New restaurant opens in popular Littlehampton town centre location
A new restaurant has opened at the site of an eatery that closed down last month.
Blue Sea Restaurant, specialising in Portuguese food, has opened its doors in High Street in the spot previously occupied by Elia, which closed after five months in October.
It is owned by the same family who launched Blue Sea & Bubbles, in Surrey Street, in July.
The family is also working on opening Blue Sea Thai Tapas restaurant, next to Blue Sea & Bubbles, in what was Piccola Italia which closed a few weeks ago. The building is currently undergoing a renovation.
According to the restaurant’s Facebook page, Blue Sea Restaurant is: “A family-run restaurant bringing people together through our love of traditional Portuguese food, great company and warm hospitality.”
Addressing some speculation online about the restaurant, the owners said they were ‘simply two families who joined forces following the loss of someone incredibly close to us’ to start a business.
They added: “She loved coffee, good food, the sea and, most importantly, meeting people. She was the sort of person who could talk to absolutely anyone.
Those things became the foundations of Blue Sea. The name, the vision and the business all carry a little piece of her with them. What started as Blue Sea & Bubbles is something we're incredibly proud of, and we have plans to keep growing and building on that.
“We also want to make one thing very clear: the money invested into these businesses comes from many, many years of hard work. It represents years of graft, sacrifices, long hours and everything we've worked towards. We've worked hard for what we've built, and we're incredibly proud of that.
"Both families have lived in and around Littlehampton for many, many years. This is our community too, and all we want to do is give something back to the town we've called home for so long. We want to support Littlehampton, support other local businesses where we can and create somewhere welcoming, friendly and inclusive where people feel comfortable coming through the door, whether that's for a quick coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner or an evening of entertainment.
“We're not here to make promises we can't keep. We're here to put the hard work in, invest in our town and hopefully become a positive part of the local community for many years to come.”