Kings Lynn pub takes Lapen Inns to eight
Lapen Inns has opened its eighth venue, following its third lease with Star Pubs.
East Anglia pub operator Lapen Inns has opened its eighth venue, following its third lease with Star Pubs.
Led by Subodh Gautamtaken, Lapen Inns has renamed The Wildfowler in Kings Lynn to the Queen Elizabeth. The pub has undergone a £100,000 refurbishment by Star Pubs.
Together with business partners Ravi Acharya and Purnaman Bajcharya, Gautamtaken started running pubs in 2021 when they took on the Star Pubs lease for The Railway Whittlesey.
Since then, Lapen Inns, which specialises in pubs that offer Nepalese food, has gone on to open The Bell in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire; The Old Crown, in Girton, Cambridgeshire; and The Angler in Oakham, Leicestershire.
"I came to England in 2009 as a student and worked in a Birmingham pub that offered Nepalese dining," says Gautamtaken. "Having opened a café in London and run a pub in Staffordshire, I decided to build a pub operation across the East of England offering Nepalese dining. Our plan is to open another five sites in the next two years."
"Subodh and his partners know the market they are targeting and have a distinctive popular food offer which they can scale up as opportunities arise," adds Star Pubs BDM Nick Paul. "The Queen Elizabeth ticks the boxes in having a great community around it, a good location and is in a good state of repair. I wish Subodh, Ravi and Purnaman success with their growth plans."
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