Popular restaurant chain closes branch as customers say 'you will be missed'
Harvester, which has over 200 restaurants in the UK and is owned by Mitchell and Butlers, has updated the website page for this particular branch
Harvester has closed one of its restaurants - leaving loyal visitors gutted. The pub and restaurant chain shut its branch in Bristol last week.
Harvester, which has over 200 restaurants in the UK and is owned by Mitchell and Butlers, has updated the website page for this particular branch, with a message that reads: "This restaurant is now closed.
"We have now closed our doors as a Harvester restaurant to make way for something new and exciting. You can find your nearest Harvester by using our Find a Harvester page."
It is not yet known what will replace the restaurant, which was located in the Willow Brook Centre. The closure was also confirmed on Facebook, in a post which read: 'Today we close our doors for the last time at Harvester Willow Brook.
'It's a sad day for all team involved. We would like to thank all team, guests, friends and family for their support this week and always.'
One person responded: 'Good luck to all the team for the future. It is a sad day. Love to you all.' Another said: 'What's the reason for closing? You will be very missed! Love visiting with my family. You've all been great, thank you.'
Another said: 'On no that is sad. One favourite place to go.' A fourth person commented: 'Gutted you are closing, we come regularly and best one in area.'
It comes after Korean fried chicken shop chain Chick 'n' Sours shut its Haggerston and Seven Dials restaurants in London as it was "no longer viable" to keep them open.
The chain first opened in 2015 and was loved by Londoners for its sweet and sour cocktails, crispy chicken and seaweed crack seasoning.
One of the restaurant's signature dishes was the Hot Chicken Bun which featured fried chicken thigh, house pickles, slaw, and a piquant sauce.
In a post on Instagram, the restaurant's co-founder, David Wolanski, said the chain had hung on for "as long as we could". The post read: "Hello, it's with mixed emotions I'm here to tell you that we have closed our Chick 'N Sours restaurants in Seven Dials and Haggerston.
'Sunday night was our last day of trading. We do what we do because we love it, fuelled by passion and a desire to provide guests with awesome food and memorable dining experiences. But that's not enough these days.
'We hung in there as long as we could but I'm afraid that we've now reached the point where operating the two restaurants just isn't viable any more and it makes no commercial sense to continue.
"The casual dining restaurant model is broken, but that's for another post. It's been an incredible journey from when Carl & I came up with the idea of opening the best chicken shop in the world 10 years ago on the back of my scooter."
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