Suitably Chastised The beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands All posts by this member | 1 of 463 Wed 27th Jul 2011 3:24pm : Joined Jul 2011 Total posts:189 Does anyone recall the 2 restaurants, one in Hales Street, the other in Queen Victoria Road, known as (I think) Swiss Alps???
Who owned them, what happened to them?? |
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Elaine Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 463 Wed 27th Jul 2011 4:07pm : Joined Feb 2011 Total posts:59 I remember them both but we went to the Queen Victoria Road one more often. It had an open fire at one side of the room, sort of built up with bricks and a hood over it - I don't recall it being used as a fire, just a focal point to make it look like a chalet. |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 3 of 463 Wed 27th Jul 2011 4:40pm : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2337 Talking of restaurants, I remember as a child after the war, there was a temporary restaurant built in Gosford Park, it was called The British Restaurant, and from what my mother told me it catered for cheaper meals. I vaguely remember a marquee type of building. It was at the top end of the park and I loved the jam tart and custard.
It must have been erected to cater for all those who no longer had a place to eat because of the bombing in the city. I hope someone remembers it as I am beginning to feel quite ancient!!!!!
Also wasn't there a restaurant above the Opera House in Hales Street? |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 4 of 463 Wed 27th Jul 2011 5:09pm : Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2632 I believe there were quite a few "British Restaurants" dotted around Coventry? I think I've seen references to ones in Broadgate and Albany Road.
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 5 of 463 Thu 28th Jul 2011 2:52am : Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2337 Thank goodness for you Dutchman, at least I know I wasn't dreaming. I probably remember that one because it was just over the road from King Richard Street where my mother looked after a little grocery shop. Also it reminds me of the lovely large water fountain right on the corner, well it looked large to me at the time and very Victorian looking I thought.
Bye for now.
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InnisRoad Hessle All posts by this member | 6 of 463 Thu 28th Jul 2011 6:53am : Joined Feb 2011 Total posts:101 On 27th Jul 2011 5:09 pm, dutchman said:
I believe there were quite a few "British Restaurants" dotted around Coventry? I think I've seen references to ones in Broadgate and Albany Road.
I think the Broadgate one may have become Lyons.Regards Innis Road |
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Suitably Chastised The beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands All posts by this member Thread starter | 7 of 463 Thu 25th Aug 2011 6:26pm : Joined Jul 2011 Total posts:189 Anyone have any memories of The Captains Table on Primrose Hill Street?
I recall it having a fishermans/pirate theme with fishing nets, lobster pots etc. and being rather dimly lit.
I only ever went once, as dining out was a rare treat as a teenager in the mid to late 60's. I don't recall what I ate but I do remember feeling rather privileged and posh back then. |
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mayjan Green Lane,Coventry All posts by this member | 8 of 463 Thu 25th Aug 2011 9:07pm : Joined Oct 2010 Total posts:213 Hi Bad boy, I well remember The Captains Table as I grew up in Hillfields. From what I recall you have given an accurate description, however I was obviously not as posh and privileged as you because I don't think I ever had a meal there. As you said Bad boy we didn't dine out so much back then, unless it was a Wimpy Bar! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 463 Thu 25th Aug 2011 9:10pm : Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1238 Wasn't this one of two restaurants owned by the same proprietors? - the other being in the town centre somewhere?
Can't for the life of me recall the location or name of the other. I never went but I'm sure I remember my dad saying he had eaten there. |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 10 of 463 Thu 25th Aug 2011 9:15pm : Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1238 On 25th Aug 2011 9:07pm, mayjan said:
...unless it was a Wimpy Bar !
Hmm... Wimpy Bar ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Suitably Chastised The beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands All posts by this member Thread starter | 11 of 463 Fri 26th Aug 2011 2:27am : Joined Jul 2011 Total posts:189 Yes, they had some rather "interesting" items on their menu. I visited a Wimpy bar on the edge of Cannock Chase in the winter just gone, when most of us were shivering and wondering if the endless days and weeks of snow ice and sub zero temperatures were ever going to end. I was hoping to read off some of the choices that were on offer in the 60/70's. Wrong!!! Just goes to show what hoping does!! ![]() |
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IslandCafe Plymouth, Devon All posts by this member | 12 of 463 Fri 26th Aug 2011 10:25am : Joined Feb 2010 Total posts:74 Could that other restaurant have been the Tropicana? It was in the town centre and was very popular, I remember having a meal in there with my wife one Saturday night when Englebert Humperdinck (remember him?) came and sat at the next table. He was appearing at the Hippodrome that week, he was eating all alone and looked really fed up. ![]() Alan |
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Suitably Chastised The beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands All posts by this member Thread starter | 13 of 463 Fri 26th Aug 2011 11:02am : Joined Jul 2011 Total posts:189 Where was The Tropicana, IslandCafe?
Perhaps Engelbert was fed up because he was "A Man without Love" or he thought "There goes my Everything".
Groan!!!! Sorry ![]() |
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creteskyblue crete All posts by this member | 14 of 463 Fri 26th Aug 2011 11:23am : Joined May 2011 Total posts:33 Was it John Henry who owned the Captain's Table & also the Castaways Night Club in Shelton Square?
Regards,
creteskyblue.
I think it could have been called the Forty Thieves not Castaways. Enjoy life,remember we walk this way but once. |
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IslandCafe Plymouth, Devon All posts by this member | 15 of 463 Fri 26th Aug 2011 11:52am : Joined Feb 2010 Total posts:74 Hi Badboy, I can't remember where it was and now thinking even harder could the name have been the Trocadera. They both existed but I can't be sure which was which. OOOhh my brain hurts so "Please release me, let me go" groan again. ![]() Alan |
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