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The Le Monde group, which has run Le Brasserie, Champers and seafood restaurant Le Monde on St Mary Street for 30 years has sold the property that contained Champers to The Arena Group who run Ice Rinks nationwide under the moniker ‘Planet Ice’, including the new Cardiff ice rink.

Champers was closed to be refurbished at the end of July and will become MBargo, an expanding chain of bars that already has locations in Bristol, Swindon, Cheltenham and Coventry.

61 St Mary Street will become part of the trendy MBargo chain from Thursday 11th of September when there will be a three nights of opening offers, including a free drink voucher if you text your name and the date you would like to attend (11, 12 or 13th) to 07502 145 331. The Inside Cardiff team will be there too, so keep an eye out for us.

The Road House takeaway on Caroline Street was abruptly boarded up this morning in what looks to be a dispute over rental arrears.

The relatively new food bar that only opened last year had been closed until recently while a new license was obtained from Cardiff county council to secure later opening hours. Previously the Road House only opened until 11pm, but this was extended to 4am, Monday to Sunday, last month. This morning the premises were taken back by St James’s Place UK plc, a financial consulting and services company.

A spokesperson for Road House 1 Ltd was not available to comment when we tried to call.

The premises has been host to a number of businesses since the unit was opened up as part of the Brewery Quarter development. In 2004 it traded as vegetarian cafe ‘The Crockerton’, but for only a few months before they were also forced to close.