Some sad news for the local food community. Nottingham Street Food Club, which first opened five years ago in Victoria Centre, is closing due to the increasing cost of living prices...
Championing local street food, Nottingham Street Food Club has been a staple in the Nottingham food scene since 2017. Stationed upstairs in Victoria Centre, the concept of the club is simple: each week different independent food vendors take up a spot at the venue. This means that the food choices are different for patrons every single visit, plus, food businesses that don’t have a permanent venue can trade affordably with a local customer base.
A fan favourite among many Nottingham foodies, the venue has brought a whole bevy of exciting traders to the public over the past five years including: Dirty Chicken, El Contador, Prad Thai, Hip Hop Food Club, Syioklah, Taste of Korea, Falafel Baffe and more. With its slogan ‘Eat Global, Dine Local’, the spot has introduced new flavours to Nottingham and created a wide fan base during the process.
This is why it’s so tragic that the street food club has announced plans to close their physical site in Victoria Centre. In a social media announcement posted yesterday the club commented that the business is something that they are ‘immensely proud’ of, particularly for all the work it’s done to help independent food businesses. However, with the rising cost of living crisis, the location is no longer financially viable.
The street food club has announced plans to close their physical site in Victoria Centre
Like many others in the hospitality industry, increasing prices have become too much to compete with, especially as the general public now have less disposable income to spend on dining out and pleasure. “This past year everyone has seen a sizable increase in energy bills and ours quadrupled” the club explained in their post, and “unlike most businesses we have had to power 4 kitchens and we wouldn’t be sticking to our values if we had passed these costs straight onto the independent food traders we work with.”
A very sad piece of news, The Nottingham Street Food Club will be missed by many and the local community look forward to hearing more about their new chapter.
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