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General Category => Chesterfield Discussion => Topic started by: Old Cruser on March 15, 2016, 06:30:46 PM
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Anyone going to try it?
World-famous fish and chip restaurant, Harry Ramsden’s is preparing to open in a Chesterfield pub next week.
Making an entrance into the licensed trade sector, the iconic British brand will launch at the Wingerworth on Derby Road on Tuesday 15 March.
Harry Ramsden’s at the Wingerworth will feature an updated interior design popular with families, at the same time as retaining the pub’s local identity and remaining true to its own heritage.
Joe Teixeira, CEO of Harry Ramsden’s comments:-
“We relish this opportunity to enter into a new market and the great location, surroundings and reputation enjoyed by the Wingerworth Pub and Kitchen make Chesterfield the ideal place from which to unveil our newest model and further extend the modern day face of Harry’s to a new generation of customers.”
This latest opening comes as a result of its partnership with Punch Taverns and the Harry Ramsden’s team will manage of all aspects of the outlet’s day to day operation serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.
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Hope it goes well for them. Just hope the fish and chips get a better review than when the Wingerworth first opened.
I'll see if I can find the review.
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Here's what I was refering too :D
http://chesterfieldonline.org/index.php/topic,3612.msg26357.html#msg26357
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IV been in this pub many years ago then known as the Hunlock Arms had a meal in their. Even then you could tell it was struggling to make ends meet to me it's location seems out of the way . It might work but got my doubts might work better in a more central location.
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Friend of mine ran the Hunloke many years ago and turned it around then since moving onto other venues its gone downhill. Tried the Wingerworth a few times but never impressed. My understanding is this is Harry Ramsdens first venture in a partnership with Punch Taverns and isnt just a fish and chip place....it will still have the pub part and will be a restaurant as well with good fish options but other stuff as well.
I would argue its anything but out of the way next to the big estate at Wingerworth on one of the main routes in and out of Chesterfield!
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Friend of mine ran the Hunloke many years ago and turned it around then since moving onto other venues its gone downhill. Tried the Wingerworth a few times but never impressed. My understanding is this is Harry Ramsdens first venture in a partnership with Punch Taverns and isnt just a fish and chip place....it will still have the pub part and will be a restaurant as well with good fish options but other stuff as well.
I would argue its anything but out of the way next to the big estate at Wingerworth on one of the main routes in and out of Chesterfield!
But people can't drink and drive now why pay top prices for fish and chips if you can get them cheaper elsewhere?
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We used to go there a lot in the 80's, it was a very popular place, then it changed hands and wasn't the same.
There are frequent buses out of Chesterfield which stop just outside the pub but having looked at the menu it isn't a cheap place to eat - depends what you want I suppose
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Didn't the Hunloke Arms used to have a, 'buy and eat 2, get a 3rd one free', on their mixed grill back in the early 80's ?
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But people can't drink and drive now why pay top prices for fish and chips if you can get them cheaper elsewhere?
It's not fish and chips.....
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Didn't the Hunloke Arms used to have a, 'buy and eat 2, get a 3rd one free', on their mixed grill back in the early 80's ?
Can't remember that Fly, but we had works parties there for meals and it was a regular for us as a family, I think the people went to the Bluebell North Wingfield eventually but not there now.
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Remember going there years ago when it was a big steakhouse place. Has a 32 ounce steak!!
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Remember going there years ago when it was a big steakhouse place. Has a 32 ounce steak!!
I remember that steak never had it myself but those who did struggled to eat it!
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I remember that steak never had it myself but those who did struggled to eat it!
Ate the steak but left a few chips. Load of us went and about 6 or 7 went for the 32 ounce steak...one lad ate all his plus the chips and mopped up some left overs from others including the chips i had left!
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Went past yesterday and they had a board saying they were open for Fish & Chips takeaway.
Just saying. :)
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3 vehicles in the carpark when I went past yesterday. One was the decorators van (y)
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Believe no sports is a mistake I think...town is crying out for decent sports viewing bar type place and with a summer of international football coming places will be busy for them.
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Not surprised you didn't leave a clean plate bransoj that was one mighty big steak to consume.
I'm surprised not many pubs in town have a large screen - Smithy Pond used to have one, not sure if they still have it?
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One thing i always wanted to do was open a proper sports bar in town with loads of TVs showing loads of different sport all the time or for big events all showing the same thing. As a country in general we love sport and folk go to great lengths to watch it, only have to see the thousands that travel the world watching it, but Chesterfield bar pubs in places like Brampton or similar in other areas there is no where to go and watch stuff should you want to. I cant think of one place in town that offers the option to be able to watch an event should you want to. In fact the lads i play cricket with went out just before xmas round town but also wanted to watch some boxing that was on later in the evening...they ended up having a few in town then walking down to the Riverside Club to then go back into town afterwards!
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You surprise me bransoj. I actually thought the large screens showing sports were the 'in thing' to have in pubs these days.
What's stopped you from following your dream?
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I think you need to be careful with big screens, they need to be installed in a way so they can actually be viewed properly and get decent amount of folk to be able to see them. You dont want pillars etc in the way, if thats going to be the case you are better off having better decent sized TV screens dotted around in different places so more people get a proper view. Also in my sports bar set up it would be a case of having, if possible as i've never really checked, having a system where different tvs can be set to show different sports from different channels but for big events all show the same thing so a multi TV set up would be better. I suspect with the right sort of satellite TV set up you should be able to get UK\US sports to cover most of the hours of each day especially during summers. I'm amazed no where in town yet has dropped onto the idea of a Superbowl party as yet...its getting bigger all the time over here and i suspect there would be folk who would go somewhere filling up a pub\bar from sunday evening into the early hours of Monday morning. My brother went to one at the Forum in Sheffield and it was rammed.
As for me following my dream and doing it...i was never brave enough early on to do it and now not really in a position to do so. Maybe if i win the lottery it will happen! ;)
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It certainly sounds like a good business venture bransoj - as always it sounds as if it needs someone with money to put it into practice - if you take chances on the Lottery you never know - it may be you!! ;)
I have heard that the food in Harry Ramsdens/Wingerworth is good so we may give it a try eventually.
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One of the reasons why pubs don't bother with Sky Sports for example is the cost. Because its live TV and in a public place they have to pay a lot more for the licence many pubs in Sheffield used to have sports TV but the cost of having it got too high and many don't have it now.