Popeyes is coming to Britain! US fried chicken giant bring battle with rival KFC to UK shores with plan to open first restaurant by end of 2021 and launch 350 branches over decade Miami-based fried chicken chain hopes to open 350 UK restaurants in ten years KFC competitor founded in New Orleans in 1972 and … Read more
The Only Way Is Essex viewers were left unimpressed by Sunday’s episode as the cast continued to be filmed in bars and restaurants during lockdown. A message from the cast at the start of the episode informed fans that social venues were opened for the stars to film and social distancing guidelines were adhered to. … Read more
A year ago today, Britain got its first taste of lockdown life as bars, shops, gyms and restaurants were ordered to shut for at least 14 days, leaving the high streets deserted. While the official nation-wide lockdown began on March 23, there was a sign of things to come two days prior after Boris Johnson … Read more
Fiesta! Madrid sees surge in tourists after city officials refuse to follow government’s Covid restrictions and let restaurants and bars flout national curfew and stay open until 11pm Spanish capital bucked trend by easing Covid restrictions across the country Region decided to push back Spanish curfew adopted by an hour to 11pm Tourists from across … Read more
Olympian Graham Bell was so poor when he was training as a ski racer that he would eat the food other skiers had left behind on tables in restaurants. Along with brother Martin, Bell competed for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But he never made much money and doubled … Read more
PizzaExpress will reopen a third of its restaurants for outdoor dinning from April 12 – when Covid lockdown measures on hospitality businesses are finally eased. The popular pizza chain is planning to open 118 of its sites in England, for what it is calling ‘Al Fresco April’. Bosses of the chain, which has more than … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today gave Scotland’s pubs and restaurants the green light to open their doors to serve punters indoors at the end of April – three weeks before they are allowed to in England. The First Minister told MSPs she hoped to allow all non-essential retail to return, with hospitality premises allowed to serve alcohol … Read more
Pubs and restaurants have received tens of thousands of bookings ahead of the April reopening, leaving customers unable to get a table for weeks. Fuller’s, (pictured in London) which has 400 pubs, said: ‘We are certainly taking a high level of bookings – people clearly can’t wait to get back to the pub, which is … Read more
Italy is expected to announce today that schools, restaurants and shops will close across much of the country as a third wave of Covid infections takes hold. Prime Minister Mario Draghi is due to hold a cabinet meeting this morning to decide on the exact measures, before an announcement in the afternoon. It comes almost … Read more
Israeli revellers have celebrated the return to bars and restaurants as the country’s economy reopens following its world-leading coronavirus vaccination campaign. From Sunday, restrictions in Israel that have been in place since the end of 2020 because of the pandemic were eased further, allowing for greater social interaction. Bars and restaurants, event halls, sporting events, hotels … Read more