens its first UK restaurant in London
Indian restaurant group, Copper Chimney, has opened its first UK restaurant at Shepherds Bush, London. The brand, which operates across five cities across India, including Mumbai and Kolkata, describes itself as a “pioneer of contemporary Indian cuisine.” Since the opening of the first Copper Chimney site in 1972, the Indian…
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