Lina Stores lines up seventh UK site
The group has taken on the former Le Pain Quotidien site on South Kensington’s Exhibition Road to open an all-day restaurant.
The menu will feature an early morning offer espressos and breakfast dishes such as a truffle scrambled eggs with toasted sourdough; followed by a selection of pasta dishes, such as ravioli con burrata; casarecce alla Calabrese; pappardelle with lamb Sausage ragù; and its 30-egg yolk tagliolini with black truffle.
The drinks menu will comprise an all-Italian wine list being as well as selection of Italian aperitivi and cocktails.
The restaurant will have a cocktail bar and an outdoor wraparound terrace for the warmer months.
Lina Stores currently operates five restaurants in the capital - in Soho, King’s Cross, the City, Marylebone, and Clapham as well as delicatessen, which is also in Soho. It also has a restaurant in Japan in Omotesando, Tokyo’s shopping and café hub.
The group recently opened Bar Lina, an aperitivo bar located beneath its Soho deli.