Beefy Boys set to move into Wharton Street, Cardiff

The Beefy Boys sought permission from Cardiff Council on October 14 to install a replacement internally illuminated fascia and externally illuminated projecting signs at 12 Wharton Street in Cathays, Cardiff, a building which was formerly occupied by restaurant Barocco, and subsequently by another restaurant, Mugshot.

According to the application, the unit has been empty since March of this year.

The application says that a sign made with aluminium with opal acrylic insets with opal/white lettering with dark grey background will be hung internally, while an aluminium sign with a printed logo will be displayed outside.

The new restaurant is expected to create more than 70 jobs.

The proposed signage would be installed in locations where signs have existed previously and would not involve altering historic parts of the building, the design and heritage impact statement says.

Consultants conclude the plans would cause no harm to the conservation area and are appropriate for a busy city-centre commercial street.

The Beefy Boys was founded in Hereford in 2011 by childhood friends Anthony "Murf" Murphy, Daniel Mayo-Evans, Christian Williams and Lee Symonds.

Mr Murphy recently said that the Welsh city had been the "top of our wish list" since opening in Hereford.

He added: "Over the last ten years, we’ve looked at opening there pretty much every single year, but we’ve always said it had to be the right location and the right building. We think we’ve finally found it."