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21st Century Man said:
Allowing for inflation about a fiver for dessert, but the sirloin at thirty quid looks steep (assuming say 1975), let alone the rump or fillet.
officialdata.org put the rump at £58!!that aside, "fruit juice" for 33p I remember that being a starter in my parents hotel as a kid
21TonyK said:
21st Century Man said:
Allowing for inflation about a fiver for dessert, but the sirloin at thirty quid looks steep (assuming say 1975), let alone the rump or fillet.
officialdata.org put the rump at £58!!that aside, "fruit juice" for 33p I remember that being a starter in my parents hotel as a kid
paulguitar said:
21TonyK said:
21st Century Man said:
Allowing for inflation about a fiver for dessert, but the sirloin at thirty quid looks steep (assuming say 1975), let alone the rump or fillet.
officialdata.org put the rump at £58!!that aside, "fruit juice" for 33p I remember that being a starter in my parents hotel as a kid
paulguitar said:
21TonyK said:
21st Century Man said:
Allowing for inflation about a fiver for dessert, but the sirloin at thirty quid looks steep (assuming say 1975), let alone the rump or fillet.
officialdata.org put the rump at £58!!that aside, "fruit juice" for 33p I remember that being a starter in my parents hotel as a kid
21st Century Man said:
paulguitar said:
21TonyK said:
21st Century Man said:
Allowing for inflation about a fiver for dessert, but the sirloin at thirty quid looks steep (assuming say 1975), let alone the rump or fillet.
officialdata.org put the rump at £58!!that aside, "fruit juice" for 33p I remember that being a starter in my parents hotel as a kid
paulguitar said:
We went to a Berni inn regularly when I was a kid. I remember it well and think they had a great setup. It was a really simple menu, as I remember it the main course choices were only steak, fish or duck. But they did it really well, with good quality ingredients, and for a fair price. I sort of wish there was a current equivalent.
Wetherspoons.jsf said:
paulguitar said:
We went to a Berni inn regularly when I was a kid. I remember it well and think they had a great setup. It was a really simple menu, as I remember it the main course choices were only steak, fish or duck. But they did it really well, with good quality ingredients, and for a fair price. I sort of wish there was a current equivalent.
Wetherspoons.vixen1700 said:
Went into the one at Lakeside last week, the burger was average but I did enjoy the chocolate milk-shake.
Lakeside wimpy is alright.. quarter pounder is good ( swap out for white a white sesame seed bun). Used that for nearly 30yrs.Owner always a bit grumpy.. (well should have bought a KFC/MC -etc - franchise)..
Dr Jekyll said:
Golden egg always seemed a preferable alternative to Wimpy, slightly more like a traditional greasy spoon and a bit less like a modern fast-food-eaten-out-of-a-paper bag place.
Ah but, back in the day there were two Wimpys in Southport - one was the fast food, paper bag place of which you speak (on Neville Street, IIRC), the other one, which I frequented, had previously been a cafe and continued in the same vain, cooking your food to order (ok, no the chips) and serving it on plates with knives and forks.My only point being that some Wimpys were rather like traditional greasy spoons too. I don't think I ever knew of a Golden Egg, maybe they didn't make it to our neck of the woods.
My dad used to take us to The Golden Egg in Nottingham's Victoria Centre in the seventies, the Wimpy was in The Broad Marsh Centre. Golden Egg seemed to be a cut above and offer a wider menu than Wimpy, which seemed to be more hamburger focused. Then McDonald's opened and blew Wimpy out of the water. Little Chef seemed superior to Wimpy and Golden Egg, though they weren't town centre outlets, more on trunk routes.
Little Chef, the original dribbling teapot. EVERY. SINGLE. BLOODY. TIME.
Little Chef, the original dribbling teapot. EVERY. SINGLE. BLOODY. TIME.
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