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Burritos, quesadillas, tacos, and nachos will whet your tastebuds when Mexican grill restaurant Tortilla will officially open fully to the public later this week and The Lincolnite went for a sneak preview and first taste.

The restaurant is located between Phase Eight and Everyman Cinema on the corner of the redeveloped Cornhill Quarter and will open with its full opening hours on Saturday, August 13.

Prior to this, the Lincoln outlet, which is the company’s 52nd restaurant in the UK served burritos to local businesses earlier this week. On Friday, August 12 there will be an offer of a free medium or naked burrito for people between 12pm-2pm (with no more allowed to join the queue after 1.30pm), who are advised to use the QR code on the Tortilla website.

Matt Harrington, General Manager of Tortilla in Lincoln, told The Lincolnite that all the food is made fresh daily and he can’t wait for the official full opening this weekend.

He said: “We have a great team and site, and the company is growing a lot, so it’s an exciting time for us and the city of Lincoln.”

The team at Lincoln aim to offer a fresh, healthy, affordable casual dining experience with plenty of build-your-own possibilities, rather than having to just stick to a set menu. The menu also offers vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free alternatives.

Once open, it will become the first Tortilla restaurant in Greater Lincolnshire.

Tortilla will be the latest in a long line of businesses to be welcomed with open arms into the Cornhill Quarter, following a multi-million pound redevelopment project to give Sincil Street and surrounding areas “a new lease of life”.

Stores and sites such as Hobbs, Whistles, The Botanist, Trent Galleries and 200 degrees have all opened in the area in recent times, with more set to be on their way to Lincoln.

See more of our Tortilla photo gallery below:

A new use has been agreed for a pub which has been empty for at least ten years.

The Peacock in Kirton closed at some point between 2007 and 2012.

It was later damaged in a police raid after it was used as a cannabis factory.

Now Boston Borough Council has approved plans for the 18th century pub to become housing.

A report on the building, which is located on Kirton High Street, said it had fallen into disrepair, and couldn’t realistically be reopened.

All efforts to sell it on as a pub over the past decade have reportedly failed.

The current owners, the Wellington Pub Company, submitted plans earlier this year to covert it into three flats, each with between one and three buildings.

The application stated: “The property has been closed for a considerable time and is in a poor state of repair, and is no longer fit for purpose.

“The proposals represent a good opportunity to improve the appearance and character of not only the building itself but the high street and wider town centre.”

It adds: “As would be expected from a property not being in use for such a long period of time, the property is very dated and in a state of disrepair. We also understand the property suffered damage during the course of a police raid in 2015 following reports that it was being used as a cannabis factory.”

However, the new use would allow the Grade II listed building to be preserved.

Boston Borough Council has granted permission for the change to go ahead.