Leicester restaurant opening

Lasan Group, a Birmingham-based restaurant group, is looking to open a new site.

Their new lease is on St Martin’s, on the corner of Grey Friars. The building is grade II listed, and used to be a bank.

As well as this new site, the restaurant group runs five other sites in Birmingham, Edgbaston and Solihull, serving Indian and Argentinian food.

The new site will be called Sonrisa, and will be an offshoot of the existing Argentinian steak brand, Fiesta Del Asado.

The new Leicester restaurant is hoped to open later this year, creating 40 vacancies.

Group founder Jabbar Khan said: “We love the cool and quirky feel of St Martins and its wide range of independents, which is a perfect fit for the Sonrisa concept – a Latin cocktail bar and restaurant with bustling atmosphere and full-flavoured food.

“It’s Argentinean-style eating with rustic small plates of meat, seafood and vegetables served throughout the day

“We saw a number of properties but 4 St Martins stood out for its character, size and position and our planned re-fit will only enhance what is already there.

“I’m really optimistic about the future and excited to launch this new venture.”

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