Expansion on the menu for Newark's Koinonia

Restaurant Koinonia has bought the Newark premises it had been renting for the last seven years with a six-figure commercial mortgage from HSBC UK ­— and is planning to expand.

The restaurant specialises in food from Kerala, a region in Southern India where owner George Chummar was born and raised.

The premises, in St Marks Lane, went up for sale earlier this year, providing George with the opportunity to secure the future of Koinonia.