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Vegan Mexican restaurant Club Mexicana has closed the doors to its Kingly Court restaurant after six years.
In an Instagram post, the famously hot pink resto announced it had served its last tofish taco on February 7. Owner Meriel Armitage said the restaurant wasn’t closing its Carnaby Street location because of a lack of success, but because the landlords want to redevelop the building.
‘We are not closing this site because it doesn’t work – it very much does! We are always packed and it’s been a fantastic, buzzy, always full restaurant,’ the post said.
It added: ‘But the landlord has decided to make some big changes to Kingly and a big redevelopment plan is about to begin there. It will be a different Kingly Court but places change and we all keep on moving.’
The meat-free Mexican started out as a festival food stall and supper club before opening its first permanent spot in Kingly Court in 2020. The mini chain has food hall-style venues at Market Place Leicester Square, Boxhall City and Mercato Mayfair which will all remain open.
The closure announcement added that new Club Mexicana venues are in the works, with more details to come soon.
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