Owner of Belfast restaurant selling up: ‘Even though it's trading well, it's getting harder to make money'
The co-owner of a French restaurant in east Belfast has said he's selling up because margins have become too tightly squeezed.
Marcel opened on Belmont Road around 18 months ago, with a sister venue of the same name following on Lisburn Road in the city.
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