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

    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...


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    Little thief more like.
    Superdukes. Serving up shame to sportsbikes since ages ago.

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    Mmmmm, Little Chef

    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....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat View Post
    Mmmmm, Little Chef

    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ceebie13 View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Weasel View Post
    it should be changed to wingeing Kiwis, they complain more than us Brits do!
    See, you's are at it again!

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat View Post
    See, you's are at it again!

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    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?


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    Quote Originally Posted by ceebie13 View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ceebie13 View Post
    Which branch was that Jim?
    The one near Crewe. M6 J16. T hat location is scored into my mind
    Last edited by James Deuce; 8th January 2007 at 12:26.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2 View Post
    The one near Crewe. M6 J16. T hat location is scored into my mind
    Here you are then mate...just to revive the memories!!
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    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
    Better to keep quiet and have people think you're stupid than open your mouth and prove it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt View Post
    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 :)
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    Quote Originally Posted by LardEmbargo View Post
    ... featuring some guy sticking his fingers down his throat
    Isn't that how you get a drink out of a Scotsman?


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