Santa Maria will be serving in the former Brewery Tap in Brentford

One of Ealing's popular pizza restaurants is expanding once again.

Santa Maria pizza opened on St Mary's Road in W5 in 2010 and was voted London's best pizza by Time Out. It now has branches in Fulham and Fitzrovia will soon be serving new customers in Brentford.

Currently under refurbishment, The Brewery Tap on Catherine Wheel Road. will become part of the Duke of London’s current home at The Factory next door.

The pub's regular live music nights will continue to run, with plans to reintroduce many previous regular acts.

Merlin McCormack, Duke of London, comments: “The Brewery Tap has been close to my heart for many years - both of my parents used to drink here when they were my age! When we moved Duke of London to this end of Brentford 3 years ago into one of Ballymore's buildings, I fell in love with its charm and totally unique-for-West-London atmosphere. I always admired the way it supported local musicians and artists and we will be continuing this tradition. We are sympathetically refurbishing the pub as I am very keen to maintain its cosy and welcoming vibe.”

A spokesperson for Fuller’s said: “We promised the local community that we were working to keep it open and we are excited by the plans from the Duke of London team. The Brewery Tap is a well-loved Brentford institution so we are delighted the pub is going to be reopening in December.”

Refurbishment works to the pub are now underway and it is due to reopen in December

19 November 2019