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Swedish Paul
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How I miss a good pub. When I was younger, walking into your local alone and feeling welcomed.The one with the rusty subframes
King’s Head in Deal.
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Indeed - pints outside early on a Sunday and sticky floors. I am told that most food is cooked elsewhere and heated in the pub.
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That's pretty par for most chains.
In honesty, I quite like some Wetherspoons. Or used to.
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It's usually brake brothers
In costco for a few months they stocked frozen roberts meatballs , boil in the bag, they were REALLY nice , if you'd been served them in a fancy italian for £20 you'd have gone home thinking they were freshly cooked
The kids loved them , then they stopped selling them , so I rang roberts to see if anywhere else stocked them, that's when I found out where they were usually sold, they offered to send a rep round but I don't think they'd have been happy with an order for 2 boxes
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Agree. ‘Spoons in Lytham rescued an old pub with an excellent finish and the original name. Used to help strike pigeon clocks many years ago with the old codgers in the back when I was 10.One thing to be said in their favour is their use of old (different) buildings.
I've been in a few over the years but one that springs to mind is in Stafford. An old cinema which makes for a much different feeling inside.
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One thing to be said in their favour is their use of old (different) buildings.
I've been in a few over the years but one that springs to mind is in Stafford. An old cinema which makes for a much different feeling inside
This isn't Wetherspoons, but I love it
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Fantastic, dual purpose too, a couple of laps of the car park and your washing would be dry
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Oh thats quite special
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I think you will be surprised just how many restaurant chains have central kitchens and ship prepared dishes to be re heated in their restaurants, even those that present themselves as “high end”.
A give away, is when you ask them to modify a dish from the menu and they can’t do it.
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The Marquee on Charing Cross Road for example. A couple of years ago, I was in London with the missus and we went in. It was odd to look around inside and recognize different places where drunken fondling took place in darkness with music blaring out. I miss grungeOne thing to be said in their favour is their use of old (different) buildings.
I've been in a few over the years but one that springs to mind is in Stafford. An old cinema which makes for a much different feeling inside
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Absolutely. In fact AWT made this quite clear some years ago before he went (if I recall) spectacularly bust
One of the reasons I like non-chains. Although some chains are actually OK as long as you're not deluding yourself as to what you're getting.
**** I recall my own brief sojourn in catering in the very early 90s and it was exactly thus
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