Leeds grill restaurant to shut down as group refocuses

The founders of Fazenda have closed the doors of their Bossa grill restaurant in Leeds, with staff being “redeployed”.

The Brazilian grill restaurant opened less than a year ago near Leeds’ Corn Exchange, the brainchild of City District Limited, which trades as Fazenda.

The casual dining group is focusing on the expansion of Fazenda, opening up its latest site in Edinburgh later this year.

Fazenda launched at Granary Wharf in Leeds in 2010 and since then, the South American-inspired restaurant group expanded into Liverpool in 2013 and into Manchester in 2015.

The Leeds site was expanded in 2015 and the three restaurants now offer a total of nearly 600 covers. It also owns the Picanha brand, which has a site in Chester.

CDL co-founder and director Tomas Maunier said: “We tried the casual dining market and it wasn’t as successful for us as we had anticipated. However, we have not ruled out opening Bossa in the future when the casual dining market is more stable and less saturated.

“The other brands are flourishing and therefore we will be concentrating on Picanha and Fazenda – doing what we do best in the premium casual market.

“We’re looking forwards to the Fazenda opening in Edinburgh during 2018 and we’re looking for new locations for Picanha which is a pleasing success.

“We are a growing company unafraid to innovate with new concepts. That means that talented people in our Bossa team can gain new opportunities in other locations. With Edinburgh coming up and with more openings lined up we are in a great position to carry on developing people’s careers in the restaurant business.”

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