{"id":244730,"date":"2025-07-07T07:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T07:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244730\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T07:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T07:50:11","slug":"glasgow-restaurant-unveils-exciting-new-plans-after-announcing-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/244730\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow restaurant unveils exciting new plans after announcing closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A popular Glasgow restaurant has unveiled exciting new plans after announcing its shock closure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yiamas on Bath Street in the city centre revealed it will\u00a0be closing down on July 27, 2025, after 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>However, its owners have now announced they will be opening a brand-new Greek Street food spot in its place.<\/p>\n<p>Yianni&#8217;s, named after\u00a0founder\u00a0Yiannis Bantouvakis, is\u00a0a new concept being launched by\u00a0his daughter Stascia and wife Linda, who have run Yiamas since Yiannis\u2019 passing in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25290607.much-loved-glasgow-cafe-announces-shock-closure-eight-years\/?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Much-loved Glasgow cafe announces shock closure after eight years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Much-loved Glasgow cafe announces shock closure after eight years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25291345.customers-gutted-great-restaurant-suddenly-closes-two-years\/?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Customers gutted as &#039;great&#039; restaurant suddenly closes after two years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Customers gutted as &#8216;great&#8217; restaurant suddenly closes after two years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new eatery will be located in the current Yiamas restaurant, and it will open later this summer following a full refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p>Its owners say the space will be transformed into a &#8216;fast, modern gyro shop offering sit-in and takeaway&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It will be open seven days a week and it will dish up &#8216;affordable, high-quality&#8217; gyros, pies, salads, and\u00a0more.<\/p>\n<p>Co-owner Stascia Bantouvakis said: \u201cWe\u2019ve taken everything people loved about Yiamas and reimagined it for a new chapter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYianni\u2019s is a tribute to my dad and a fresh start for us. It\u2019s still Greek food made with love, just with a new look and feel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so excited to welcome everyone back, and to introduce Yianni\u2019s to the city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular Glasgow restaurant has unveiled exciting new plans after announcing its shock closure. Yiamas on Bath Street&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,2599,712,16,15,95008],"class_list":{"0":"post-244730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-restaurant","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-yianni"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244730","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=244730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}