5 Suffolk food and drink businesses opening in 2024

From burger restaurants to cafés, here are the eateries lined up to open in 2024. 

Benzo's Gourmet Burgers will be opening in Halesworth (Image: Benzo's Gourmet Burgers)

Benzo's Gourmet Burgers, Halesworth 

Dirty burgers, loaded fries and crazy desserts will be heading to Halesworth when Benzo's Gourmet Burgers opens its doors. 

Owner Benjamin Helmer said it is something the town "needs badly" when speaking to this newspaper. 

It is expected to open late February or early March. 

Costa Coffee, Newmarket

Costa Coffee is set to open its new branch in Newmarket next year.

The drive-thru coffee shop will be located at the Studlands Shopping Park after plans were approved in July 2022. 

A spokesman for Costa Coffee confirmed it will be unveiled in February 2024.

Pinch Café is expanding into a new site (Image: Alice Norman)

Pinch Café, Kelsale

The current Pinch Café will be moving into a larger premises in spring 2024. 

Having opened in 2021 on Maple Farm in Kelsale, owner Alice Norman confirmed in December the eatery would be expanding into a new premises.

"We are moving into a larger unit at Maple Farm which is currently being renovated," said Miss Norman. 

"The Kendall family own the farm and have been so helpful with the business, even planting lemongrass in their polytunnel so that we can use it in the café."

Five Guys, Ipswich 

After opening its first branch in Suffolk in 2023, a second Five Guys will be unveiled to the county in 2024. 

Proposals for the burger restaurant to open at Cardinal Park in Ipswich were first unveiled in September. 

The global chain announced in November the branch would open early in 2024.

Tom Sutton will be opening his new premises in Halesworth next year (Image: Tom Sutton)

YouDrink, Halesworth

YouDrink will be opening in a large premises in Halesworth next year. 

Tom Sutton first launched his bottle shop and taproom in Hopton, before moving to Reydon.

Announcing the latest move, Mr Sutton said: "We're moving as we have now outgrown our unit and we want to be able to offer somewhere for customers to drink and sample the beers on-site."