UK Bikers Institution - "Little Chef" - on verge of collapse.

[ceebie13]

It appears that the Little Chef chain of roadside "restaurants".... is on it's last leg. Or is that l(egg)? At one time a favourite haunt (possibly even a map reference) for UK bikers out for a Sunday scratch, the often remote Little Chef always attracted a sea of bikes on such occasions. Hardly Cordon Bleu cuisine but nevertheless an oasis of fat where the infamous "Olympic Breakfast" could be tucked into with gay abandon and washed down with the luke warm stewed tea. Either way it was a guaranteed pee stop.
Oh well... something else not to go back to Blighty for...

[jimbo600]

Little thief more like.

[Squeak the Rat]

Mmmmm, Little Chef :puke:

If it wasn't for convenience that place would have died a long time ago. Then again, it always has given the pommes something to whinge about on long journeys so it can't be all bad....

[ceebie13]

Mmmmm, Little Chef :puke:

If it wasn't for convenience that place would have died a long time ago. Then again, it always has given the pommes something to whinge about on long journeys so it can't be all bad....

Pommes? Whinging? Never! It's just a fallacy.

[Karma]

Pommes? Whinging? Never! It's just a fallacy.


Thank you... it should be changed to wingeing Kiwis, they complain more than us Brits do!

Also... Little Chef is bad bad bad stuff, used to take forever to get your food, even though there was about 20 staff and only 5 customers.

[Squeak the Rat]

it should be changed to wingeing Kiwis, they complain more than us Brits do!

See, you's are at it again! :nya:

[James Deuce]

Good. Worst food poisoning I've ever had was from a Little Thief. Probably the only food poisoning I've ever had.

I wanted to die.

Seaweed green stuff coming out of both ends for three days is excruciating.

I hope they lay all the staff off by giving them food poisoning and a couple of bags of saline with instructions for setting your own drip up.

[Karma]

See, you's are at it again! :nya:


but you're complaining about my complaining, and you kiwis started it!

[ceebie13]

Good. Worst food poisoning I've ever had was from a Little Thief. Probably the only food poisoning I've ever had.

I wanted to die.

Seaweed green stuff coming out of both ends for three days is excruciating.

I hope they lay all the staff off by giving them food poisoning and a couple of bags of saline with instructions for setting your own drip up.


Which branch was that Jim?

[RantyDave]

It appears that the Little Chef chain of roadside "restaurants".... is on it's last leg.
If they haven't really changed since I was there, then it's not all that surprising. It's a fundamentally fucked business model. Think about it - you're on a motorway because you want to get from A to B quickly. In the UK this is something of a national obsession. Anyway, so you stop for a bite and they:

* Ask you to wait until they find you a table.
* Ask you to wait while you choose your food.
* Ask you to wait while they cook it.
* You get the general idea.

On the other hand you can fly into a service area, grab a maccas or bugger king, and be back on the road in five minutes at most. Progress. Some things are just meant to die. Next up: the music industry.

Dave

[James Deuce]

Which branch was that Jim?


The one near Crewe. M6 J16. T hat location is scored into my mind

[ceebie13]

The one near Crewe. M6 J16. T hat location is scored into my mind


Here you are then mate...just to revive the memories!!

[Matt]

They never were as good as Happy Eaters anyway!

Back in the day my mate had a job as a washer-upper at the local Little Thief - got paid a quid an hour, which he thought was good until he realised how sore his hands got after 8 hours in washing-up liquid :gob:

[LardEmbargo]

They never were as good as Happy Eaters anyway!

Now you're dead right there. Happy Eaters were far superior in almost every respect, but I particularly liked how they were much more honest in their advertising. This went so far as to include their very own company logo featuring some guy sticking his fingers down his throat :)

[ceebie13]

... featuring some guy sticking his fingers down his throat :)

Isn't that how you get a drink out of a Scotsman? :innocent:

[scracha]

Isn't that how you get a drink out of a Scotsman? :innocent:
No, just say something nasty about Englishmen.

[Grahameeboy]

Thank you... it should be changed to wingeing Kiwis, they complain more than us Brits do!



Too right Geezer........like Kiwi's think Asians are bad drivers......called 'Deflection'