Owners comment on future of Chesterfield's Frankie and Benny's

The Restaurant Group, which runs Frankie and Benny’s, announced last month that it would shut 125 of its outlets in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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A spokesperson for the Restaurant Group told the Derbyshire Times: “The Frankie and Benny’s at Alma Leisure Park, Chesterfield, will be open today for click and collect and delivery from 4pm-9pm and will remain open.

“There will be further updates when it will be fully open in due course.”

The Restaurant Group, which also owns Chiquito, announced in March that 61 out of 80 branches of the Tex-Mex dining chain would not reopen.

There is also a Chiquito restaurant at the town’s Alma Leisure Park – but its future remains unclear.

The Restaurant Group spokesperson said: “We are unable to confirm the status of Chesterfield’s Chiquito yet.”

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