A NEW restaurant will be moving into the former Pizza Express on St Mary's Butts in Reading, although what kind of restaurant is unclear.

Gourtmet4, a food marketplace business, agreed to a new 10-year lease, without a break, for £80,000 rent (per year) in the site on 55 St Mary's Butts, Reading town centre recently.

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However, the company owns a series of in-house brands, selling a variety of different food types.

This includes @Desserts, a sweet-treat parlour, 3Amigos, a mexican-style restaurant, Saucy chicks, Fat Burgers, Smokey Joe's grilled-food restaurant, Pizzaro, Smokin' Buns Gourmet Burgers, Tiki Tika, an Indian street food restaurant, Bangon Thai street food, and Ok! Ostrich Kick grill restaurant.

Reading Chronicle:

On their website, commercial property consultants Hicks Baker detailed the process of the agreement.

A spokesman said on the site: "Due to dealing with a number of ‘fitted’ restaurants during the pandemic, we were familiar with the expanding operators who were seeking restaurants that required minimal re-fits and were therefore able to place this property quickly.

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"Terms were agreed with Gourmet4, who had recently made their London debut - they are a food marketplace business, whereby four featured kitchens will be occupied by Gourmet4’s own brands."

Gourmet4 have been contacted to confirm which of these brands will be operating from the site.

For more information, visit https://gourmet4.co.uk.