Wahaca, the Mexican street food brand co-founded by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, is set to make its debut in Brighton this April, after securing the Strada site in the city.
The 21-strong company will open a 130-cover site at 160-161 North Street, after beating off competition from Five Guys, Byron and Prezzo for the unit.
Miers said: “We cannot wait to dish out proper tacos and tequila to the good people of Brighton. It’s a city with an amazing sense of culture, sustainable living and importantly, knowing how to enjoy itself. My siblings both live here and have been pestering us about how Brighton needs a Wahaca - we look forward to getting stuck in.”
The company, which recently opened in Liverpool, is in talks to open in Chichester and has also secured a site at the Westquay Watermark development for later this year.
It saw turnover in its most recent financial year to the end of June 2015, climb from £28.2m to c£35m.
The group also operates two sites under its D/FMexico concept and has lined up its first regional D/F Mexico site for the extension to Intu’s Watford shopping scheme.
The company has been looking to take part of the Cargo site in Chichester’s South Street, an opening that Selby admitted would be significant for the business in assessing whether the brand can do well in regional town.
Christie + Co acted for the vendor on the Brighton deal, whilst Cushman & Wakefield acted for Wahaca.
