Pizza express reopen: when will pizza express open?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced the widest easing of lockdown since it was implemented in mid-March, meaning life is on its way back to some degree of normality. Since Pizza

Express was forced to close all of its restaurants – equalling almost 500 sites – the restaurant has offered takeaway from just 13 of its London restaurants. Pizza Express initially offered

delivery-only from May 28, but later added the option for customers to collect their food. WHEN WILL PIZZA EXPRESS OPEN? Pizza Express recently announced that 46 of its restaurants would be

reopen to customers from Thursday, July 9. The Italian-inspired chain has opened another 23 restaurants for delivery and click-and-collect services on July 2. This is in addition to the 13

London restaurants which are already offering takeaway. Managing director of Pizza Express Zoe Bowley said: “Following a successful trial of delivery-only and click-and-collect services in

13 of our pizzerias in London, and the latest advice from the Government, we are delighted to announce the first 46 of our pizzerias that will be reopening for dine-in customers from the

beginning of July, and the extension of locations offering dine-out options.” READ MORE: McDonald's open: Opening 700 restaurants for dine-in from tomorrow The list of dine-in eateries

which will reopen includes just two restaurants in London: Abbey Road and Bankside. The reopened restaurants will implement new social distancing and hygiene measures. This will be combined

with regular health checks for team members, hand sanitising stations, digital menus and online payment. The majority of new restaurants reopening for takeaway are situated in London, or

close to the capital. Walton on Thames Harrow, St George’s Centre Woking Buxton Carlisle Cheshire Oaks Chester Didsbury Gretna Gateway Hale Knutsford Liverpool - King’s Waterfront

Macclesfield Poynton Wilmslow Bar Marzano - Norwich Basildon Bishops Stortford Braintree Bury St. Edmonds Chelmsford Colchester Ely Hatfield Hertford Ipswich - Regatta Quay Kings Lynn

Lakesire Newmarket Norwich - St Benedict Street Norwich - Forum building Rayleigh Southend Berkhamsted Beverly Durham Harrogate Hull - Princes Quay Ilkley Newcastle - Eldon Square Skipton

York -River House York - St Sampsons Square The Pizza Express restaurants already offering takeaway are: Abbeville Road Balham Belsize Park Camden Chiswick Croydon - George Street Dulwich

Ealing Fulham Road Greenwich Notting Hill Gate Shepherds Bush Wandsworth - Trinity Road CAN YOU BOOK A TABLE? For now, customers are not able to book a table via the Pizza Express website,

even for July 2 when some sites will reopen. Ms Bowley added: “Our top priority is to protect the safety and wellbeing of our teams and customers. “The extensive safety measures we have in

place across all reopened pizzerias will allow us to provide the full Pizza Express experience that our customers have come to love, in a safe and responsible way, as we work to gradually

bring back our freshly handmade pizza to even more locations in the near future.”