Darwin & Wallace, a new bar and restaurant company backed by the Imbiba Partnership Bar and Restaurant EIS fund, has acquired its first site- The Ebury in Pimlico- an Enterprise Inns pub. It will re-open serving an all day menu with a casual bar dining feel to it. The menu will feature brasserie classics alongside an extensive breakfast and weekend brunch menu as well as smaller dishes for bar grazing and social sharing.
Once established, Darwin & Wallice then aim to expand the business by opening sites between 5,000sq ft to 7,000sq ft mainly located in affluent London areas such as Chiswick, Chelsea, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Notting Holl, Soho, Fitzrovia, West Ham, Hampstead/Haverstock Hill, Camden, Islington and Shoreditch.
Darwin & Wallace is led by managing director Melanie Marriott, who has considerable experience in the creation of female-friendly and food led bars on the UK high street, most notably as brand manager of Mitchells & Butlers’ All Bar One.
Founded in August 2012, Darwin & Wallace is the latest bar/restaurant company financed by The Imbiba Partnership whose current investments include London based bar group Drake & Morgan consisting of; The Refinery, The Folly, The Anthologist, The Parlour and the recently award-winning The Drift.