{"id":20077,"date":"2025-04-14T20:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20077\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T20:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:12:13","slug":"popular-greek-restaurant-moving-to-new-harbourside-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20077\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Greek restaurant moving to new harbourside venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s reportedly opening at the home of Casa, which &#8216;closed until further notice&#8217; back in October<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_Sousta-New-Venue-Lower-Guinea-Street.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A popular Greek <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"restaurantLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">restaurant<\/a> in Bristol is moving to a new location in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/soustabristol.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"SoustaLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sousta<\/a>, which is located on Clarence Road in Redcliffe, will be moving to Lower Guinea Street, reportedly in the home of the former Casamia and Casa restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink\/bristol-restaurant-casa-closed-until-9655137\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Casa announced back in October that it would be &#039;closed until further notice&#039;.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Casa announced back in October that it would be &#8216;closed until further notice&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Meanwhile, Sousta&#8217;s existing site is currently also listed as &#8216;temporarily closed&#8217; on Google.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sousta is described as a &#8216;Mediterranean restaurant and bar, family run, and serving authentic Mediterranean food using the freshest ingredients&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The team goes on to say: &#8220;Meal times are occasions for friends and family to meet, relax and gather together at the table, sharing both good food and conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;At Sousta, we maintain this tradition, providing the very best food and hospitality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Just last week <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/bristol-restaurant-wins-premises-licence-10087650\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"BristolLive reported how the restaurant has been granted a licence to sell alcohol at its new venueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BristolLive reported how the restaurant has been granted a licence to sell alcohol at its new venue<\/a>, despite residents&#8217; concerns about &#8216;fire safety, noise and smells&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sousta <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/democracy.bristol.gov.uk\/documents\/s108080\/Committee%20report%20-%20Sousta.pdf\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">wanted to serve booze until midnight<\/a> from Friday to Sunday and 11pm Monday to Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/31922981JPG.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Casamia, The General (the old hospital), Bristol<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But Bristol city councillors gave the Mediterranean eatery an 11pm cut-off time seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sousta owner Erika Tomasovicova said the new venue, next to Paco Tapas, would be much smaller than other nearby restaurants so noise would not be an issue, and any live or recorded music would be played inside only.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The restaurant&#8217;s most recent social media posts date back to September 2024, at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Situated on Lower Guinea Street in Redcliffe, Italian restaurant <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casabristol.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CasaLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Casa<\/a> published an &#8216;important notice&#8217; to its website in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It said: &#8220;At this moment, we are closed for future bookings. If you&#8217;re looking to book a restaurant, please check out our sister restaurant, Paco Tapas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u200c&#8221;All vouchers for Casa will be honoured at Paco Tapas. If you have any concerns or queries, please contact us at info@casamiarestaurant.co.uk. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you soon!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Casa opened on the former site of the Michelin-starred Casamia in late October 2022, and has been run by Casamia owner Peter Sanchez-Iglesias and his family ever since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At time of writing, Peter is also the head chef at Spanish restaurant, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.decimo.london\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"DecimoLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Decimo<\/a> in London, as well as Casa&#8217;s sister restaurant, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacotapas.co.uk\/about\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Paco TapasLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Paco Tapas<\/a>, which sits just doors away from Casa, on Lower Guinea Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s reportedly opening at the home of Casa, which &#8216;closed until further notice&#8217; back in October(Image: Google Maps)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,9418,393,786,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-20077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eating-out-in-bristol","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-food-and-drink","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}