🇬🇧 UK - London | Don't travel now/Nightclubs in London

[ChewDawg]

@PeiHua-Connie

I found: The name of the business originates from JD, a character in The Dukes of Hazzard , and Wetherspoon, the surname of one of Martin’s teachers in New Zealand, who had told him that he thought he would never amount to much.

Yes, and what was JD Hogg’s full name? Boss Hogg - Wikipedia

His namesake is Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America.

[PeiHua-Connie]

@finley

Bloody hellfire. Inflation is really starting to bite over on Airstrip One. Three years ago an (ordinary) latte was two pounds something.

Even a decent black coffee will cost more than two quid now in London. go to Italy for cheap and good it seems

How Much Does a Cup of Coffee Cost? Coffee Prices Around the World – CartaCoffee

[Mataiou]

@PeiHua-Connie

go to Italy for cheap

just cheap, not easy to find good cheap coffee anymore. Just be aware that now many bars (that’s how we call cafes back home) r owned and operated by Chinese, who don’t care to make decent coffee, they just need a biz to issue visas for their families, so they literally buy the places in cash and then run them for a few yrs, then go bust. But ppl already in the country and no one checks if they leave or not…

[bdog]

Around 2.85 for a Americano at Costa/Caffè Nero.

[crusher]

Bring a few packs of powdered coffee. Put it into a drinking flask fill up at the airport drinking fountain, knock in a few shots of whiskey and it’s good. Trust me

[Mataiou]

If in London, I basically only get coffee at greggs haha, otherwise I’ll be broke

[chianuo]

@volv1992

Marlow

Marlow is a lovely little town. If you’re a bridge nerd you can walk across Marlow bridge, a smaller version of the Chain Bridge in Budapest, built by the same engineer.

[ChewDawg]

@Mataiou

I basically only get coffee at greggs

Greggs–the UK’s equivalent of Tim Hortons, only better. I’ll take their baps, sausage rolls, coffee, salads, and sandwiches over Timmies any day.

[bdog]

Do Gregg’s serve in a crockery cup to sit in though? I have to drink in, with no plastic sippie cups, for religious reasons.

[volv1992]

@bdog

Do Gregg’s serve in a crockery cup to sit in though? I have to drink in, with no plastic sippie cups, for religious reasons.

In some of the bigger stores, I think so. A lot of their stores moved to takeaway-only smaller places, though, because there was some weird tax thing where they charged more if you were eating in.

[PeiHua-Connie]

@volv1992

@bdog

Do Gregg’s serve in a crockery cup to sit in though? I have to drink in, with no plastic sippie cups, for religious reasons.

In some of the bigger stores, I think so. A lot of their stores moved to takeaway-only smaller places, though, because there was some weird tax thing where they charged more if you were eating in.

is that really a tax, or like in Taiwan some shops make it cheaper for take away as they have small seating areas

[volv1992]

@PeiHua-Connie

is that really a tax

VAT

See (under “why do I pay more to eat in?”)

https://www.greggs.co.uk/faqs#:~:text=We%20have%20to%20charge%20VAT%20if%20you%20wish%20to%20‘eat%20in’%20which%20we%20then%20pass%20over%20to%20HMRC.

[PeiHua-Connie]

@volv1992

@PeiHua-Connie

is that really a tax

VAT

See (under “why do I pay more to eat in?”)

https://www.greggs.co.uk/faqs#:~:text=We%20have%20to%20charge%20VAT%20if%20you%20wish%20to%20‘eat%20in’%20which%20we%20then%20pass%20over%20to%20HMRC.

Nice, very open on the info,

also says: We also charge a little extra in our café shops as we provide additional services.

[DKaoshuing]

Looks good, though a bit overcooked maybe

@ChewDawg

Taken on Jan 1 in a nice little trendy cafe in Saltaire

[ChewDawg]

Only the toast but it still tasted good…homemade and artisanal bread

[ChewDawg]

Speaking of a good meal:

Is this Award Winning CURRY the BEST in Bradford?

[PeiHua-Connie]

@rooftopclown

@yyy

Strange currency they have on that island.

Sadly squids probably hold value better than the British pound.

Quid has been better the past year, not sure why

[PeiHua-Connie]

Will report if I find a curry that is good

[volv1992]

@ChewDawg

Greggs–the UK’s equivalent of Tim Hortons, only better. I’ll take their baps, sausage rolls, coffee, salads, and sandwiches over Timmies any day.

I was having some deep philosophical thoughts the other day and it occurred to me that Pret A Manger is literally a bourgeoisie Greggs. Quite comically so.

Let’s face it:-

• No one goes into Pret A Manger if they are actually hungry
• Crayfish and Rocket Sandwich is £5 and is snack-size
• Pretentious French name despite being a British company
• Gives the leftovers to the homeless to satisfy the ever-present middle-class guilt of their (ok, my) own capital successes

I personally think Greggs has better food though, it must be the gentle hum of the sense of threat mixed with the nine kids and the girlfriend with the bad eyebrows #Proud2BBritish

[BigDave]

@volv1992

personally think Greggs has better food

I think you are in the majority there