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San Carlo

San Carlo
Written by Roma Publications

San Carlo

 

Italian restaurant group San Carlo is to launch an eponymous new site in one of London’s most original and compelling neighbourhoods. The 130-cover San Carlo will open on Regent Street St James’s in early June.

The kitchen will be headed by internationally renowned Italian chef Alberico Penati, whose illustrious career includes Ristorante Carpaccio, the first Italian restaurant in France to win a Michelin star; Harry’s Bar at Annabel’s; Alberico at Aspinalls and the exclusive private members’ club, 5 Hertford Street, in Mayfair.

One of the UK’s most successful restaurant brands, San Carlo Group restaurants is owned by the Distefano family. The company now owns 20 restaurants in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Leeds and Leicester and two in Qatar and Bangkok. Flagship sites include Signor Sassi Knightsbridge and Cicchetti Piccadilly.

In addition alto by San Carlo opened on the prestigious rooftop space at Selfridges department store on Oxford Street at the end of April 2018.

Managing Director Marcello Distefano said:

“The Crown Estate’s £500 million investment in the St James’s area has already attracted some of the best names in international cuisine and we are delighted to be a part of this. The fact that we will also be working with Alberico Penati, one of the great Italian chefs, makes this new venture even more exciting.”

The design of this new site has been led by Carroll Design. They have brought together bespoke Italian made furniture to create two intimate spaces for a luxury dining experience. The best materials available have been used throughout the space, including honed Arabescato marble cut from specially selected blocks and steamed Beech with a high gloss lacquered finish usually reserved for superyachts. Rare stones such as Brown Collermandina Marble and Crema Marfi have also been used to create a floor that is truly special.

Funding for the new site is being provided by the San Carlo group’s long-term bankers, NatWest. Mark Porter, Director-Leisure at NatWest, commented:

“We are delighted to be extending further support to San Carlo Group Restaurants to fund this new and exciting opportunity for the business. Management has developed a wonderful mix of iconic brands which we are proud to be associated with and it’s really pleasing to be able to support the continued growth of these brands.”

In 1992 Carlo Distefano opened his first eponymous restaurant in Temple Street, Birmingham. Now joined by two generations of the Distefano family, the San Carlo group of award-winning contemporary Italian restaurants has grown to become a ÂŁ60 million independent restaurant empire which currently numbers 20 authentic Italian restaurants across the UK.

San Carlo will be right in the heart of St James’s, one of London’s most unique districts. For over 300 years, St James’s has had a long-established reputation as the home of fine food, culinary expertise and innovation. St James’s Market is the latest redevelopment to be delivered in St James’s, a landmark development that occupies the area between Regent Street St James’s and Haymarket, boasting luxury office space alongside lifestyle, retail and seven new restaurants centred around a reinvigorated public square.

To find out more about the new opening, please visit: www.sancarlo.co.uk/restaurants/san-carlo-london

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