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  1. SKETTY: Michelin Guide restaurant Slice to close after 13 years as owners plan new concept

    One of Swansea’s most celebrated restaurants is to close — with the team behind Slice in Sketty announcing their final day of service will be 25 October.

    The 16-cover restaurant on Eversley Road — a fixture of both the Michelin Guide and the Good Food Guide since opening in 2014 — is run by chefs Chris Harris and Adam Bannister, who have cooked together since college, with Lyndsay running front of house.

    “After 13 wonderful years in business at Slice, we have come to the difficult decision that it is time for a change,” the team said in a statement on social media.

    The restaurant will operate as normal until 8 August, before taking its annual two-week break — and when it reopens on 27 August, it will offer its tasting menu exclusively for dinner service through to closure.

    “This change is necessary as Chris will be undergoing heart surgery, which will leave Adam and Lyndsay managing the restaurant,” the statement said. “We feel this is the best way to ensure we can continue providing the consistency and quality that our guests have come to expect.

    “Following this period, we have decided that the time has come to close the doors of Slice. Our final day of service will be 25 October 2026.”

    The pair’s story stretches back to their training together on the hospitality and catering programme at Gower College Swansea‘s Tycoch campus — and both went on to work under Michelin-starred chef Stephen Terry at the renowned Hardwick in Abergavenny.

    The two then made a deliberate decision to part ways to build their own experience — Mr Harris taking roles in high-end, premium kitchens around the UK to absorb different culinary styles, while Mr Bannister completed a stint at Lancashire’s Northcote under Great British Menu champion Lisa Allen — before reuniting in Swansea to buy Slice.

    Mr Bannister brought the tiny restaurant to a national audience when he won the Welsh title on the BBC’s Great British Menu in 2015 — returning to represent Wales in 2016.

    The restaurant — true to its name, a wedge-shaped room seating just 16 diners above the kitchen — has long punched above its weight, with Michelin inspectors highlighting the personal welcome from the chef-owners among its charms.

    “We have loved every moment of our journey at Slice,” the team said. “It has been a privilege to meet so many wonderful people, become part of this amazing community, and share countless memories with you over the years. We are incredibly grateful for the support and loyalty you have shown us throughout our time here.”

    But the closure will not be the end of the story — with the team revealing they are already working on what comes next.

    “While this news may be sad, there is also some excitement for the future. We are currently working on a new concept that will allow us to spend more time with our boys while still remaining part of this fantastic community,” they said.

    “We look forward to sharing more details with you in the coming months. Thank you for being part of our Slice story.”

    For diners wanting a last visit, the timeline is this: the full offer runs until 8 August, tasting-menu dinners return from 27 August — and the doors close for the final time on 25 October.

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    #foodDrink #GowerCollegeSwansea #GreatBritishMenu #MichelinGuide #restaurant #restaurantClosure #Sketty #SliceSwansea
  2. Mexican chain Guzman y Gomez suddenly closes all restaurants in Lake, McHenry counties and surrounding area

    Australia-based Guzman y Gomez is exiting the Chicago area and has permanently closed all of its restaurant locati…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #BuffaloGrove #chicago #crystallake #Deerfield #FoodTopics #GuzmanyGomez #restaurantclosure
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  3. Mexican chain Guzman y Gomez suddenly closes all restaurants in Lake, McHenry counties and surrounding area

    Australia-based Guzman y Gomez is exiting the Chicago area and has permanently closed all of its restaurant locati…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #BuffaloGrove #chicago #crystallake #Deerfield #FoodTopics #GuzmanyGomez #restaurantclosure
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  4. Four local restaurants face closure as Whitbread axes up to 3,800 jobs across UK estate

    Four restaurants across the Swansea Bay area are among nearly 200 set to close after Premier Inn owner Whitbread announced plans to cut up to 3,800 jobs as part of a sweeping five-year overhaul of its business.

    The Swansea Vale Brewers Fayre on Upper Fforest Way in Llansamlet, the Waterfront Beefeater on Langdon Road in Swansea’s SA1 maritime quarter, the Bagle Brook Beefeater on Pentwyn Baglan Road in Baglan, and The Sandpiper Brewers Fayre on Sandy Road in Llanelli are all included in the list of sites affected by the restructuring.

    Whitbread confirmed the proposed changes on 30 April as part of a new five-year plan that will see it exit its remaining branded restaurant estate entirely and replace all 197 sites with a more efficient food and beverage model linked more closely to its Premier Inn hotels. Around 110 branded restaurant sites are expected to be sold as going concerns over the next 24 months, while the remainder will be converted or closed.

    The company said the proposed reduction to its 30,000-strong workforce remains subject to employee consultation, and that it anticipates retaining a considerable proportion of those affected through redeployment. The firm’s previous restructuring programme in 2024 resulted in around 1,500 redundancies.

    Chief executive Dominic Paul said the plan would transform the business. “We always challenge ourselves to improve and, in light of significant cost increases in the form of business rates and national insurance, as well as the implied market discount to our inherent value, we’ve looked hard at the options open to us to maximise value creation over the medium and long-term,” he said. “This plan will transform Whitbread into a higher-margin, higher-returning pure-play hotel business.”

    Unite, the union representing workers across the business, said it would seek urgent discussions with Whitbread and provide support to affected members – after claiming staff first learned of the redundancies through media reports rather than from their employer. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham described the cuts as “cruel” and called on the company to enter formal consultations immediately.

    Unite national officer Colenzo Jarret-Thorpe added: “It is disgraceful that Whitbread employees heard about the job cuts through the media. The company did not even have the decency to let its staff know first.”

    As part of the restructuring, Whitbread plans to sell 1.5 billion pounds of freehold property to fund future growth, reducing its freehold ownership to between 30% and 40% – making it a majority leaseholder for the first time since the Premier Inn chain was founded in 1987. The company is targeting 2 billion pounds of free cash flow by its 2031 financial year, and intends to increase its total hotel room count to 96,000 by that date, up from approximately 86,600 currently.

    The announcement follows Whitbread’s pre-tax profit of 298 million pounds for the year ending February 2026, representing a 19% decline on the previous year. Overall revenues remained unchanged year-on-year at 2.9 billion pounds, though UK sales climbed by 1%.

    The closure of The Sandpiper is the latest blow to Llanelli’s hospitality sector, which has suffered a string of losses in recent months. The Bryngwyn and Ali Raj restaurants closed on the same day in January, prompting hundreds of tributes from customers sharing decades of memories. The Tinhouse taproom followed in February, and the four-star Stradey Park Hotel closed with immediate effect in March, leaving staff without jobs and couples fearing for their wedding deposits.

    Whitbread itself has already been reducing its footprint in the area. The Pemberton Beefeater in Llanelli – which sat next to the Premier Inn at Parc Pemberton Retail Park, close to Parc y Scarlets stadium – closed in July 2024, with plans to demolish the site and revamp the wider development. The Sandpiper Brewers Fayre on Sandy Road, also in Llanelli, is now set to follow.

    The closures come as rising business rates and national insurance costs continue to squeeze the hospitality sector across Wales. Welsh Government introduced 15% business rates relief for hospitality businesses in 2026, but CAMRA – the Campaign for Real Ale – has warned the measure still leaves Welsh venues at a significant disadvantage compared with England, where the relief stands at 75%.

    Related stories from Swansea Bay News

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    The popular town centre taproom closed in February 2026.

    Llanelli rallies around as businesses offer lifeline to Stradey Park Hotel staff and customers
    The four-star hotel closed with immediate effect in March 2026.

    SWANSEA: Flagship M&S store confirms May 30 closure date as council leader hints at Debenhams news
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    #Baglan #BagleBrook #Beefeater #BrewersFayre #featured #foodDrink #Llanelli #Llansamlet #PremierInn #restaurantClosure #Swansea #TheSandpiper #Whitbread
  5. Taix French Restaurant in Echo Park Closing for Hiatus | Echo Park News

    Longtime Taix employee Joel Peña stands behind the bar as Echo Park regulars gather for final meals before the restaurant’s extended closure. Eastsider Staff photo by Ba…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchmeals #echopark #francais #france #French #frenchfood #frenchmeals #meals #restaurantclosure #TaixRestaurant
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  6. Taix French Restaurant in Echo Park Closing for Hiatus | Echo Park News

    Longtime Taix employee Joel Peña stands behind the bar as Echo Park regulars gather for final meals before the restaurant’s extended closure. Eastsider Staff photo by Ba…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchmeals #echopark #francais #france #French #frenchfood #frenchmeals #meals #restaurantclosure #TaixRestaurant
    diningandcooking.com/2563343/t

  7. This stinks. Becks Prime on Westheimer is closing down permanently. The location served my colleagues and me several times ever since I signed up for vocational training. There are two other Becks Prime locations my work could be eating at, but they are several miles farther away. It's the second such casualty in that area that I can recall, since the Red Robin that was so close that we could just walk over there.

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    #GreaterHouston #Houston #restaurantClosure

  8. ‘Eclectic’ Scottish restaurant to close down after 28 years amid ‘soaring’ operating costs

    A family-run restaurant that has been open for 28 years will close down at the end of the month. Maison Bleue, located on Edinburgh’s Victoria Street, will be…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchfood #francais #france #French #frenchfood #restaurantclosure #scottish #Topstories
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  9. ‘Eclectic’ Scottish restaurant to close down after 28 years amid ‘soaring’ operating costs

    A family-run restaurant that has been open for 28 years will close down at the end of the month. Maison Bleue, located on Edinburgh’s Victoria Street, will be…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchfood #francais #france #French #frenchfood #restaurantclosure #scottish #Topstories
    diningandcooking.com/2458677/e

  10. Llanelli Pizza Hut confirmed among closures as franchisee enters administration

    Pizza Hut has confirmed that its Llanelli branch will close after the franchisee operating its UK dine‑in restaurants entered administration, putting more than 1,200 jobs at risk across the country.

    Llanelli closure confirmed

    The Parc Trostre site is one of 68 restaurants named for closure following the collapse of DC London Pie Limited, the company which ran Pizza Hut’s UK dine‑in operations under franchise. Eleven delivery outlets will also shut.

    The news follows Swansea Bay News’ earlier report highlighting uncertainty over the future of South West Wales branches after administrators were appointed on Monday.

    National picture

    In total, 1,210 staff will be made redundant, while 64 restaurants and around 1,277 jobs have been saved after global brand owner Yum! Brands stepped in with a pre‑pack administration deal.

    Administrators FTI Consulting said the business had been hit by “challenging trading conditions and increased costs”, with cashflow pressures linked to tax obligations.

    Pizza Hut UK statement

    A spokesperson for Pizza Hut UK stressed that the administration affects only one franchisee, not the wider UK business:

    “Pizza Hut UK announces the acquisition of the Pizza Hut dine‑in operations through a pre‑packaged administration, after FTI was announced today as administrators of DC London Pie Limited, a franchisee of Pizza Hut. We are pleased to secure the continuation of 64 sites to safeguard our guest experience and protect the associated jobs. Approximately 1,277 team member roles will be saved under UK TUPE legislation, including above‑restaurant leaders and support teams.”

    Nicolas Burquier, Managing Director International Operating Markets, added:

    “This targeted acquisition aims to safeguard our guest experience and protect jobs where possible. Our immediate priority is operational continuity at the acquired locations and supporting colleagues through the transition.”

    Wider context

    The Sun reported that DC London Pie had only taken over Pizza Hut’s UK restaurants in January, after the collapse of previous owner Heart with Smart Limited. The company was recently served with a winding‑up petition by HMRC over unpaid tax.

    At its peak, Pizza Hut operated more than 260 restaurants in the UK. The brand has faced repeated financial challenges in recent years, including a Company Voluntary Arrangement during the pandemic which saw 29 sites close.

    Gift card warning

    Consumer experts have warned that Pizza Hut gift cards may be affected by the closures, as they are valid only in dine‑in restaurants. Customers are advised to use them quickly or contact the company to see if they can be transferred to delivery.

    Hospitality sector pressures

    The closures come amid wider turbulence in the UK casual dining sector. Chains including Byron Burger, Frankie & Benny’s, Prezzo and Chiquito have all shut sites in recent years.

    By contrast, US fast‑food brands are expanding rapidly. Popeyes, which drew 18‑hour queues when it opened in Swansea earlier this month, plans to open 45 new UK restaurants this year. Carl’s Jr also launched its first Welsh restaurant on Wind Street in September as part of its UK expansion.

    Related stories from Swansea Bay News

    South West Wales Pizza Hut branches face uncertainty as chain enters administration
    Our earlier report on the administration of Pizza Hut’s UK franchisee, which raised questions over the future of local branches.

    18‑hour queues as Popeyes opens in Swansea
    Huge crowds lined Oxford Street as US chicken chain Popeyes launched its first Swansea restaurant earlier this month.

    Carl’s Jr to open first Swansea restaurant as part of UK expansion
    American burger giant Carl’s Jr confirmed its first Welsh site on Wind Street, which opened in September 2025.

    #administration #Business #DCLondonPieLimited #FTIConsulting #Llanelli #ParcTrostre #PizzaHut #PizzaRestaurant #restaurant #restaurantClosure #YumBrands

  11. Restaurant closures rise as consumers cut back on dining out spending

    SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Vacant storefronts and closed restaurants have become an increasingly common sight as businesses struggle to keep up with operating expenses due to mounting financial pressures. Justine Farrell, a digi…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #budget #consumer #diningout #Eatingout #restaurantclosure
    diningandcooking.com/2323906/r

  12. Restaurant closures rise as consumers cut back on dining out spending

    SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Vacant storefronts and closed restaurants have become an increasingly common sight as businesses struggle to keep up with operating expenses due to mounting financial pressures. Justine Farrell, a digi…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #budget #consumer #diningout #Eatingout #restaurantclosure
    diningandcooking.com/2323906/r