Wimpy

[Dr Jekyll]

I thought they were going extinct, but apparently a new one is going to open in Bourne End, near Marlow.



Great news for those of us with unsophisticated tastes who nevertheless like to sit down in some comfort and eat our fast food with knife and fork.

[Turn7]

What unit is that taking in Bourne End OOI ?

[Dr Jekyll]

Between the fish and chip shop and the Rennie Grove charity shop.

[rjfp1962]

I used to spend quite a bit of time in this one during the 1980's... Friars Square, Aylesbury!!

Thought most Wimpy's closed years ago.....!!

[GGibbo]

This is massive news. Having moved from North Norfolk to Marlow I am missing my Wimpy fix, I never thought I'd see one outside of a decomposing seaside town. Might switch our anniversary reservation from the Hand and Flowers.

[Turn7]

Ah OK.

[Dr Jekyll]

GGibbo said:

This is massive news. Having moved from North Norfolk to Marlow I am missing my Wimpy fix, I never thought I'd see one outside of a decomposing seaside town. Might switch our anniversary reservation from the Hand and Flowers.

There was one in Marlow until about 5 years ago.

[ChrisNic]

Turn7 said:

What unit is that taking in Bourne End OOI ?

The old Natwest

[LeoSayer]

There's one in Loughton Essex which I go to now and then... Usually with a gap long enough to forget how a quarterpounder with cheese and chips hits my stomach like a brick

[Leon R]

There is one in my home town.

Occasionally we will have something from there.

[stevemcs]

There is still one in Peterborough, mmm half pounder and chips.

[rix]

Nobody has uttered bender-in-a-bun yet? I thought wimpy was dead, ours turned into a starburger decades ago, since departed. As a kid it was my only awareness of anything approaching fast-food, a genuine birthday treat, and nothing more extravagant as an annual event. How times have changed!

[bigandclever]

I thought there were still loads of them? Anyway, we weren’t allowed McDonald’s as kids (too common ) but a wimpy burger and chips, and a brown derby, was alright by me,

[anonymous-user]

Everyone loves a Pork Bender.

[Motoring12345]

I went to one last year out of curiosity. Had a half-pounder with chips. It was identical to the kebab shop burger and chips, which is not a bad thing but way more expensive than a kebab shop it was incidentally run by Turkish people.

[generationx]

There's one in Billericay. In 26 years I've been in there once, I seem to remember the lamb burger was quite nice.

[LeoSayer]

bigandclever said:

I thought there were still loads of them? Anyway, we weren’t allowed McDonald’s as kids (too common ) but a wimpy burger and chips, and a brown derby, was alright by me,

I'd forgotten about the brown derby. Dessert of Kings.

It more than makes up Wimpy's milkshakes which aren't even on the same planet as MacDonald's.

[nikaiyo2]

There is one on the pier in Southsea never been... might give it a try at the weekend.

Like Vegas if it was built by the council :P

[21TonyK]

Only one left in Devon now (Barnstaple) after my nearest in Newton Abbot closed a couple of years ago

[tobinen]

The last one I ate in was in Stowmarket about four years ago. It was so-so but I still try another if the opportunity arises.