Thread: Remember Wimpy bars?

The thing about Wimpy's, if I remember rightly, was how small they were/are compared to MacDonald's. They're a similar size to the traditional caff.

i'm quite lucky as i have one in shoeburyness, and you can have a beer or wine with your burger. you always got/get a knife and fork with your burger, i remember when mcdonalds came along, you didn't... ''eating with your fingers'' my mum said, ''terrible'' she said.

Originally Posted by richy

''eating with your fingers'' my mum said, ''terrible'' she said.

My mum always served burgers on their own, no buns or bread, so I only knew to eat them with a knife and fork. Getting a burger in a bun at a Wimpy Bar was a real treat!

The first time I visited the US a friend took me to a 1950s-styled diner for a burger. I was about to put my fork in the bun when she said "NO! American food is finger food". Lesson learnt, plus it saves on washing up after a meal at home!

Originally Posted by BereniceUK

The thing about Wimpy's, if I remember rightly, was how small they were/are compared to MacDonald's. They're a similar size to the traditional caff.

Are we talking about the premises or the beefburgers?


The tables were very petite in size and with only a small gap to the next. Stops people rushing off without paying. Like the way the doorways always used to be a right angles to the street.

Used to use the one at Dale End B'ham, the owner was a proper miserable sod-never smiled and used to have a good moan at the staff too.

Originally Posted by BereniceUK

There was one in Harrogate. Definitely not the sort of thing they'd want there nowadays!

I remember it very well in the 1960's during my formative years, very swish and it quite fitted in with the town at that time in Cambridge St. All I could run to at then was normally a coffee but I always coveted the Tastee Freez ice cream and burgers which were very up market in those days. I don't live there now but visit annually and try to recall the town in those far off times, Lowther Arcade, Market Hall, Wimpy, Bus Station, Regal Cinema, Woolworths (for all your upmarket stuff), all of which are gone and the town is the worse for it. Poor Harrogate!

Originally Posted by oildrum

I'd forgotten about the one at Milford Common, thanks for reminding me Lellypat

the one at milford had that old chap doing a bender for you!and if you had a girlfriend milford common was handy too!i miss 'em