All Restaurants articles – Page 337
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Notting Hill Kitchen takes crowd-funding route
Notting Hill Kitchen has become the latest operator to turn to crowd-funding to raise capital, as it seeks £150,000 to create a chef’s table/private dining cellar
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NewsLiving Ventures secures Glasgow Gusto site
Living Ventures, the Tim Bacon and Jeremy Roberts-led group, has secured its first site in Glasgow for its Gusto brand and sold its Suburbia nightclub in Cheshire
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Mitch Tonks to roll-out 15 Rockfish restaurants
Mitch Tonks, the high-profile chef, has opened his fourth Rockfish seafood restaurant in Torquay, Devon as part of plans to grow the brand to 15 restaurants in coastal towns
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Osteria Group plans further Enoteca rollout
Osteria Group is looking to add further sites under its Enoteca De Luca format, after securing a fourth site for the brand
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Chilango’s Burrito Bond funding openings into 2015
Chilango, the Mexican restaurant group, has secured funding to enable three restaurant openings this year and more sites in 2015 after exceeding its £1m crowd-funding target
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Restaurant accuses TripAdvisor reviewer of libel
A customer of Rotherham restaurant Double Barrel Steakhouse has been accused of libel and blackmail after writing a bad review on Trip Advisor following an unsatisfactory meal
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NewsHarry Ramsden’s adds 'Harry's Cafe' to Blackpool refurb
Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip brand led by Joe Teixeira, has reopened a Blackpool restaurant following a £750,000 investment that has seen the addition of a new “Harry’s Café”, reports the website Visit Blackpool
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Carluccio’s names Chef of the Year
Carluccio’s has announced its chef of the Year from 75 entrants across its 83 restaurants
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NewsBubba Gump and Smith & Wollensky confirm opening details
US restaurant groups Bubba Gump Shrimp Co and Smith & Wollensky have both confirmed details of their UK debuts
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Analysis & InsightThe story so far
The first half of this year has underlined the feeling that the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector is slowly, but surely pulling itself out of the downturn. Vibrancy has returned to the market, while even pub groups are looking at entering the fast casual market, but will the next six months and beyond cement this position?
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Mas Q Menos secures first UK site
Mas Q Menos, the Spanish tapas chain, has secured its first UK site in London’s High Holborn.
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Roast concept eyes expansion
Hereford + York plans to expand across London, after opening a pop-up in the Harvey Nichols department store in Knightsbridge
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OpinionBranded chain success is not a given
Allegra Foodservice expects the total UK restaurant market to grow by 1.7% to reach £48bn by the end of 2014. While this rate might appear relatively modest, it reflects the point that the market is by no means firing on all cylinders – and that trading conditions, whilst improving, remain challenging for many. Steve Gotham, insight director at Allegra Foodservice, assesses the situation
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MeatLiquor launches new menu and cook book
Scott Collions and Yianni Papoutsis, the founders of MeatLiquor, the fast-casual restaurant concept, are releasing a cookery book in September called The MEATliquor Chronicles: Chapter & Verse and adding new dishes to the MeatLiquor menu
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Steak ‘n’ Shake eyes three-pronged UK strategy
Steak ‘n’ Shake is planning a three-pronged franchise strategy for its entry into the UK, and hopes to have its first partner signed up by the end of this year
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NewsTDR 'launches secret bid for PizzaExpress'
TDR Capital, the backer of pub group Stonegate, is reported to have launched a secret bid to buy back PizzaExpress
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NewsYO! extends breakfast offer outside airports
YO! Sushi, the Vanessa Hall-led group, has made its breakfast offer available for the first time outside of an airport, at its new Baker Street site
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Pizza Rossa plans two restaurants and a second pop-up
Pizza Rossa, the crowd-funded fast-food concept, is finalising terms on its next two sites in London and is considering opening a second pop-up restaurant, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsJust Falafel exits some UK stores
Just Falafel, the fast-casual chain, is understood to have exited four of its seven UK sites as it considers changing its operating model, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsMeatLiquor rebrands Wishbone
MeatLiquor, the fast-casual concept led by Yianni Papoutsis and Scott Collins, has converted Wishbone in Brixton to ChickenLiquor after MeatLiquor bought Wishbone outright in April