Local greasy spoon watch… have you got a local greasy spoon

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chunkywizard Feb 2023 8:20pm, 20 Feb 2023 15,977 posts	0 chunkywizard We used to go to the all-night diner in Brighton circa 1988. It was on the way home after clubbing…
Angus Clydesdale Feb 2023 8:45pm, 21 Feb 2023 26,222 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale When I was in the army in the late '80s we used to always stop at Greasy Joe's near Cirencester whenever we were passing (and a lot of convoys ended up being routed via the A419, somehow!). Disappointed to have discovered, via Google maps, that it is now the site of Premier Inn Cirencester and "nutrition" is provided by the Golden Arches. what a world we live in
Ocelot Spleens Feb 2023 8:49pm, 21 Feb 2023 36,363 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Blimey. I want in there a few times, 2000s mainly....bacon rolls mainly, after cycling....the macdonalds had been there for ages.....
Angus Clydesdale Feb 2023 8:52pm, 21 Feb 2023 26,225 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I remember the McD being built. Maybe that was the beginning of the end?
Foxy Feb 2023 4:00pm, 23 Feb 2023 34,371 posts	0 Foxy Super Sausage on the A5 Potterspury does an amazing breakfast just North of Milton Keynes & just South of Towcester. Has won bikers pub of the year & you will have to queue on a Saturday morning post parkrun but it’s worth it. People would queue if it was rubbish !
Ocelot Spleens Feb 2023 9:04pm, 23 Feb 2023 36,410 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I think Cirencester took an ill-judged leap into the future when a Cafe Nero opened, before you know it, Starbuck, Coffee#1 Costa, were all there. It used to be full of all sorts of stuff, could be anytown when I left. Still very nice though.
Ocelot Spleens Feb 2023 3:31pm, 24 Feb 2023 36,433 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I will take a pic, soon.
Ocelot Spleens Apr 2023 11:11am, 12 Apr 2023 36,931 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens It's not so greasy, actually disappointing all round, from the fry ups, to the cake to the coffee. There is another down the road which charges more but the cakes are far better.....