A former Yates’s bar in Ipswich town centre is undergoing a £2 million refurbishment to create a new international food hall which will create 75 new jobs. Penn Commercial has let the 11,172 sq ft Trafalgar House to Sandeep Singh on a 20-year lease. With work now underway the hope is that the new ‘Tower Street Food Hall’ will open before Christmas. The venue, opposite the bus station, has been in planning for two years and will feature a range of food stalls, two bars and a children’s play area. The ground floor will see food counters offering various cuisines, including Italian, Indian, Japanese and American. More seating and a larger bar area, offering local craft beers, wines and cocktails will be available on the first floor and the second floor will feature a banqueting hall available to hire. Paul Keen of Penn Commercial said: “It is exciting that Ipswich has been chosen for this innovative venture. We have worked closely with our client and Sandeep, so that this ambitious vision has been able to come to fruition.”

Sandeep Singh said: "We wanted to have a nice family feel to the ground floor, and we will have a main bar on the first floor, so people can still come upstairs and enjoy it, while keeping an area for families…We can host up to 200 people across the first and second floor, while also serving regular customers on the ground floor."

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