Oxford

Coverage highlights hospitality and foodservice activity in this university city, with reporting focused on central Oxford, Jericho, Cowley Road, and Summertown. Topics include restaurant and café openings, independent concepts, student and tourist-driven footfall, and premium casual formats. Insight is designed for operators navigating a market shaped by academic life, heritage appeal, and growing demand for diverse dining experiences.

Oct- 2021 -

11 October

Food and Drink

Daily meat consumption in UK drops by 17%

Daily meat consumption in the UK has decreased by just under 17% in the last decade, according to new research from the University of Oxford. However, this reduction is significantly less than the 30% reduction the National Food Strategy has recently called for within the next 10 years. The analysis…
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Sep- 2021 -

21 September

Restaurants

Thaikhun to open new Trafford Centre site

Thaikhun has announced that it is set to open a new street food style restaurant in The Trafford Centre on 26 September 2021. With restaurants already located across nine different cities across the UK, including Newcastle, Oxford, Southampton and Glasgow, the new location will expand the group’s offering, making it…
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10 September

Pubs and Bars

Bundobust Brewery to open in Manchester

Bundobust has announced the opening of its latest site in the Grade II-listed St James Building on Oxford Street in Manchester on 16 September 2021. Adding to the group’s roster of venues in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, this second Manchester site comes in the form of a 150-seat taproom and…
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Aug- 2021 -

20 August

Restaurants

The Avocado Show set to launch London restaurant

The Avocado Show is set to open a new London restaurant in September 2021, located in the Mayfair-Soho area on Princes Street near Oxford Circus. Founded by friends Ron Simpson and Julien Zaal, the concept took off in Amsterdam and soon expanded to Brussels and Madrid. With London “atop its…
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5 August

Restaurants

Mowgli to open debut London restaurant

Mowgli Street Food has signed for their debut London site, at 5 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia. The new 5,800 sq ft Charlotte Street restaurant will join 13 regional sites across the country, including presences in Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, and Birmingham. Founded by chef, food writer, and television presenter Nisha Katona in…
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Jul- 2021 -

14 July

Restaurants

MJMK opens ‘Cuban inspired’ restaurant in London

MJMK Hospitality has announced the opening of Bar La Rampa, a new restaurant and bar concept inspired by Cuba, which is set to open in London this summer. Located on Market Place, two minutes from Oxford Circus, the venue will accommodate both indoor and outdoor dining, with a large al…
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Jun- 2021 -

24 June

Restaurants

San Carlo Restaurant Group to open new London restaurant

San Carlo Restaurant Group has announced plans to open a new Italian brasserie in London at St Christopher’s Place this August. The 220 cover brasserie and bar will offer relaxed all day outdoor and indoor dining from breakfast through to dinner. Taking inspiration from the islands of Italy, the new…
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Feb- 2021 -

11 February

Restaurants

Sri Lankan restaurant The Coconut Tree to open its seventh site

Sri Lankan street food restaurant group The Coconut Tree has announced plans to open a seventh site in Bath. The seventh site – which will join branches in Cardiff, Bristol, Oxford, Cheltenham and Bournemouth – is on track to open at 36 Broad Street in late Spring. The Coconut Tree…
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Jan- 2021 -

25 January

Pubs and Bars

The Lamb and Flag to shutter permanently

The Lamb and Flag pub in Oxford is set to permanently close after 400 years of trading. The pub which has been located on St Giles since 1613 is due to close on 31 January as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to St John’s College which operates the…
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13 January

People

The Breakfast Club appoints interim MD

The Breakfast Club has appointed Steve Locke, co-founder of the UK pub chain All Bar One, as its interim managing director. Owner of the self-proclaimed “caf”, Jonathan Arana-Morton, first opened applications for the role in November 2020 through an online statement. At the time he made his need for “a…
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