Get your teeth into Leicestershire with our FREE weekly Food and Drink newsletter Order now! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Owners of Clarendon Park's Salvador Deli have revealed it is to close.

The Queens Road cafe and deli will close its doors for the final time on Saturday, March 2.

The closure of the food and drink outlet - which opened in 2009 - is being attributed to the poor economic climate.

Salvador Deli serves the likes of sandwiches, salads and sweet treats, as well as an impressive array of cheeses, olives, artisan Spanish hams and other Mediterranean fare.

It is owned by brothers Andy and John Husain, who also own restaurant Barceloneta, and Bar Dos Hermanos. These businesses are set to remain open.

Talking about the closure, John Husain told Leicestershire Live: "Unfortunately, after four years of subsidizing the business in the hope that the economic climate would improve, this has proved not to be the case.

"Despite all the efforts of our wonderful staff and their excellent ideas, determination and enthusiasm, our turnover has declined, and all our costs have increased substantially, such that we are forced to close the business.

"We thank all our customers for the tremendous support, encouragement and ideas they have contributed over the years.

"The business will, in some form or another open again, either by ourselves, or by someone else, in this wonderful “village” that is Clarendon Park.

"We hope that this prolonged period of economic uncertainty comes to an end soon, so that our lives and that of our communities can prosper again, and that the independent small business sector can once again thrive."

Salvador Deli follows a number of other independent Leicester food and drink businesses which have closed so far this year.

Delilah Fine Foods, in St Martins, closed in January, after less than three years in the city.

Coffee shop The Cake Club, which was based in Newarke Street, and real ale bar Broood@VinQuatre also both closed last month.

Another place that closed in January was iconic city centre pie shop Walker and Son, which had been trading for almost 200 years.

We want you to be able to get your news whenever and however you want it.

As well as our website, we have a Facebook page, a Twitter feed, @leicslive, and for a daily snapshot of the top stories, you can sign up to receive our newsletters.

If you prefer to use an app, we've got apps for both Android and Apple devices which can be tailored to deliver the news and sport that you're interested in.

And if you download our app, you can sign up for push notifications, which means you'll get alerts about the biggest breaking news stories.

We’ve also got Facebook groups for traffic and travel, crime, things to do with the kids, shopping and homes for sale