Chubby Cherub to open second branch in south of city
The owner of Belfast’s Chubby Cherub restaurant is set top open a second branch on the city’s Lisburn Road.
Building work has already begun on the site which was the the former home of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
The first Chubby Cherub opened on Belfast’s Chichester Street and is owned by Eamon McCusker. It is just round the corner from cabaret-themed sister venue AM:PM.
Chubby Cherub Lisburn Road Ltd was set up in August 2021 and applied for planning permission for a restaurant a 491 – 495 Lisburn Road in January last year, with permission granted in September.
Thesite had faced demolition under a planning application by developers Kirk Bryson & Co, with nine apartments and a shop to be built instead.
That bid was granted planning permission in 2021 before the site changed hands.
Hollywood star Christoph Waltz, below, was a recent visitor to the Chichester Street restaurant, with staff posting: “Our team was thrilled to serve him and we couldn’t be more proud of the experience we provided. We hope he enjoyed his visit with us as much as we enjoyed having him.”
It’s understood he is filming a new action-comedy called Old Guy in Belfast which will see him play an aging contract killer tasked with training a Gen-Z newcomer.
