A NEW family fish and chip shop is set to open at a former city post office on Monday.
The Ambleside Fish Bar, which first made its name in Warndon, is to open its new branch at Gresham Road, Dines Green, Worcester at 4pm on Monday.
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Phill Porphiriou, 26, who helps run the family business, said they were all looking forward to welcoming their first customers.
He said: "We're really excited to finally get the shop up and running, meet all our new community and provide them with great quality traditional fish and chips.
"Any order over £15 will get a free big bottle of 1.5 litre pop, free cans with each meal and choice of free curry sauce per meal."
Instead of delivering letters and parcels at the former post office, they want to deliver fish and chips to a new community while continuing to serve the old one after earning a loyal following in Warndon.
The shop in Ambleside Drive, Warndon, Worcester was established by the late Kostas Porphiriou (who has a grandson with the same name) and his son, Tony Porphiriou, 40 years ago and the business has been going strong ever since.
Owner Tony Porphiriou, 57, who decided to seize the opportunity, was born in Cyprus but his children were all born above the Warndon shop and feel close ties to the city.
The family hope the people of Dines Green will welcome them into the community in the same warm way the people of Warndon have.
Phill Porphiriou, speaking on behalf of the family, said the Dines Green shop was already fitted out ready to welcome its first customers.
Mr Porphiriou said: "We are going to employ local people and we hope to give something back to the community. We like to look after our customers and we aim to do the same in Dines Green.”
The new shop will be open between 11.30 am and 2pm and between 4pm and 9.30pm, Monday to Saturday.
Once the family opens the new shop, they hope to offer an extended menu as well as more traditional fish and chip dishes.
One of the reasons the family decided to open a second shop was because customers kept on asking them to, including some from St John’s who come to Warndon to pick up their orders.
Both shops will run a delivery service across Worcester and to some surrounding areas via ujustcook.com, serving St John’s, Hallow, Kempsey, Wichenford, Lower Broadheath and other villages nearby.
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