Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,495
Wazzer wrote:Bella Italia is back???
I think that they hadn't removed it
Guest 1599- Registered: 9 Nov 2015
- Posts: 40
I could have sworn that the unit showed as vacant before with the old F&B unit as under offer...Anything is possible with my memory these days
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,236
A vomit inducing sample from the menu:
"S'mores
A traditional American favourite! Two freshly baked Belgian chocolate chunk cookies with rich salted caramel chocolate fudge cake & mini marshmallows sandwiched between."
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,832
Given the choice of savoury over sweet I choose savoury every time, the above sounds revolting but explains why the Americans are so fat. Dare I say that as someone who is ashamed to stand on the scales as I might bust them.
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Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,236
You could try the ribs Jan!
"Maple Walnut Beef Ribs
A single or double portion of our succulent beef ribs smothered in maple flavoured syrup and walnuts."
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,832
Yuk!!!!
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Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,236
There must be something you would like Jan! (other than a sick bag)
"The Triple Threat Burger
Not for the faint hearted; a bacon cheeseburger, a pulled pork burger and a meat machine burger, topped with 2 onion rings, all stacked on top of each other! You've not seen anything like it!"
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I just looked at the photos of the food and decided it wasn't for me without even reading the menu.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,495
I think they got their info from this thread.
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,992
I note that Hancocks is apparently 'famous for ribs', though I expect that is the last thing we will see on the land-whales already circling the St James' site.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Oh ye of little faith(especially Bob) Greggs at St James are reopening on the morrow and the first few customers will get free hot drinks to wash down one of their legendary pasties.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,992
Excellent news Howard. I wonder what they have negotiated their rent down to?
Dover is fast becoming a foodie Mecca for the discerning eater.
I hear even the drive-in KFC is on many people's bucket list?
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,023
With my weight problem the last thing I need is more cafes etc.I really thought all those years ago I was voting for clothes shops .Would save trips to Canterbury.How misled we Councillors were.I never did trust those consultants.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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- Posts: 62,352
The consultants were right all those years ago Sue but the days of clothing chains in the high street are numbered, just look locally at Burtons and M & S. It surprised me when Next opened here despite having too much floor space nationwide. Unless a retailer has something extra to offer people will buy online.
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TheThinWhiteDuke- Registered: 7 Jul 2016
- Posts: 346
At those prices I shall be sticking to 'spoons thank you very much.
Eleven quid for a basic burger and twelve quid for a hotdog?????!!!!!
Anyone paying those prices needs their head testing imo.
Plus, it looks like they can't even be bothered to peel their potatoes.
Now. Having typed that, a bit more research reveals this:
https://hancocksrestaurants.co.uk/one-feeds-two/
"For every full priced main meal you buy we will donate one school meal to a child living in poverty".
That may explain things (a bit. I doubt a school dinner costs even a quarter of one of their burgers).
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 345
Sue Nicholas wrote:With my weight problem the last thing I need is more cafes etc.I really thought all those years ago I was voting for clothes shops .Would save trips to Canterbury.How misled we Councillors were.I never did trust those consultants.
Sadly its a reflection on what Dover has become and the direction it is headed. DTIZ is great for port traffic passing through but does little for residents or promoting the town as a visitor location. Many years ago people would come from Deal and Sandwich to shop in Dover high street which was very busy but now it is on its last legs and DTIZ has accelarated this.
Although most people have written of the future of traditional high streets, I am not convinced. I think the towns which have kept their high streets will eventually reap the rewards. Nostalgia is a potent force and just might give the cash in hand lithuanian delivery person chucking your online order over a fence, a run for their money.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,236
Posted this before but deserves another outing.
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