Two restaurants line up Glasgow debuts
Turtle Bay and Popeye’s are both looking to open in Glasgow for the first time.
Turtle Bay has applied to open at a former Barrhead Travel unit on St Vincent Street, with a Glasgow opening representing the Caribbean cocktail bar and restaurant’s first venture north of the Scottish border.
The chain, which operates 49 sites, is looking to open a further six sites this year.
The Caribbean restaurant opened in Hammersmith in March, before launching in Blackpool at the newly-restored Forshaws Hotel.
It will open its 50th site – in Camden – in August. Another opening is lined up in Lincoln’s Cornhill Quarter in September.
The chain is reportedly looking to open over 120 restaurants in the UK in the future.
Meanwhile, Popeye’s is also looking to bring its offering to Scotland’s largest city, as it eyes the former Tower Records site on Argyle Street. The American fried chicken chain has also been linked to a drive-thru site at Braehead Retail Park on the city’s outskirts.
The chain first entered the UK drive-thru market at Parkgate Shopping Park, Rotherham, and is set to open further sites at Cardiff Bay Retail Park and The Peel Centre in Barnsley later this year.
It currently trades from 25 UK locations, with 17 restaurants and eight delivery kitchens.