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Pancake House restaurant plan for city centre newsagents

Marketing Maynews… the shop that might soon be a pancake house. Photographs: Richard McDougall
Thursday 26 March, 2015 @ 7.25 pm Business, Food & drink, Shopping YorkMix
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The owner of the Maynews newsagent chain is selling two of its York branches – and one looks set to be reborn as a pancake restaurant.

Maynews on Jubbergate will soon close after the Birmingham-based retail group Rippleglen couldn’t make it pay at the current rent.

A planning application has been lodged with City of York Council – which also owns the property – to change 7 Jubbergate from a shop into the Double Dutch Pancake House.

This would see the 500 sq ft ground floor turned in to a restaurant with an open kitchen along one wall.

How the Pancake House could look
How the Pancake House could look

Plans show room for 35 people to be seated in the Pancake House, with three more two-seat tables outside on Silver Street.

The application has been submitted by David and Sheridan Walker from Clifton Park Avenue in York.

Found in the Shambles Market, relaunched this week, it could add another market eating option to the four food kiosks which have already opened.

Flipping changes

Also for sale: the Maynews in the shadow of Monk Bar
Also for sale: the Maynews in the shadow of Monk Bar

The Rippleglen Group put Maynews on Jubbergate up for sale, along with the branch next to Monk Bar on Goodramgate.

The group bought the York-based Maynews chain of 19 shops in 2013.

Rippleglen property director Tony Hargreave said the strategy was to “keep branches where we can invest” while selling those “which would be better run by other people”.

The Jubbergate shop was not bringing enough revenue to justify the “expensive” rent charged by York council of £35,000 this year, rising to £36,000 from Christmas.

Business rates on the property are £15,600 per year.

“It’s not for us,” Tony said. “We’re better doing other things with our time and money.”

He was aware that the shop could be turned into a restaurant.

The Monk Bar Maynews was likely to be retained as a newsagents after the sale, Tony said. The leasehold for this smaller shop is being advertised at £29,950.

According to the agents, the shop has a weekly turnover of £5,500 at a gross profit of 20 per cent.

Rippleglen previously sold another Maynews, further along Goodramgate. This is now run as Supernews And Booze.

Meanwhile the group was investing in other branches. Last month its Supernews Local shop in Bishopthorpe welcomed in the village post office, which had been set to close.

And its Huntington branch of Maynews was also earmarked for investment, Tony said.

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sheridan walker
6 years ago

Hallo everyone, I have good news The Dutch Pancake House is set to go a head and is estimated to open in July. It is not in the same site but close, keep your eyes peeled and I will get back to you when I have further news, dank je wel.

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Ben
7 years ago

Is this actually going ahead?

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Reply to  Ben
7 years ago

Good question Ben; the planning application to turn the newsagents into a café was approved by the council in May. Technically they have three years from the granting of permission to do the work, but you’d expect they would be keen to start sooner than that.

We will drop the people behind the pancake house plan a line to see if we can find out more, and then post an update.

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Jemma Longhurst
7 years ago

Wow yummy!

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Jack Merry
7 years ago

Thought York weren’t passing anymore food licenses

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Nikki Stephenson
7 years ago

Fab lol!

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Becky O'Leary
7 years ago

Your new job Jack Henry Hughes

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Hayley Hegarty
7 years ago

Debbs Bambi Hegarty yum! xxxx

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Hayley Hegarty
7 years ago

Debbs Bambi Hegarty yum! xxxx

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Donna Greenwood-Miller
7 years ago

Gemma we’re getting an iHop!!

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Jessie Kemp
7 years ago

Josh Keeble

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Roxanne Fitch
7 years ago

Jo Tolomeo

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Liz Seaman
7 years ago

Lauren Jane O’ Connor we gotta go! Hollie Marie Gallagher

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Victoria Wilson
7 years ago

Landa Hind!!!!!

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Rebecca Sophia Kim Thompson
7 years ago

Yesssss

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Stan Smith
7 years ago

Pancakes. Mmmmmmm

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