JD Wetherspoon to swap in gourmet range for steak, mixed grills and gammon, new London Bridge site to open this summer

JD Wetherspoon is set to introduce a new “gourmet range” of menu items in May, which are being swapped in for some less popular dishes. The Big Smoke, Buffalo, and Cheese Meltdown burgers will arrive in the group’s pubs on Wednesday, 14 May.

It comes as steak, mixed grills, and gammon are scrapped from the menu. As well as a new choice of gourmet burgers, Wetherspoon is offering a range of Korean-style chicken meals. Steak, mixed grills and gammon are all set to be scrapped from the menu after being branded the “biggest loss-makers”.

A Wetherspoon spokesperson said: “Wetherspoon is confident its menu provides a variety of choices and value-for-money meals. We appreciate some customers will be disappointed with the decision to remove steaks and grills.” The pub group’s chief executive John Hutson told staff on Friday (14 March) steak, mixed grills and gammon would be disappearing “after much debate” in May following an increase in meat costs. Meanwhile, the company has put a summer opening date on its new site near London Bridge.

As revealed by Propel last September, the pub, which will be named The Sun Wharf, will occupy the former London Dungeon space located within the arches at 50 Tooley Street. The addition of The Sun Wharf, which is slated to open on Tuesday, 26 August, will bring a second Wetherspoons pub to the London Bridge area, joining The Pommelers Rest at Tower Bridge.

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