Yorks opened on the Paradise development last autumn after years of anticipation. Now it’s shut.
Yorks at Paradise(Image: BirminghamLive)
A Birmingham coffee shop that was ‘coming soon’ for years has closed suddenly after 11 months.
Yorks, on the Paradise development in the city centre, opened after nearly three years of ‘coming soon’ anticipation last October.
Now a sign in the window says it is ‘having to close’ due to ‘a few issues’ – with no details specified.
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Signage in the window of the closed venue reads: “Dear customers. We are having to close while we resolve a few issues.
“More announcements to follow. Thank you.”
BirminghamLive has contacted Yorks to find out more.
A closure sign in the window at Yorks(Image: BirminghamLive)
Yorks owner Simon Ford is listed as director on three active businesses on Companies House, the status of two of which – namely Yorks Bell Court Limited and Yorks Stratford Limited – are ‘liquidation’.
The third, Yorks Brindley Limited, is flagged with an ‘active proposal to strike-off’.
The Paradise branch closure is the second for Yorks in a year.
Back in November 2024, bailiffs moved in to Yorks’ Stephenson Street branch, with Simon Ford telling BirminghamLive at the time ‘I know it doesn’t look good’.
He said that the move was only temporary to allow them to ‘make the location even better’, though the cafe has not since reopened and sits empty on a street of closed businesses.