Brighton: Restaurant in former Browns premises teases opening

Flat Iron has begun advertising job openings ahead of its upcoming autumn opening in the former Browns premises in Ship Street.

The premises has already been given an entirely new look.

The restaurant will have capacity for 115 diners over two floors.

This comes after the well established Browns Bar and Brasserie closed its doors on May 10 after being in the spot for more than 50 years. 

The steak chain already has 15 branches in London, as well as locations in Cambridge, Manchester and Leeds.

Flat Iron is advertising its new restaurant on Ship Street, Brighton. (Image: NQ) The menu will have the Flat Iron steak, a cut sourced from the feather blade, alongside a rotating board of blackboard specials, including Wagyu daily specials and a chilli cheeseburger, made using beef from the Flat Iron herd in Thirsk, Yorkshire. 

Sides will include Flat Iron’s beef dripping chips, creamed spinach, truffled macaroni cheese and crispy bone marrow garlic mash.

The chain is known for providing complementary popcorn for diners to snack on as well as a free vanilla ice cream to round off their meal.

Flat Iron’s head of beef, Fred Smith, said: “At Flat Iron, we pride ourselves on serving delicious, carefully sourced, remarkable steak.

"In our mission to make this accessible to a wider audience, we are excited to announce that we are bringing this to Bristol and Brighton, two cities we have always wanted to be part of.”

The drinks menu will offer a handpicked selection of wines, including Flat Iron’s own malbec, blended by the Flat Iron team from vineyards in the Limoux region in southern France’s Languedoc.

The menu will also have a range of draft beers, cocktails and house fizzes.

An exact opening date has not yet been announced.