Francesca's Italian Kitchen
Francesca's Italian Kitchen is an Italian restaurant at 149 Gloucester Street, Christchurch Central City.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
This popular pizza and pasta restaurant uses high end ingredients to make their woodfired pizzas and pasta as well as other… Read full description ↓
Licensed to FIK Christchurch 2019 Limited, to 8 Dec 2026
One of 266 restaurants in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count
149 Gloucester Street
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Nearby
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Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other restaurants
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Also in Christchurch Central City
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What the record holds 12 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 149 Gloucester Street, Christchurch 8011 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Restaurants, Italian | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 374 9790 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | facebook.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| fikchristchurch@gmail.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 | |
| NZBN | 9429047703858, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | FIK CHRISTCHURCH 2019 LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 24 Sept 2019 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Restaurant operation | NZBN register |
| Services | No outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
| Food registration | reg CCC000287/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 2 July 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 8 Dec 2026, held by FIK Christchurch 2019 Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
This popular pizza and pasta restaurant uses high end ingredients to make their woodfired pizzas and pasta as well as other Italian favourites. Pop by and have something pre or post theatre! Dinner reservations essential. Open 7 days, 12pm-2.30pm & 5pm until late
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | City centre zone | District Plan |
In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert
Godley Statue Reserve plaque
Godley Statue Reserve plaqueWhat stood on Gloucester Street
From Canterbury Museum. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Fable Christchurch, 2024-06. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
6,458 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,299 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 6,458 reports on file
Road Signage
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
General Request
General Request
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Traffic SignalsQuestions, answered briefly
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An Italian restaurant in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
149 Gloucester Street, Christchurch Central City, on Gloucester Street. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 8 Dec 2026, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 374 9790 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email fikchristchurch@gmail.com (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Swiss Cafe (20 m), Story (34 m), Waffle Haus (40 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Youngs Jewellers (13 m); the Manchester St Super Stop bus stop is 152 m away: routes 1, 5, 7, 8, 27, 29, 44, 86, 91, 92, 95; a cycle lane passes within 107 m; nearest park: Cathedral Square (158 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Wikidata · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 10
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/francesca-s-italian-kitchen-christchurch-central-city.md.