Bristol's iconic Glassboat restaurant is under offer for new ownership having lain empty for nearly a year. The sale, overseen by property consultants Burston Cook, is not yet finalised but is expected to be completed toward the end of January.
Earlier this year, the floating restaurant moored in Welsh Back was put on the market by its owner after 36 years. Most recently, the barge took the guise of the Fish seafood restaurant and takeaway, open throughout the pandemic but shuttered for several months before being put on the market in spring 2022.
Originally built as a 'dumb barge', the 120ft long and 20ft wide vessel was converted in 1986 by Arne Ringner, who owns the Lido restaurant, pool and spa in Clifton, and the Three Brothers burger restaurant further along Welsh Back. After moving to the UK from his native Sweden, his original plan was to create a floating botanical garden on the former barge.
