The Daily Telegraph

Broke council blew £176k on pop-up eatery

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A cash-strapped council lost £176,000 in just four weeks on an experiment­al seaside restaurant.

The high-end pop-up opened on Bournemout­h beach in Dorset last August, but was ridiculed by customers for its poor service and closed after a month of trading, making a total loss of £176,000.

It comes as the local authority has more than doubled the rent for beach hut tenants to help save it from bankruptcy.

A council spokesman said the restaurant was a “test” of a way to improve the seafront, adding that it was one of many pop-up and permanent eateries in the area.

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