Restaurant entrepreneur unveils latest concept for Birmingham
REAL estate investment advisor AshbyCapital has appointed The Genuine Dining Co. to operate the new coffee house on the ground floor of The Colmore Building in Birmingham.
The Genuine Dining Co. is backed by Luke Johnson, the entrepreneur whose other business interests include Gail’s Artisan Bakery, Eclectic Bars PLC, Feng Sushi, 3Sixty Restaurants, The Draft House, Grand Union and Small Batch Coffee, and who was formerly chairman of Pizza Express, and founder of both Strada and Signature Restaurants, which owned the Ivy, J.Sheekey and Le Caprice.
The café will be called &More Coffee House and will consist of freshly brewed barista-style coffee, breakfast, lunch and hot and cold drinks and snacks.
&More’s menu will include freshly ground single-origin coffees from artisan suppliers, a range of teas including herbal, fruit, Earl Grey and English Breakfast, juices and smoothies, porridge, artisan bread and pastries, homemade soups, gourmet sandwiches, delicious and healthy salads, classic and vegetarian hot dishes, and hot and cold snacks including homemade quiches, tarts, scotch eggs, sausage rolls and pies.
The café space is around 1,000 sq ft and includes an external terrace. It will have state-of-the-art iPad till systems and a striking, modern look and feel, in line with the new branding of The Colmore Building, the refurbished reception area and newly added facilities.
The addition of a coffee house within the building is part of a £3.5m enhancement programme which will also see the creation of a gym, treatment rooms, bicycle parking, luxury changing rooms and a drying room.
The Colmore Building, formerly Colmore Plaza, provides 310,000 sq ft of grade A space over 14 storeys and is home to tenants including Allianz, Grant Thornton, Investec, Marsh and Vodafone.
Peter Ferrari, chief executive, AshbyCapital, said: “The &More Coffee House will provide an important new amenity for occupants at The Colmore Building, bringing new and different breakfast, lunch and drinks options and offering the perfect place for breakfast, a coffee, or an informal meeting or working lunch. We look forward to the café opening this spring, coinciding with the completion of our exciting wider enhancement programme at the building.”
Agents for The Colmore Building are Bilfinger GVA and JLL.
