Scottish operator Di Maggio’s Restaurant Group (DRG) has lined up a first opening outside Glasgow for the Paesano concept it acquired last year.
The company has submitted plans to open a new restaurant in the former Cass Art building at 77A George Street in the Scottish capital. The concept currently operates three sites in Glasgow, in the city’s Miller Street, Great Western Road, and Pollokshaws Road.
Last year, the group acquired the then two-strong Paesano, and sister business Sugo Pasta, for an eight-figure sum from restaurateur Paul Stevenson, with plans to expand both concepts.
A new Paesano opened in DRG’s former Di Maggio’s restaurant in Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow’s Shawlands in May. In February, Propel revealed DRG was planning to make its London debut by opening a site under its Café Andaluz concept in The Gosling, the new mixed-use development in Richmond.
The group previously chose the Café Andaluz concept to launch its first English restaurant, which opened in Newcastle in 2021.
