London’s only restaurant on OpenTable’s Top 100 list, Cintro on Wellington, is expanding into a café, dessert bar and upscale dining spot in the former Beer Store on Piccadilly Street.

Chef Joseph Tran and business partner Shauna Versloot are taking over 250 Piccadilly St., the Beer Store location that closed in January after convenience stores began selling alcohol.

Just 230 metres from Cintro, the new site is part of a strategy to keep pace with soaring demand at the restaurant, set in a converted house, Versloot said.

“(The expansion) solves a lot of the issues that we’re having,” she said.

With reservations fully booked through October and waiting lists running 20 to 50 names long, she said many customers – both regulars and newcomers – are frustrated by the months-long wait fo

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