Mon 5th Sep 2016 - Comptoir Libanais unveils six-strong pipeline Comptoir Libanais unveils six-strong pipeline: Comptoir Libanais has secured three new openings to expand the group’s presence in London. These include a 398 square metre, 94-cover site on Soho’s Poland Street in the former location of YO! Sushi (opening mid-September) and a 177 square metre site on Gloucester Road, Kensington (in November). Meanwhile, Comptoir Libanais’ first in-store restaurant will also open its doors in John Lewis’s flagship Oxford Street shop, in October. It is Located on the fourth floor next to the Baby and Child department. Outside of the capital, the brand’s first branches in the south west will open in Exeter in late September and Bath in October, extending Comptoir Libanais’ wider UK footprint. The 242 square metre Exeter site will be in the new Queen Street dining quarter, offering 180 covers across three internal and external spaces. The 170-cover Bath restaurant will be part of the new Little Southgate food quarter in the city centre. A third regional opening in Leeds (in November) will cater for 120 covers in the established Trinity Leeds shopping centre. Chief executive Chaker Hanna said: “We are delighted to be rolling out six new sites with even more planned for next year. We’ve seen a real increase in demand for the fresh, nutritious and affordable food we offer so are excited to showcase the best of Lebanese cuisine to new local communities, businesses and families. We look forward to opening our doors to lots of mezze-lovers.”