{"id":512927,"date":"2026-06-22T17:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/512927\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:25:16","slug":"indian-restaurant-chain-to-open-at-finns-corner-in-cork-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/512927\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian restaurant chain to open at Finn\u2019s Corner in Cork city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">South Indian restaurant chain Andhra Bhavan is to take up the redeveloped Finn\u2019s Corner site in Cork city, opening a new outlet in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The restaurant is being opened by two friends from Hyderabad, India, Praveen Madire and Sainath Reddy, who already operate three restaurants in Dublin and one in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">They are taking over one of the most prominent sites in the city for their fifth restaurant which is in the final stages of preparation and fit out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Andhra Bhavan will operate across the ground and first floor with seating for 65 people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5127987_1_articleinlinemobile_Andhra_20Bhavan_2005.jpeg\" alt=\"Andhra Bhavan will operate across the ground and first floor with seating for 65 people.\" title=\"Andhra Bhavan will operate across the ground and first floor with seating for 65 people.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Andhra Bhavan will operate across the ground and first floor with seating for 65 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The Finn family had operated a sports store at the junction of Grand Parade and Washington St for four generations before it closed in 2020 and was subsequently redeveloped for restaurant\/cafe uses on the lower floors and apartments above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The operators said the opening in September forms part of their ongoing expansion in Ireland as they continue to introduce authentic South Indian and Andhra cuisine to new communities. They said recruitment will begin next month for a range of positions for the Cork restaurant, including front-of-house and kitchen roles. They also plan to open an international branch in Gurugram, India, in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cWe are excited to bring Andhra Bhavan to Cork and become part of the city\u2019s vibrant food scene,\u201d Praveen Madire and Sainath Reddy said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5127993_1_articleinlinemobile_image00007.jpeg\" alt=\"Andhra Bhavan founded by Sainath Reddy and Praveen Madire.\" title=\"Andhra Bhavan founded by Sainath Reddy and Praveen Madire.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Andhra Bhavan founded by Sainath Reddy and Praveen Madire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Singer\u2019s Corner, on the other side of Washington St, has undergone similar change. The iconic alterations business closed its doors last year. Convenience store Gala is set to open at the location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Also nearby is Bishop Lucey Park, recently reopened to the public after a two-year closure to facilitate a \u20ac7m makeover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">In February, it was announced that the adjacent St Augustine\u2019s Church would close its doors permanently in July with no decision announced on what will happen to the building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Indian restaurant chain Andhra Bhavan is to take up the redeveloped Finn\u2019s Corner site in Cork city,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,79,61,60],"class_list":["post-512927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}