Nottinghamshire's food and drink scene has celebrated new openings in 2022. There's been the new fine dining restaurant, Cleaver & Wake, at the Island Quarter in Nottingham to fish and chip shop Mother Hubbard's at Beechdale Retail Park.
Burger restaurants and takeaways, too many to mention by name, have sprung up everywhere. But for every opening, there's been a closure, often with a heart-breaking story behind it. In some cases it's due to financial pressures, where businesses still reeling from the impact of the pandemic have then been hit by rising energy bills and the cost of living crisis.
Others have closed because the owners want to escape the pressure and long hours of the hospitality industry to spend more time with their family. There remains a huge amount of uncertainty for restaurant, cafe and pub owners - but one certainty is that regulars of those that have shut up shop in 2022 sorely miss them now they're no longer around.
