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El Colmado to close original shop before moving to new home
After almost a decade on Gloucester Road, an award-winning Spanish food shop is closing on Saturday.
But El Colmado will not be gone for long and are planning to move into new premises just a few hundred yards up the road hopefully by the end of March.
Their new next door neighbours within the former Murray butchers will be Popti & Beast, who will be opening their second store following the success of their first on Mina Road in St Werburgh’s.
Inside El Colmado, where all of the produce on the shelves comes from Spain – photo: Martin Booth
El Colmado owner David Pavon told Bristol24/7 that the upcoming move is the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.
“It’s the end of ten years in this shop where we have created a little bit of Spain and the new place is going to have the same soul as this one had.
“With Popti & Beast beside me, it will be a huge draw for the area I believe.
“It’s the idea of a shopping area here on Gloucester Road, with a fishmonger, greengrocers, florist and soon another really nice butcher and a Spanish shop. It’s going to be great!”
Main photo: Martin Booth
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