Forza Win Camberwell to close after 12 years

Much-loved Italian restaurant Forza Win in London’s Camberwell is to close after 12 years of trading.

The restaurant, founded by childhood friends Bash Redford and Michael Lavery, started life as a supper club in 2012 before launching a permanent site five years later.

It became known for its ‘Italian-ish’ menu, which follows a traditional five-course Italian meal structure and is served alongside homemade Clemencello and a wide range of wines and beers.

A post on the Forza Win Instagram said: “It’s been 12 years! Five as a supper club, seven as a restaurant, two of which we’ve spent on Camberwell Church Street.

“We’ve had the immense privilege of working on over a decade of Forza Win in its many iterations and couldn’t be prouder of what who has been part of it has achieved.”

The restaurant’s last service will be on 21 February.

Its sister Forza Wine brand, which runs two London locations in Peckham and at the National Theatre, will remain open.

The post added: “All of that said, we couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come. We’ve spent the best part of a decade trying to explain that Forza Win and Forza Wine are two different things (that ‘e’ doing a lot of heavy lifting) – now it’s only Forza Wine you need to remember, and we’ll be slinging cauliflower fritti and custardos in more postcodes very soon.

“And where Camberwell is concerned, we’ve found someone lovely to take over the space and serve the community – more on that soon.”

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