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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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Sep- 2022 -8 SeptemberRestaurants
Otto pasta bar to launch first site in Piccadilly
Otto, the london-based pasta delivery company, is set to open its first brick and mortar site in early November 2022. The all-day “pasta bar” will be located in Piccadilly. The news of the opening follows the company’s success after michelin-starred chef, Phil Howard, and his business partner, Julian Dyer, initially…
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7 SeptemberRestaurants
Kapincha unveils brand redesign amid expansion plans
Sri-Lankan kitchen Kapincha has teamed up with creative agency Free The Birds as part of an interior design overhaul to match the brands expansion plans. Launched in 2018 by two twin sisters – Vasanthini and Dharshini Perumal, Karapincha brings family recipes to life in the form of Sri Lankan cafes…
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5 SeptemberRestaurants
Matei Baran to open new venture in Waverly Terrace
Chef Matei Baran, who opened his first venture at Stack in Seaburn two years ago, has announced the opening of his new premises in Waverley Terrace; The Social and Kitchen. It will serve Baran’s take on street food, designed exclusively for the pub diners. Housed in the premises of The…
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2 SeptemberRestaurants
The Fulham Shore reports resilient trading despite disruption
The Fulham Shore has revealed its trading remains “resilient and running in line with management expectations” despite train disruption and the rise in the cost of living. As part of its recent AGM, the group said that during the current financial year ending March 2023, the group has opened nine…
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Aug- 2022 -31 AugustNews
Sparrow Mayfair appoints executive chef and GM ahead of opening
Sparrow Mayfair announces the appointment of Ivan Simeoli as its executive chef and Miles Butler as its general manager ahead of the new restaurant opening. Simeoli will work alongside the group’s executive chef AJ McCloud on menu development. Simeoli, who was born and raised on the southern Italian coast near…
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31 AugustRestaurants
Meatliquor closes Clapham location after less than a year
Meatliquor has announced that it has permanently closed its Clapham location less than a year after its opening. It confirmed the news via its instagram, but gave no reason for the closure. It now leaves the brand with a total of 10 UK-wide restaurants, eight of which are located in…
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30 AugustPubs and Bars
The Cocktail Club heads to Canary Wharf
The Cocktail Club has chosen Canary Wharf for its newest opening as the brand continues its regional expansion. The new site marks the brand’s seventeenth site overall and eleventh in the capital, set to open in October. The bar will be located at 9 Cabot Square, and will have a…
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26 AugustPubs and Bars
White Brasserie to open first new site post-pandemic
The White Brasserie Company has announced it will be opening a new venue, The Britannia, in Parkstone, Poole, marking its first new site to open post-pandemic. The Britannia is set to open on 17 October following an extensive refurbishment, and will bring 55 new jobs to the area with roles…
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24 AugustRestaurants
YO! operator hails ‘record’ FY21 revenues of £197.3m
The Snowfox Group, the operator of YO! Sushi, has announced that it delivered “record” sales of £197.3m for the 52-week period ended 28 November 2021, driven by growth across the group’s restaurants, kiosks, and commissaries. Adjusted EBITDA for the multi-channel and international Japanese food business also doubled from £17.1m to…
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22 AugustFeatures
Matsudai: From music to ramen kits to debut restaurant
Tell me the history of Matsudai? I’m not from a catering background, I worked in music and events until autumn 2019. In 2018, I got married, lost my job and moved house all in the space of a week, and it was an overwhelming period. I picked up a lot…
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