Burger brand MEATliquor is about to open a new sports bar, restaurant and coffeeshop concept called BLOODsports on Endell Street in London’s Covent Garden. The coffee offer there will be provided by the Hideout Coffee Company in Portsmouth.
Burger & Lobster has announced a new opening on Market Street in Brighton in February—its first new restaurant in five years. Burger & Lobster currently has nine restaurants in London, with more in Asia and the US.
JD Wetherspoon is planning an opening at the Haven holiday park in Prestatyn in north Wales, local media report. The launch of the Boathouse pub will continue a partnership between Wetherspoon and Haven that has already seen it open in north Yorkshire.
Rosa’s Thai is to open on Bedford Hill in Balham. It has taken on a unit that was previously occupied by burger brand Hache. Rosa’s also has new restaurants coming soon in Cheltenham and Reading.
Young’s will open the Tattenham Corner pub in Epsom Downs next week. The 8,000 square feet pub was previously a Beefeater restaurant.
Berenjak, a Persian restaurant group with sites in Soho, Borough Market and Asia, is to launch on Duke Street in Mayfair.
London Neapolitan pizza brand Santa Maria is launching at Station Parade in Kew shortly. It will be the group’s fifth location after Ealing, Fitzrovia, Fulham and Islington.
Hollywood Bowl launched its latest new venue just before Christmas at the Greenbridge leisure and retail development in Swindon.
Jamaican restaurant brand Natty’s Jerk is opening a fourth site in Chichester soon. Its first two restaurants are in Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton.
The Ottolenghi group is opening a restaurant, bar and cafe in Belfast local media report. It is converting an old watermill there and hopes to be open in the summer.
Street food pizza operator Breadstall has just opened its first eat-in restaurant on Berwick Street in Soho.
The Loungers group is planning a Lounge opening on the high street in Tavistock in Devon, according to local media.
Fried chicken group Wingers has just opened in Stafford—its 14th UK site. It has more openings planned shortly in Wellingborough and Wigston.
The team behind the Le Bab restaurant group has just opened a pub on Chalk Farm Road in Camden called The Dark Horse.
Burger brand Smacks Hamburgers is opening on George Street in Glasgow—its first location in Scotland and tenth site in all. Smacks also has an opening lined up in Brighton.
Bristol-based fried chicken street food operator Gurt Wings will launch its first permanent restaurant at Wapping Wharf in the city in February.
El Gato Negro is moving its Liverpool restaurant from Exchange Flags to Castle Street, in a unit previously occupied by Viva Brazil. It is planning a new venue at Exchange Flags.
US fried chicken brand Slim Chickens has just opened in Ashford and Bath as it continues a rapid UK rollout. They follow close behind two other launches, in Basildon and Wood Green.
Indian street food style brand Chaiiwala opened just before Christmas at Elm Grove in Southsea.
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