What does Big Mamma’s arrival mean for Ireland’s restaurant industry?

What does Big Mamma’s arrival mean for Ireland’s restaurant industry?

What does Big Mamma’s arrival mean for Ireland’s restaurant industry?


On Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch, London, sits a restaurant that has managed to establish itself as an institution in the city’s culinary scene. Gloria is an Italian restaurant and pizzeria that trades in ostentatiousness and often veers into kitsch, where the walls and countertops are lined with marble and the fettuccine carbonara is served from a hollowed-out wheel of pecorino cheese. When Gloria opened in 2019, it was the first UK outpost of the Big Mamma Group, a French-founded Italian upper-mid-range restaurant business. The company had already demonstrated its concept in France and Monaco before bringing it to London.…