Birmingham restaurant to close after 14 years blaming Brexit and rising costs for making it 'unsustainable'
After 14 years, a Birmingham restaurant announces closure, citing unsustainable financial pressures from the cost-of-living crisis.
Latin American restaurant Bodega Cantina in Birmingham city centre will close its doors on Sunday (March 15).
A post on the business Instagram account read: “It is with sadness that we announce the closure of Bodega Cantina on Saturday, 15th March 2025.
“Like many others in hospitality we’ve been significantly affected first by Brexit taking away much of the staffing resources that our industry relies upon and then the various dramas brought about by Covid.
“More recent factors such as the large increase in utility bills, ‘cost of living crisis’, double-digit inflation and upcoming increases in minimum wage and NI costs have now made the venue financially unsustainable.
“It’s been a great journey these last 14 years, and we hope we’ve provided a great South American-inspired experience to our customers along the way.
“We also hope that we might see some of you again in our last week of trading .If you run a hospitality venue and you have opportunities available that we can notify our staff of then please send an email to – [email protected].
“Gracias, Matt Scriven.”
It comes as the latest business to close its doors in the city - with others citing the difficulties facing the hospitality industry in current conditions.
Bodega Cantina Birmingha: 12 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, B2 5RST: 0121 448 4267 E: [email protected]