Restaurant operator Richoux Group Plc is to open a new Zippers restaurant in Port Solent: the American restaurant, bar and grill is set to open in August 2013 at the waterfront leisure destination.
Zippers will undergo a £500,000 refurbishment project, create 20 new jobs, and will join a host of restaurants, including Dean’s Diner, Pizza Express, Harvester, Chiquitos and Prezzo. It will be the second Zippers restaurant, with the other one located at Chatham, Kent.
The announcement comes a week after Richoux Group opened Dean’s Diner in Fareham, its 15th restaurant.
Richoux Group Managing Director, Ed Standring, said:
“We are looking forward to opening Zippers at Port Solent. Our first Zippers restaurant has proven very successful and we are confident that the new one will enjoy the same levels of success and be a good addition to the Port Solent marina development.
“Port Solent is a superb destination for dining out, entertainment and sailing and we are pleased to be opening Zippers in the company of other excellent restaurants.
“We already have a Dean’s Diner restaurant at Port Solent and the opening of Zippers within the development shows our confidence in our different branded restaurants working alongside each other.
Looking for more locations…
“We will continue to look for great locations in order to open new restaurants across our four brands: Richoux, Dean’s Diner, Villagio and Zippers.”