Excitement as signage goes up on new restaurant set to open
The signage has gone up on the front of the building which is being transformed into a branch of Sexy Mamma Love Spaghetti
The new restaurant is taking over the site of the former gift shop, the Connaught House, 27 Tudor Square, which had been open for 30 years before it closed in 2022. It is the fourth location for restauranteur, Edin Gondzic who has two other venues in Nottingham’s city centre on Broad Street and Huntingdon Street.
Sexy Mamma Love Spaghetti and Botti De Mamma are known for their Italian menus with dishes such as zucchini and Italian sausage rigatoni and Twice baked Gorgonzola soufflé. The team has teased snippets of the opening day menu on Instagram where it lists dishes such as king prawn, chilli and garlic linguine and black truffle risotto.
The restaurant has yet to reveal an opening date but there is a great deal of excitement among the West Bridgford food scene for when that might be. Gondzic is also behind Nottingham’s first members-only club specialising in fine wine and cigars on Heathcoat Street which is set in a Grade ll-listed Georgian townhouse.
Another location, Crazy Fish My Love on Carlton Street also operated by Gondzic, closed and was converted into Pizza Pilgrims earlier this year.
The Instagram for Sexy Mamma Love Spaghetti has revealed the extensive makeover the Connaught House has had to undergo since it was taken over by Gondzic. The gift shop had been open since 1993 but closed citing ‘Changes to shopping habits and increasing costs to operate.’
The closure was one of a few in West Bridgford including the health food shop and Locally Produced for You. However, the opening of the new restaurant is a good sign that there is life on the high street yet.