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- Little Chef started life as a small restaurant in Reading - from there it ballooned to more than 400 locations across the UK.
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At its height, Little Chef had 439 restaurants across the UK but just two decades later they were all gone.
- From Berkshire to bust: what happened to Little Chef? - BBC
Little Chef started life as a small restaurant in Reading -...
- From Berkshire to bust: what happened to Little Chef? - BBC
Little Chef was a British chain of roadside restaurants; founded in 1958 by the entrepreneur Sam Alper, who was inspired by American diners. The chain was famous for the "Olympic Breakfast" – its version of a full English breakfast – as well as its "Early Starter" and "Jubilee Pancakes".
Jul 15, 2023 · What happened to every Little Chef restaurant in Cambridgeshire after chain vanished. The last remaining Little Chef sites closed in 2018 - with many sites sitting vacant or getting new...
- Matthew Senior
Apr 16, 2024 · Little Chef started life as a small restaurant in Reading - from there it ballooned to more than 400 locations across the UK. But now there are none - so what happened to Little Chef? A new...
May 20, 2022 · By the late 1990s, all the Happy Eater restaurants had been converted into Little Chefs and at its peak, there were 439 Little Chef restaurants serving hungry motorists across the UK. Love...
Aug 4, 2023 · There were 15 Little Chefs in Norfolk during its prime, with some towns having more than one. But in 2005, half of its locations across the country had closed down, with the company going into administration in 2007. Once the restaurants closed, this left many empty buildings ready to be filled with something new.
Little Chef was a popular roadside diner chain in the UK with 439 restaurants on major routes, known for its near monopoly on roadside dining. Many people, including Lawrence Wosskow from Sheffield, have fond memories of visiting Little Chef as children and receiving free sweets.
