\n Bella Roma, on Claughton Street, revealed on social media that Saturday, July 25, will be its final day of trading.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a message to customers that was shared on social media, the restaurant said it had made the “heartbreaking decision” to close because of ill health and other reasons.\n<\/p>\n
\n The post said: “Some really sad news unfortunately, this Saturday 25th will be our last day of trading.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Unfortunately, due to ill health and other reasons we just cannot carry on.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We appreciate all the support over the last year but we have had no other choice but to make this very heartbreaking decision.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The closure will come as a blow to many diners who have supported the independent business since it opened in June last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Bella Roma was launched by Francesco Cangemi, taking inspiration from the original Bella Roma restaurant that was run by his parents on George Street.\n<\/p>\n
\n When the restaurant opened, Francesco said he wanted to bring authentic Italian food back to the heart of St Helens.\n<\/p>\n
\n The venue quickly developed a loyal following thanks to its pizzas, pasta dishes, and family-friendly atmosphere.\n<\/p>\n
\n Just four months after opening, the restaurant expanded into a neighbouring unit to create additional space for events, celebrations, and bottomless brunches.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a review, the St Helens Star described Bella Roma as “the Italian restaurant St Helens really does need”, praising both the quality of the food and the warm welcome customers received.\n<\/p>\n
\n The restaurant has thanked customers for their support over the past year and will serve its final customers next Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bella Roma, on Claughton Street, revealed on social media that Saturday, July 25, will be its final day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-701048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}