DerbyTup 10 #1 Posted July 20, 2018 We know that Sheffield can't sustain top-end fine dining, but even the burger chains are taking a dive now! What a shame! Can anyone make a success out of serving food to the Sheffield public - apart from the cheap eateries on London Road and such like? https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/independent-burger-restaurant-in-sheffield-city-centre-closes-after-a-fantastic-two-years-1-9254781 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Annie Bynnol 612 #2 Posted July 20, 2018 We know that Sheffield can't sustain top-end fine dining, but even the burger chains are taking a dive now! What a shame! Can anyone make a success out of serving food to the Sheffield public - apart from the cheap eateries on London Road and such like? https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/independent-burger-restaurant-in-sheffield-city-centre-closes-after-a-fantastic-two-years-1-9254781 A Chain of One? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pkingy 10 #3 Posted July 20, 2018 Try the dore grill at dore top end service and great food Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jamesogt 11 #4 Posted July 20, 2018 We know that Sheffield can't sustain top-end fine dining, but even the burger chains are taking a dive now! What a shame! Can anyone make a success out of serving food to the Sheffield public - apart from the cheap eateries on London Road and such like? https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/independent-burger-restaurant-in-sheffield-city-centre-closes-after-a-fantastic-two-years-1-9254781 Take a look around casual dining is suffering! There are lots of articles all around..... Gaucho and Cau in to administration yesterday. Jamie Olivers closing sites GBK closing sites Prezzo closing 100 sites Byron closing sites Carluccios closing sites Strada closing sites Pizza express closing sites. Saturation of options. Rising costs including ingredients, rents and national living wage. Along with the pressure of rising business rates. Hundreds of millions poured in from Private equity firms from 2011 on, but the return just wasn't what they expected as things changed. Take Pizza Express it was sold for £900 million but only made profit of 40 million last year, they aren't going to wait 22 years to get their cash back! "Stefan Chomka, the editor of Restaurant magazine, says: “There are several things in play that, when they come together, is like a house of cards collapsing. First, there’s the oversaturation. Byron expanded rapidly, Pizza Express kept adding, [as did] Nando’s and Zizzi. There has been huge growth in the casual dining market and there are just too many restaurants. Simultaneously, food costs, staff costs, rents and business rates have all gone up. If you’re operating 100 sites, your margins are being squeezed and squeezed. And times are tough. Even if they spend a little more when they do, people are eating out less. So there are greater costs, more competition, fewer people and, consequently, the **** is hitting the fan.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
slh73 32 #5 Posted July 20, 2018 Maybe it's nothing to do with the people of Sheffield, and more that it wasn't actually all that good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willman 10 #6 Posted July 20, 2018 Yet Five Guys has opened two branches in Sheffield - half the time you can't get a seat in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Andy C 85 #7 Posted July 21, 2018 Yet Five Guys has opened two branches in Sheffield - half the time you can't get a seat in there. The five guys at centertainment is normally dead at lunchtime Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willman 10 #8 Posted July 21, 2018 The five guys at centertainment is normally dead at lunchtime Almost everything else is as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longy67 23 #9 Posted July 21, 2018 We were talking at work the other day about how many food places have stood the test of time in Sheffield, the only one I could think of was Mama's and Leonie's, been going since the 60's. Anyone think of any more??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre 85 #10 Posted July 21, 2018 We were talking at work the other day about how many food places have stood the test of time in Sheffield, the only one I could think of was Mama's and Leonie's, been going since the 60's. Anyone think of any more??? Has Mama's and Leonie's -same owners on Norfolk Street- been there since the 60's, I think later. However, Butler's that used to on Brook Hill could have given them all a run for their money,for being in one place for a long time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99 779 #11 Posted July 23, 2018 We were talking at work the other day about how many food places have stood the test of time in Sheffield, the only one I could think of was Mama's and Leonie's, been going since the 60's. Anyone think of any more??? Chinese restaurants, Candytown, London Rd & Wong Ting, Matida St have been around for years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MaxVinella 10 #12 Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Came to Sheffield in 1990, and the second night we went to Candytown. Nonna's did not exist (opened around 1995-1996). There was a gorgeous restaurant in West Street, called Neptune's - run by Richard Smith. Closed within a year, and he went downmarket with Artisan in Crosspool and then Thyme (only one to survive). Bws MV Edited July 23, 2018 by MaxVinella Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...