Ecclesall Road in trouble

[bendix 10]

I was walking down Ecclesall Road yesterday and noticed that no fewer than four restaurants have closed in the past few weeks. 

 

Cats Pyjamas took over from some Italian chain that itself closed a year ago and after only eight months seems to have given up.  

 

Lucky Fox has been evicted by its landlord. 

 

Vino has only been around a year or so too. Now that’s gone.  

 

And bocelli has closed. I expected better from this place as it is run by the guys who own the Mikestone in KI. Nope. Another failure.  

 

Is this a sign of things to come?

[bassett one 450]

luxurys are all suffering as most people are being sqeezed money wise,only the wealthy have spare cash these days in my opinion

[Guest makapaka]

Thereve been scores of places open and close on there over the years.

 

theres loads that’s why.

[WiseOwl182 10]

We tend to only eat out once a week these days but Ecclesall Rd is one of the choices and it still seems as busy as ever. That maybe just at the weekend though, maybe weekdays are suffering more.

[lfc321 10]

Ecclesall Road (and Sharrow Vale)  is also the part of Sheffield where people with predictably unsustainable business ideas want to open. I don’t think many people in Sheffield would have thought a prosecco bar would last long... Things that can just about turn a profit in Leeds or Manchester often can’t in Sheffield. We’re a smaller and poorer city. 

 

[dutch 68]

Many people go to kelham island now.

[Edward Vimto 10]

People go to The Wicker now. Eccy Road is finished.

[Cyclone 10]

10 hours ago, lfc321 said:

Ecclesall Road (and Sharrow Vale)  is also the part of Sheffield where people with predictably unsustainable business ideas want to open. I don’t think many people in Sheffield would have thought a prosecco bar would last long... Things that can just about turn a profit in Leeds or Manchester often can’t in Sheffield. We’re a smaller and poorer city. 

 

Hasn't there been a wine bar and prosecco bar (two separate places) on Leopold Street for years?

[WiseOwl182 10]

1 hour ago, Edward Vimto said:

People go to The Wicker now. Eccy Road is finished.

I beg to differ.

[nikki-red 308]

31 minutes ago, Cyclone said:

Hasn't there been a wine bar and prosecco bar (two separate places) on Leopold Street for years?

Caffe Leopold (prosecco bar) opened in 2014.

[Bluegirlblue 10]

Woah, I certainly don’t go to The Wicker. Abbeydale & London Rds all the way for me. Less pretentious, better choice and good value. 

[WiseOwl182 10]

25 minutes ago, Bluegirlblue said:

Woah, I certainly don’t go to The Wicker. Abbeydale & London Rds all the way for me. Less pretentious, better choice and good value. 

Bit of a dump though.