Restaurant

Tragus buys Ma Potters restaurant company

28-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

Tragus, owned by Blackstone, has bought Ma Potters restaurant company, which includes the Ma Potters Bar Restaurant and Chargrill brands, for £14.15m. The 16 UK sites are predominantly in shopping centres and have an average of 100 covers per ...

London Brasserie to open third site

28-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

London Brasseries, the company set up founder Andrew Bonnell, former Managing Director of Tootsies, is to open its third site in as many months, at the Gunwharf Quays' Land Securities £200m mixed-use development on Portsmouth Harbour ...

Interview - Colin Wong, co-owner of Aroma Group of restaurants

14-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

Who is he? Colin Wong, Director and Co-Owner of the Aroma Group of restaurants. There are currently nine restaurants in the Group. Eight Aroma Oriental buffet restaurants and Alisan restaurant. Alisan opened in December 2006 and is their first ...

Pourcel brothers pull out of Pulze partnership deal

31-Jan-2007 By Restaurant

Pourcel brothers pull out of Pulze partnership deal at 11th hour The Pourcel brothers have pulled out of the partnership deal with Claudio Pulze to take over ailing fine dining French restaurant W'Sens and turn it into a more mid-market concept....

Ricker sticks to pan Asian restaurant formula

31-Jan-2007 By Restaurant

Will Ricker has perfected the pan Asian restaurant formula. Buit with a new venture open and another coming, quality remains his mantra. Will Ricker, godfather of Pan Asian London restaurants, has been a bit quiet of late. The 44 year old Australian ..

The Price of Confusion

03-Jan-2007 By Restaurant Magazine

It’s time to sort out the inconsistencies surrounding service charge in the uk. That’s our mission for 2007 and we need you to lead the debate. By 2008 we hope to have a solution that suits everybody.

Guide to brand extensions of restaurant food

25-Sep-2006 By Restaurant

Brand extensions of restaurant food can be a lucrative sector to get into, but only if it matches the reputation of your business ;You cannot bottle the experience, but you can ensure that when the customer uses the products at home they are of ...

Gilgamesh owners forfeited premises after failing to pay rent

17-Sep-2006 By Restaurant

Gilgamesh in Camden Stables, London has been taken over by the owners of the building – retailer turned restaurateur Richard Caring’s Gilgamesh Camden Ltd – after the previous restaurant owners allegedly failed to meet rent ...

Regent Inns buys 31 Old Orleans restaurants from Punch Taverns

30-Aug-2006 By Restaurant

Regent Inns has bought 31 Old Orleans restaurants from Punch Taverns for £26million. Of the estate, 27 are short leasehold. The cash proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce debt. Chief Executive of Punch Taverns, Giles Thorley, said, ...

Mews of Mayfair, redefining modern British cuisine

30-Aug-2006 By Restaurant

WHO? | Founders Jason Robson and Robert Nearn have teamed up with restaurateur and founder of Ping Pong, Kurt Zdesar, and chef David Selex, latterly of The Grocer on Warwick and the Sugar Club. ON THE MENU? | A departure for Selex, who will be ...