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Berni Inn Menu From 1984
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Found this the other day, some real errr, classics, on it. Hard to believe people used to have a glass of fruit juice for a starter. |
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I remember going just once to the one that was at The Milehouse Roundabout in Newcastle under Lyme.
From what I can remember it was very busy and you had to book a table. I had prawn cocktail and scampi. Brings back loads of memories. Thank you ![]() One of our favourite places was The Taj in Hope Street, Hanley. One of the first Indian restaurants in The Potteries I think, across the road from Bucks which was a very known jewellers |
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Thank goodness things have moved on, what a boring menu!
The mushrooms bit amused me! "Treat yourself!" Wow, that's really pushing the boat out! Yes, the fruit juice as a starter thing is totally bizarre! |
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Thank goodness things have moved on, what a boring menu!
The mushrooms bit amused me! "Treat yourself!" Wow, that's really pushing the boat out! Yes, the fruit juice as a starter thing is totally bizarre! |
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Ah - the days when vegetarians were not catered for!
Bowl of soup and a side salad then. |
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I remember being taken to one near us in Stockton - Think it was called the Mitre? - for a school friends birthday. I'd have been maybe 12 so this was 1982. His parents were posher than us and I'd never eaten out without my mum before so I didn't know what to order. Plus I was the fussiest kid ever.
I can still remember the painful embarrassment of it. I suspect I would have had soup and maybe the roast chicken. Its such a dull menu isn't it. |
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Tbh, that's hardly any different to the menu of our local pub in the village where the landlord has remained in a timewarp since the day he took the place on - with the exception of the drink prices which have definitely moved with the times, and then some
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Ah - the days when vegetarians were not catered for!
Bowl of soup and a side salad then. ![]() Recall going on uni field trips around the wilder parts of Britain with a couple of veggies on our course - rarely a veggie course as such, but the kitchen would normally manage to rustle up either cauliflower cheese or macaroni cheese. I recall them being quite impressed with one hotel that offered them egg curry!
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I've run some of the prices through an inflation calculator and it works out quite well but a few anomalies. The scampi would now be £15! Back in 1984 it cost more than the sirloin steak. Soup meanwhile would only be £1.68 and cheesecake only £2.29,
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What!! No Black Forest Gateaux !!!
![]() ![]() ![]() A few weeks ago a friend of mine invited me to hers to have a 'retro' meal and it was Prawn Cocktail to start, Steak and Chips as a main and Black Forest Gateaux as pudding and then, horror of horror some Blue Nun wine which was truly appalling. . |
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Found the wine list:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/severnbiker/8677896849 Wonder what the Yugoslavian Riesling was like. |
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I can't believe anyone went in a Berni Inn, when there were Wimpy Bars all over the place
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I actually like that sort of a straightforward menu. Give me the roadt duck, please!
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I remember going just once to the one that was at The Milehouse Roundabout in Newcastle under Lyme.
From what I can remember it was very busy and you had to book a table. I had prawn cocktail and scampi. Brings back loads of memories. Thank you ![]() One of our favourite places was The Taj in Hope Street, Hanley. One of the first Indian restaurants in The Potteries I think, across the road from Bucks which was a very known jewellers |
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I actually like that sort of a straightforward menu. Give me the roadt duck, please!
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Ah, the T-Bone steak, ordered by every man trying to impress his lady or his mates.
Under "Coffees" - "In busy times you may be asked to take your coffee into the bar". "Thank you now clear off!" |
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Is that a duck that's been run over?
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OMG, that is my memory too, I had many meals with my first ever boyfriend there, I thought we were so sophisticated and I had my ears pierced at Bucks at the tender age of 18, much to my parents disapproval. So many years ago .
![]() Hello there. ![]() We also have a couple more things in common. I live in Cheshire too. We are a motorbike family and love motorbikes as well. |
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I've run some of the prices through an inflation calculator and it works out quite well but a few anomalies. The scampi would now be £15! Back in 1984 it cost more than the sirloin steak. Soup meanwhile would only be £1.68 and cheesecake only £2.29,
Actually, some of the prices for the main courses aren't much different than what you would pay in a Whetherspoons now over 30 years later. It's the starters, desserts and drinks which have gone up in price a lot. |
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Scampi was always my dad's choice on the rare occasion we went out for a meal as it was considered a treat.
Actually, some of the prices for the main courses aren't much different than what you would pay in a Whetherspoons now over 30 years later. It's the starters, desserts and drinks which have gone up in price a lot. |
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I have very fond memories about Berni Inns
![]() My mother worked as a waitress in branches in Liverpool for years (the Albany and the River Inn) and my 3 brothers and my sister worked their way through University doing shifts there. Even I did odd shifts there too Happy Days! I can still make fresh butter curls (no horrible plastic packs then) and ball a melon like a pro and a "floater coffee" * is still in my repetoireYes, the menus were basic and unsophisticated by today's standards but it was good quality fresh ingredients well prepared to order. Nothing frozen or fresh-chilled. No microwaves. Even the scampi was prepped in the kitchen from scratch (although I can admit now thatt the "scampi" was on occasion monkfish - not uncommon throughout the catering industry in those days when monkfish was so cheap. (It isn't now of course!)) * very unfortunate name
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Scampi was always my dad's choice on the rare occasion we went out for a meal as it was considered a treat.
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The New Inn, Gloucester - brings back memories - celebrated my 21st birthday there alongside my brother celebrating his 18th birthday.
"The New Inn, 16 Northgate Street, Gloucester, England, is a timber framed building used as a public house, hotel and restaurant. It is the most complete surviving example of a medieval courtyard inn with galleries in Britain, and is a Grade I listed building.[1] The announcement of Lady Jane Grey's succession to the British throne was made from the Inn gallery in 1553.[2][3]" |
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Looks good to me, I like fresh unpretentious food. Back in the 1960's when we went out to eat, Dad always got the mixed grill with the prawn cocktail to start. I usually got a mushroom omelette, as I was veg at the time. Good memories.
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My dad always, without fail, had gammon with a fried egg on top and moaned if it was salty.
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