A restaurant in Porthleven will be reopening its doors on Monday after experiencing 18 months of disruption.
Amélie, on the harbourside, reopened last summer after a full refurbishment following a kitchen fire in October 2019.
However, the reopening was short-lived due to multiple lockdowns forcing the restaurant to close throughout November 2020 and the start of this year.
The team at Amélies, Porthleven Picture: Tom Meldrum
Owner Sam Sheffield-Dunstan said: “We’re so looking forward to finally welcoming our lovely guests back to Amélie. The team has been hard at work in preparation and we’re all raring to go.
“We take pride in our family-friendly atmosphere, and we’re all really excited to be able to properly showcase our beautiful new interiors and Mediterranean-style menu.
The Mediterranean-inspired menu at Amélie majors on locally-caught fish and seafood Picture: Tom Meldrum
“It’s certainly been a challenging few years for us here, but we’ve stayed positive and are hopeful that this will be the last reopening we’ll need to do for a long time.”
Guests can expect an informal dining experience, with the menu featuring whole-baked fish and mussels, pizzas, small plates and sharing platters, and decadent desserts – all made using locally sourced ingredients and freshly-caught Cornish seafood.
Music will play a large part of the experience at Amélie, which has a baby grand piano in the bar area used on event nights throughout the year.
New Mediterranean-inspired interiors at Amelie restaurant in Porthleven Picture: Tom Meldrum
The restaurant will be open daily from 12pm to 9.30pm.
It was back in October 2019 that it was forced to close for major refurbishment, after a fire caused extensive damage to the building last October.
The first-floor toilets and kitchen were worst affected, but the fire caused structural damage to the roof and smoke contamination within the restaurant, after breaking out upstairs.
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At the time Sam described it as "a devastating couple of days" and praised the staff for their quick actions.
A trio of pizzas on the menu Picture: J-Ph Baudey
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