YORK Italian restaurants have come out on top at a top awards.

Cicchetti Lounge in Low Petergate won the best newcomer restaurant award at the Best English Italian awards gala final, at the Queen’s Hotel in Leeds.

The award was voted for by members of the public via the awards website.


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Cicchetti Lounge first opened its doors in the former Grön cafe and bar premises, which before that were run by Filmore and Union in November 2023 and a spokesman said the award "comes as a recognition of the hard work and vision of the team behind Cicchetti Lounge, La Vecchia Scuola and L'osteria Italiana - it's sister restaurants."

Ciccehetti is nextdoor to sister restaurant La Vecchia Scuola at 62 Low Petergate.