Britain’s Biggest Restaurant Opens

Za Za Bazaar opened its doors on Tuesday to 2100 diners. The buffet style restaurant in Bristol is the largest restaurant in England.

Britain’s biggest restaurant threw open its doors today – serving up to 2,100 diners a night.

Za Za Bazaar – an all-you-can eat buffet in Bristol – will dish up over a ton of rice and nearly 5,000 chickens every week.

The 30,000 sq ft harbourside eatery can seat over 1,000 customers at a time, with two sittings per night.

But the 120 staff will have their work cut out – with over 8,000 dirty dishes to wash on a busy Saturday night.

It is the first of a new nationwide chain of eight restaurants, with Za Za Bazaar hoping to create 1,000 new jobs over the next 18 months.

The restaurant is styled on the street markets of the Far East but serves food from all four corners of the globe.

A team of 36 chefs and eight porters will serve up everything from Chinese, Indian and Tex-Mex to piri piri chicken, pasta, pizza and traditional British food.

There will also be salad, sushi and deli sections, an entire stand devoted to desserts, and a bar serving 300 different… continue reading

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Steakhouse Owner Finds Love at Restaurant

A Palm Beach steakhouse owner is getting married in December to a woman he was introduced to at his restaurant. Andrea Kotsifos has been the recipient of well wishes by patrons enjoying the restaurant’s meal deals.

Is it the giddiness inherent with falling in love and anticipating imminent nuptials that has Palm Beach Steakhouse owner Andreas Kotsifos offering oh-so-sweet dining deals at his elegant restaurant?

Not really, although you might think so given how thrilled he is about his December wedding, when he’ll tie the knot with Heather Farmakis, a Lynn University adjunct professor, at Royal Poinciana Chapel.

“About two years ago,” Kotsifos says, “a mutual friend introduced us at the restaurant during one of our Greek nights.” (The Palm Beach Steakhouse features Greek cuisine, singing and belly-dancing on Thursdays.)

Was it love at first sight? “You know, I think it was,” Kotsifos says.

Patrons at the Palm Beach Steakhouse are extending best wishes to Kotsifos — and often while partaking in the restaurant’s dining deals, which include:

■ A Real Meal Deal, offering a three-course $25 dinner, with selections from the main menu, from 5-7 p.m. daily;

■ Sunday Madness, featuring a $10 complete steak dinner (cash only; purchase of one drink required) on… continue reading

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