The team behind Manchester’s Brewski and American Pies concepts are launching a new Texan-style smokehouse restaurant called Big Tray BBQ at Quayside in Salford in the autumn. The 5,200 square feet unit will have counter service and barbecue items served by weight.
Prezzo Italian will shortly open its first new restaurant in five years in Edinburgh, after acquiring a unit on George Street that was previously occupied by
Gusto. Prezzo has also lined up a new opening in Rugby in September.
Nando’s is preparing to open at the Edge Lane Retail Park in Liverpool—its sixth restaurant in the city. It launched this week at the Crystal Peaks Retail Park in Sheffield—also a sixth city in the city.
Yangguofu Malatang, a Chinese hot pot focused concept with nearly 7,000 restaurants around the world, is to launch its first London restaurant on Charing Cross Road at Shaftesbury Capital’s Chinatown. Yangguofu Malatang, which has roots in Sichuan street food and offers customisable hot pots, has taken a 3,200 square feet site with 100 covers.
The Ludo Sports and Live Lounge brand is to open a major 700-capacity venue in Cardiff in September. The venue on St Mary Street will be in a unit previously occupied by The Alchemist. It is a third and largest location for Ludo, after Bath and Exeter.
Street food collective Kerb has just opened a new sports bar and restaurant called Kerb Social Club at Brushfield Street on the edge of Spitalfields market. Kerb has also just opened a market at Canada Water.
Indian street food style restaurant group Mowgli launches its latest new restaurant at Chantry Place in Norwich next week.
40 Ft Brewery is about to open a new brewery and taproom on Blackhorse Road in Walthamstow. 40 Ft’s original taproom is in Dalston. 
Bad Boy Pizza, a mobile, pop-up and market-based pizza operator, has acquired a site in Bethnal Green for its first permanent restaurant. The brand also operates at Seven Dials Market, Vinegar Yard in London Bridge and The Railway in Tulse Hill.
Mitchells & Butlers’ Ego Mediterranean restaurant brand will open a 130-cover site in Gravesend in late September. It will be a 33rd location for Ego.
Ramen restaurant group Tonkotsu is about to open on the high street in Cardiff—its first location outside England and 19th in total.
Italian-style wine bar and restaurant group Veeno is opening at the Riverside in Durham shortly—its sixth location after Bristol, Chester, Edinburgh, Leeds and Leicester.
Thai restaurant group Giggling Squid opened its latest new restaurant on Lendal in York this week.
Chotto Matte, the Japanese-Peruvian concept from the Noble hospitality group, has confirmed an opening at the St Michael’s development in Manchester in October. The 500-cover site will be a second UK site for the brand, which also has restaurants in north America and the Middle East.
A new Arcade food hall is opening on Bedford Street in Covent Garden next year, according to reports. Arcade has taken over a site that was previously
occupied by TGI Fridays. Arcade currently operates in Battersea and Tottenham Court Road.
The Big Belly Hospitality group is reviving the Richoux café and restaurant brand with an opening on Langham Place off Regent Street in September. Richoux was founded in 1909 but closed all its venues in 2021. A second site is planned in Tower Bridge.
Heard, a smashburger concept in London’s Borough Market, is launching a second site on Foubert’s Place in Carnaby in September.
JD Wetherspoon has just opened its latest new pub in Kenilworth. It is called The Dictum.
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