21/01/2026
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It is with genuine sadness that BangorByTheSea has learned that Tom’s Dining Rooms / Skandia Restaurants will be closing, bringing to an end over half a century of serving Bangor.
For generations, Tom’s and Skandia have been more than just places to eat. They have been part of Bangor’s social fabric. A venue for family gatherings, celebrations, old friends meeting, and countless memorable meals in the heart of our city.
Andrew has issued the following statement:
“𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗺’𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 / 𝗦𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟱𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗿.
𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
𝗧𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆, 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮, 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗽, 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗲’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗺’𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗺’𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹’𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗼.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲. 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀,
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄.”
🙏 BangorByTheSea wishes Andrew, his family, and all staff past and present every success and happiness in whatever comes next.
📌 Key detail for customers:
✅ Vouchers will be honoured in Tom’s over the next few weeks, and afterwards in Neill’s Hill and Pepito.
🗓️ Final trading dates will be confirmed shortly.
💬 BangorByTheSea readers:
What are your favourite memories of Tom’s or Skandia? First dates, birthdays, family celebrations, Sunday lunches, Christmas meet-ups… these places have meant a lot to a lot of people. Please share your stories below. 👇