New grill restaurant to turn up the heat in Peterborough city centre
Cowgate will become home to Five Lads, a premium grill-style restaurant specialising in flamed peri peri grilled chicken and steak.
A massive refurbishment of the former estage agent office is underway and the new restaurant is scheduled to open in the first or second week of July, creating 15 jobs.
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Hide AdZeeshan Manzoor, who will run the restaurant, said he and business partner Jay Ayub - a Subway franchisee, had struck up a partnership with the Five Lads restaurant in Leyton.
“It is a bit like a franchise, but the plan is to grow the brand together, with the new Peterborough opening being the flagship restaurant.
“We felt there was an opening for a restaurant like this. Yes, there is a Nandos but we will also do sizzling steaks.
“We felt Peterborough did not have somewhere like this that is independent and offering quality food and excellent service at a reasonable price.”
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Hide AdJay Ayub said he believed that the Cowgate premises - alongside a number of existing pizza and pasta restaurants - were an ideal city location for a premium grill restaurant, which will seat 45-50 diners.
He says: “Cowgate is a busy thoroughfare for those going to the city centre as well as to the railway station, and there’s business lunch footfall to capture too.
“While there may be a number of food operators in the vicinity, we see ourselves as being the only independent trader offering the eat-in premium grill experience.”