Pizza Pilgrims opens its latest new restaurant at the Old Truman Brewery on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane in east London next week. It will become the group’s 27th restaurant.
Pasta concept Bancone will launch on Kensington High Street on 20 May. It will be a fourth location, after Borough Yards, Covent Garden and Soho.
Turkish brand Bibi’s has just opened on Cullum Street in the City of London—its seventh site in the capital.
Healthy eating brand Atis will open on Grosvenor Street in London’s Mayfair next week—its 11th site. 
Loungers is opening the Forno Lounge in Broadstairs in Kent in the Summer, in a unit that was previously occupied by Prezzo. It is the group’s seventh location in Kent. Loungers is meanwhile seeking planning permission to open a branch of its Cosy Club format in St Christopher Place in St Albans, local media report.
TRG Concessions is opening a branch of its US-style restaurant Sanfords at Glasgow Airport. It first launched the concept at Luton Airport. The Glasgow site will replace Frankie & Benny’s.
Nottingham’s Bustler Market is to launch a food hall with room for four permanent operators. It is scheduled to launch on 5 June. Bustler Market also has a venue in Derby.
Korean street food style restaurant concept The Bap is opening on Queens Road in the Clifton area of Bristol. It will be a fourth location for the brand, after Farnborough, Reading and Swindon.
Mediterranean restaurant group Brother Marcus is to open at the YY London building at One Canada Square in Canary Wharf in late May. It will be the
brand’s biggest site yet, with 180 covers. Brother Marcus has five other London sites in Angel, Borough Yards, Covent Garden, South Kensington and Spitalfields.
Worcester’s Japanese restaurant Maneki Ramen, part of the Art Hospitality group, has just opened a second site on Ludgate Hill in Birmingham after a crowdfunding campaign.
Scotland’s Buzzworks Holdings group will launch its Herringbone restaurant in the Barnton area of Edinburgh next week. It will be a fourth Herringbone location and a 22nd site in all for Buzzworks.
Wingstop has just opened a 3,000 square feet unit on Union Square in Aberdeen—its fifth location in Scotland.
The Lane 7 is to launch a branch of its competitive socialising, bar and restaurant brand Gutterball on the high street in Lincoln later this year. The
Gutterball concept launched in North Shields.
Chopstix has secured permission to open in an empty retail unit on Dudley Street in Wolverhampton, local media report.
Canada-based QSR brand Mary Brown’s Chicken has just opened in Preston—its fourth UK restaurant after Belfast, Lisburn and Hounslow.
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