A DINER serving Indian street food, pizza and gelato ice cream has opened up in the heart of the city centre.
Velentino Gelato has opened up on St Nicholas Street in Worcester and the new shop hopes to bring something new to the city centre.
At the moment, the shop serves up a range of different gelato flavours alongside milkshakes, desserts and coffee.
But owner Sheikh Latif hopes to add pizza in the next two weeks and Indian food onto the menu in the next six to eight weeks.
Mr Latif has worked in hospitality for the past 21 years and said he is very excited about his new business venture.
He said: "There is nothing like this in the city centre, we are going to offer pizza and South Asian street food.
"We want the business to work, so we do need to offer something different.
"We've bought the prices down, which will help the community during the cost of living crisis.
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"But people have said the quality of the ice cream is good."
Velentino has opened up in the former Creams shop which recently shut after seven years.
Renovations are still ongoing and Mr Latif hopes to add more colour to the venue.
But the diner has already started to welcome customers through the door. Mr Latif said: "I believe in service, you have to greet people at the door and then get them seated.
"Good service is very important to us."
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There are 30 seats downstairs and an additional 50 seats upstairs in the party room.
The new business has also created eight new jobs in the area and Mr Latif hopes to hire four more.
Fans of the new store will be able to get their favourite food delivered to their doorstep very soon.
"Two weeks' time there will be pizza.
"We are a seasonal business.
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"And in about six to eight weeks, there will be Indian street food.
"We have provided more jobs, there are eight staff members working right now and we plan to add another four jobs.
"I'm excited and I'm feeling very fresh."
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