Award winning Brasilian Barbecue restaurant Cabana to open in Newcastle

Cabana, the award winning Brasilian barbecue restaurant and cocktail bar, has chosen Newcastle for a major £1m investment, announcing plans to open in the Cooperative Building in Newcastle city centre, creating 40 new jobs in the city. Newcastle will be the third venture outside of London for the Brasilian barbecue aficionados: they currently have seven multi-award winning restaurants across London and two very successful openings in Leeds, and more recently, Manchester. Newcastle’s famous nightlife, as well as the city’s passion for fashion, celebrity and sport all create a fantastic atmosphere which is the perfect fit for Cabana’s fun and energetic brand. Launched in 2011 by renowned restaurateurs Jamie Barber (Hush, Villandry, Sake No Hana) and Brasilian-born David Ponté (Momo), Cabana had a great year in 2015 with a £15m turnover and currently employing over 200 people in the UK. The Cabanista’s are really excited about their third Northern restaurant, and are looking forward to meeting the locals. The new 4,500sq ft. restaurant will serve Cabana’s best-selling, “killer” Spicy Malagueta Chicken (fans include Oprah Winfrey and the England rugby team) and Sweet Potato Fries, along with Brasilian street food and barbecue skewers grilled fresh to order. The site will also host a dedicated cocktail bar, offering customers authentic Brasilian cocktails, such as tropical fruit flavoured Caipirinhas (including the UK’s first Frozen Caipirinhas) alongside an array of both exotic Brasilian concoctions and classic cocktails, making the Cabana bar the perfect place to party. “After the success of both Manchester and Leeds in the North, we can’t wait to showcase Cabana to Newcastle, and we hope it will become one of the city’s go-to destinations,” said Jamie Barber, co-founder of Cabana. “Brasilian Food has also been dubbed the cuisine of 2016, so we are really excited about the opening in Newcastle to show off our signature Spicy Malagueta Chicken, famous cocktails and energetic Brasilian atmosphere.”