Cooking up new plans for central restaurant

A FORMER city centre pizza restaurant could be transformed into an allnew eatery for up to 60 customers.

Planning proposals have been submitted to Dundee City Council to revamp Project Pizza on Reform Street, which closed suddenly in June last year.

Applicant Sadik Alasfar seeks to re-configure the open-plan kitchen and redecorate the premises.

The Tele understands the plans, if approved, would retain the indoor seating area – which has around 50 covers – and outdoor street seating for 10 people.

The proposal also states the building currently does not have a licence to sell alcohol.

It adds: “It is intended the restaurant will be licensed which will cover the internal seating area.

“No alcohol will be served at the external tables on Reform Street.

“The range of food is to be expanded. The original restaurant only sold pizza.

“Additional catering equipment is to be introduced including a grill and fryer.”

If approved, the new restaurant would be open from noon-11pm, seven days a week.

A spokesman from agent James Paul Associates told the Tele that the applicant was an “experienced” restaurateur.

He added: “The applicant is a very positive person.

“Hopefully, Covid-19 will be over at some point and he just has faith in Dundee, that he can make a restaurant work.

“It’s quite good to see that someone is being positive about the future and we want to support that here in any way we can.”

Project Pizza closed suddenly in June 2019, with a sign placed on the door saying the business was “closed for refurbishment until further notice”.

The business was taken over in 2018 by London-based Relaxed Dining Holding Ltd, owned by Nikulkumar Patel.

Previously, it was known as Project Pie and won best Independent Casual Dining Restaurant title at the Casual Dining Restaurant and Pub Awards 2016.

Project Pizza closed last year.