Pizza Hut in St Augustine's Parade has long been a staple of the City Centre. Having stood there for over a decade before it suddenly closed down in 2021, it was hard to imagine something else in its place.
But when the replacement was announced, it was impossible to not be excited. Hope Bainbridge and Annie Faulkner had launched Hoba, a kebab pop-up, in 2017 and were getting converting the space into their permanent premises, see the first pictures here.
Hope told Bristol Live that she founded Hoba after working as a private chef in London, with the business inspired by fresh chargrilled kebab places she visited in Berlin. “We want to bring the Berlin cool, minimalistic vibe to our first Hoba site whilst also using local Bristol artists to give it our unique Hoba edge" she said.
