New site the British Queen in Orpington, Kent, a Spirit Leased site, is part of the company’s plan to roll out 20 new pubs over the next three years. The Sun Inn in Chobham, Surrey, is also due to open towards the end of the year.
Other White Brasserie Co. sites include the King’s Head in Teddington, south west London, the Queen’s Head in Weybridge, Surrey and the Hare in Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
The British Queen’s menu will focus on a combination of classic British pub food and French style brasserie dishes which will change quarterly to capitalise on the best seasonal ingredients.
The autumn menu, which will be launching at the end of September, will feature starters of Burgundian snails in garlic herb butter; pan-fried lamb sweetbreads and pickled wild mushrooms with roast hazelnuts and smoked Morteau sausage and potato salad with poached egg.
Mains will include roast Scottish scallops, smoked bacon, autumn vegetables and Meunière sauce; roast pork belly and chateau potatoes with poached crab apple.
A selection of pub favourites will also be available such as 30 day dry-aged Cornish heritage steaks and a pie of the week whilst desserts will include chocolate soufflé with bitter chocolate ice-cream and a Normandy apple tart.
The drinks offer will feature an array of French and bespoke wines and a large selection of premium spirits, draught beers and bitters.
The site, which has been unoccupied for two years, has undergone a full refurbishment by specialist bar and restaurant design group PNW and features a large, open plan bar, reclaimed wooden flooring, oak beams, a newly built extension at the rear that houses the 120-cover brasserie and a private garden seating a further 50.