'I feel good about it. I am positive about my decision.'
VETERAN restaurateur Marco Giannasi declared yesterday he had “no regrets” over his decision to sell the landmark Battlefield Rest business in Glasgow, as he reflected on achieving 50 years in the hospitality sector in Scotland.
He and wife Yellena continue to own the historic building which is home to the Battlefield Rest and are now the landlords of the business, which employs 22 people. Mr Giannasi continues to work at the restaurant for four half-days each week. Mr Giannasi, who noted Mr Matheson had worked at the Battlefield Rest for about nine years, said: “I offered the opportunity for any member of staff to come forward and [said] if you are interested in taking the business, this is the opportunity. Otherwise the next step was to go public and to get a completely new operator to take over and [that] would have been much more traumatic for ourselves, myself, and the staff.
Amid redevelopment, he had then relocated to Mitchell Street in the early-1970s, where he took over premises and founded L’ariosto, undertaking a major redevelopment and ordering furniture from Italy.
Mr Giannasi highlighted the fact that the building had been at risk of demolition before he succeeded in acquiring it. He launched the Battlefield Rest with Joe Moretti, who Mr Giannasi noted had retired from the business about 16 years ago.Mr Giannasi highlighted the prospect of acquiring the building for the Battlefield Rest as the high point of his 50 years in the hospitality sector.
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