Wimpy burger

[BigBadBenny]

1989 - The business was sold to Grand Metropolitan and they began to convert the counter service units to Burger Kings.

Strange only a few got converted.

 

[McManicMan]

still one near me that i use often down south in Portslade. Its the only place i will have a burger in a fast food shop and Wimpy are miles ahead that Burger King and McDonalds. Their Chicken In A Bun is simply unbeatable.

 

[arknor]

i remember going to wimpys a few times around 15 years ago for the fries, they used to give you ateast 2-3x the amount the mcdonalds around the corner did

 

[DreXeL]

Our local Wimpy got converted to a Burger King. I'm glad too, it wasn't a proper Wimpy, it was a tiny, half-arsed attempt at a McDonalds clone.

 

[philstanbridge]

no wimpy up here in Scotland anymore... although we do have a Nando's in Glasgow... its only 200 miles away from my house.

There is one in Largs mate. Or rather was, I haven't been in over a year.

 

[gillywibble]

I regularly get a Wimpy meal from a service station. Not cheap but very nice.

 

[Luke]

Too slow for fast food.
Too expensive for fast food.
Not nice enough for a restaurant meal.

It doesn't work for me.

 

[rojones]

We have a wimpy in the town here, but like most people here i havent been to it in about ummmm 6 - 7 Years. Looking at the menu on their site though, wish i had been. The Wimpy Pork Rib & Chips looks very nice .. oh and the Barbelicious BBQ Burger looks nice also.

Gah its only 10:05am and im bloody starving now !

 

[R0B75]

I think there's still one in Bridgwater in Somerset, I'm sure it was still there last time I visited a year or 2 ago, and remember it fondly. I used to go there as a kid after swimming at the Lido, way before I'd even heard of Macdonalds or Burger King!

 

[ChrisJSY]

I went to one last year after not having seen one around for over 10 years...
It was at a service station somewhere, (not from the uk don't remember).

I was gobsmacked, hiding right at the back of the station!
Had to get something for the hell of it!

 

[Jonny69]

There's a Wimpy grill here and there's usually people in it

There used to be quite a few similar places that did sit-down burgers and grills with fried food. Starburger etc.

 

[2Thumbs]

They are still around but their numbers seem to be dwindling.

Why, wimpy is expensive

EFT.

It tastes marginally better than McDonalds for example, but you get less and it costs more!

 

[Cosimo]

Our local one disappeared years ago, we went there once many moons ago, it wasn’t very nice.

 

[Bald-Eagle22]

MMMM Brown Derby ,,love it

 

[Sol]

Yup their is Kirkcaldy see my earlier post.

We used to have 2 in Aberdeen: one in the mega bowl and one at the Sunset Boulevard, I think the Boulevard one is still open.

I used to love Wimpy's when I was a kid and the last time I had one a year or so ago it was really good. I'd have a Wimpy over a McD or BK anyway - they get reserved for "inability to taste anything on a drunken night out" purposes.

Seems to be a fair bit of inconsistency in the quality of Wimpy by the sounds of it though.

 

[thephantom114]

i went to one about a year and a half ago in sidcup

MW

There's one in Sidcup?! Where? I've lived there for like 10 years and I know there's one in Welling and Eltham but Sidcup...

 

[Hequn]

Used to be one at the megabowl @ pilsworth, had it once when I went for a birthday party when I were a young 'un. Nearly gagged.

 

[William]

There is a wimpy in Salford Shopping City Centre. It is dire, and you have to go to Salford Shopping City Centre to get there. Nuff said.

 

[HamZilla]

They should get Johnny Vegas in to do a revamp.

 

[GingerNinja1989]

My local(ish) ones have all gone. That makes me sad