Glasgow restaurants: Exact date Glasgow restaurant and cocktail bar will close its doors
Major Glasgow steakhouse to close for good this week as part of nationwide shut down
A Glasgow city centre restaurant will close its doors this week as part of a major hospitality restructure.
Bar + Block, located at St Enoch Square on Howard Street, will serve its final customers tomorrow (Thursday, September 3).
The Glasgow steakhouse and cocktail bar joins other Whitbread-owned venues being shuttered across the country - including the chain's branch on Princes Street in Edinburgh.
Bar + Block, which currently operates 20 sites across the UK, will close as part of Whitbread’s decision to shut all of its standalone branded restaurants.
The move follows Whitbread’s April announcement of plans to cut around 3,800 jobs in the UK and Ireland as part of a five-year strategy to save £250 million.
Whitbread will replace the closed restaurants with eateries inside Premier Inn hotels.
The chain thanked customers and staff for their continued support in a post on Instagram.
The post reads: ‘We are immensely grateful to every guest who came through our doors, and to our passionate team who made every experience unforgettable.
‘Before we mix our final drink and serve our last steak on September 3, we’d love to welcome you back one last time.’
‘Come raise a glass, savour your favourite dish, and toast to the memories we’ve made together.’
Whitbread chief executive Dominic Paul previously said: “We always challenge ourselves to improve and, in light of significant cost increases in the form of business rates and national insurance, as well as the implied market discount to our inherent value, we’ve looked hard at the options open to us to maximise value creation over the medium and long-term.
“This plan will transform Whitbread into a higher-margin, higher-returning pure-play hotel business."
Full list of 20 Bar + Block locations closing on Thursday, September 3.
The Brickfield
Butterfley Park
Birmingham, Exchange Street
Birmingham, Waterloo Street
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Leamington Spa
London, Aldgate
London, Hammersmith
London, King’s Cross
London, Paddington
London, Southwark
London, Sutton
London, Wimbledon
Milton Keynes
Newcastle
Nottingham
Portsmouth
Whiteley
Winnersh