Jeremy Mogford, the man who founded the Browns restaurant chain, and his business partner Gary Strivens are opening their third third Quod Restaurant & Bar, in the centre of Brighton, this week.

The new outlet for the the Italian-themed restaurant chain is in a collonade built in 1806 that formerly housed Mrs Homer Herrings Millinery and Mantle Shop and later Clarkes Cafe.

The new Quod, which is next door to the Theatre Royal and over the road from the Dome, will have a 130-cover restaurant with a 60-seat bar.

Fittings will include limestone floors, oak tables, leather-clad banquettes and a zinc-topped bar. Quod is also opening an art gallery adjacent to the restaurant, to show and sell contemporary artwork.

The two other Quod restaurants are in Haymarket in central London and in Oxford.