Nightcap, the owner of The Cocktail Club, the Adventure Bar Group and the Barrio Familia group of bars, will be opening what will be one of the world's largest Tequila-focused bars this November.
This will be the first new site for its Barrio brand following the acquisition of the Barrio Familia Group in November 2021.
The latest lease signing at Gillian Lynne Theatre, Parker Street, London, WC2B 5PW has a capacity of 600 arranged across the ground floor and first floor, measuring approximately 10,500 square feet in total. It has a 2:30 am license on Monday to Saturday with a 12:00 am license on Sunday.
This is the first Barrio to open since 2015 and will be the flagship site as the largest Barrio to date and the largest Nightcap venue in London. It takes the total number of Barrio branded venues to five. The site - formerly The Tropicana Beach Club - is well known to our current senior management team and once completed it will be one of the largest Tequila-focussed bars in the world.
Nightcap now has 35 sites within its estate and a further 21 premises under offer or in legal negotiations for all its brands and continues to see favourable market conditions for site acquisitions across the UK.
CEO Sarah Willingham commented, 'When we acquired Barrio in November 2021 we wanted to respond to the growing demand for Latin-inspired, Margarita and Tequila focussed bars, we always viewed Barrio as a brand that had significant potential for growth and rollout and we are absolutely delighted to have secured such a landmark venue in Central London.
'It is a site that is very well known to our current senior management team at Barrio and we are very excited about the growth opportunity for the brand, so it's very fitting that the first new site will be at such an iconic Central London venue.
'I am so proud of the way that Barrio has integrated into the business since day one. It is thanks to the hard work and dedication of the teams and all those involved that they can start their growth journey so quickly after joining the Nightcap group.
'London will have a new epicentre for margaritas and tacos!'