Café Rouge and Bella Italia Go Into Administration

The owner of High Street restaurant chains Café Rouge and Bella Italia has gone into administration.

Ninety-one Casual Dining Group outlets will close immediately, and 1,900 of the firm's 6,000 staff will lose their jobs.

Administrators Alix Partners are seeking offers for all, or parts, of the remaining business.

Future of Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge In Doubt

#Breaking The future of 6,000 workers is in doubt at Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge owner Casual Dining Group as the company confirmed a notice of intent to appoint administrators had been filed at the High Court

— PA Media (@PA) May 18, 2020

Voici Le Demi Poulet!

In June this year I wrote about the demise of that bastion of the Cafe Rouge menu, the Demi Poulet.

I am very glad to report that, following many complaints from customers across the country about its absence from the menu, the good people of Cafe Rouge have reinstated it.

Tres bien!

Cafe Rouge - Ou Est Le Demi-Poulet?

On a visit to Cafe Rouge last night I was very disappointed to discover that my favourite dish (which they did very well), the demi-poulet (half a chicken), is no longer on the menu.

Come on Cafe Rouge, bring back the demi-poulet!

Note: Cote serve a most excellent half chargrilled "Breton" chicken (corn fed chicken from Languidic in the north of France). Therefore, in future, whenever I fancy French I will be dining in Cote.

Advice To Cafe Rouge Brighton

Advice To Cafe Rouge (Prince Albert Street Brighton)

Please put a curtain up in front of your door to stop the customers from freezing everytime the door is opened.