Sheffield restaurant The Sharrow which closed after a month to reopen with new name and operators
It marks a new chapter for the venue after three troubled years
An ill-fated Sheffield restaurant which closed after a month and £250,000 investment is set to reopen with new operators.
The former Sharrow on Sharrow Vale Road will be A Casa Di Flavio, marking a new chapter for the venue.
It will have seating on the ground and first floors but a glass-walled veranda on the first floor and external steps have been removed.
Former owner Adriatik Likaj and business partner Rendy Contstantin took over the former Otto’s restaurant in 2022.
They had a three-year battle with the council over the £40,000 veranda which was twice refused planning permission, before it was ordered torn down.
They also had problems with their first choice of name, Dodona, which was used at another venue and whose owner threatened legal action.
Renamed The Sharrow, the Sheffield restaurant opened in October, but it closed in November.
Mr Likaj said he’d “had enough” after going through 11 chefs in six months in the run-up to opening, as he dreamed of recreating his Albanian grandmother’s food.
Mr Likaj said he spent £250,000 on the project in total.
At the time, Mr Likaj, who has run Crosspool Fish Bar for 23 years, said: “I feel like I am reborn. I didn’t need to do this, I have another business.”