A Suffolk delicatessen owner is planning to open a new 'fine food' retail outlet in a market town offering diners charcuterie and cheese boards, served with wines and beers.
Eilir Rogers will be moving her Grundisburgh Dog Delicatessen in The Street to a new location in Market Hill, Woodbridge where the business will be renamed Essen.
It will provide customers with the opportunity to sit down and enjoy a range of meats and cheeses, topped off with a glass of wine or beer.
She is hoping to open in Woodbridge in the autumn and has applied to East Suffolk Council for a premises licence to serve alcohol on and off the premises between 8am and 10.30pm, Monday to Sunday.
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The couple have run the pub for more than 20 years, during which time it was named the most dog-friendly pub in the East of England.
Eilir said she was planning to 'champion' East Anglian wines at the Woodbridge venture.
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"At the moment, we have a deli with seating so you can buy what you like and sit down and eat it. There will be charcuterie and cheese boards, a deli with seating and the offer to buy wine and drink it on site.
"If somebody wants to sit down and have a little cheese board, they can have a glass of wine with it," Eilir said.
The opening hours for the new delicatessen will be 8am to 4pm, although Eilir has applied for the extended licensing hours in case she needed to use them, such as for a cheese and wine pairing evening.
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