little chef sounds incredible...

i want to buy it and give the brits a fredeeky version of the waffle house. i love breakfast the most. how come nyc hates the sausage patty? can't find it at the diners.



With its familiar logo of a fat little man in a chef's hat - the Pillsbury Doughboy with an English accent - Little Chef has been a fixture on British roadsides since 1958, when it began life as an 11-seat cafe in Reading, Berkshire. But while British cuisine has moved on in recent years, Little Chef is still living in the past, evoking memories of a time when no one went to a British restaurant expecting to eat well, when food was universally overcooked, canned, covered with fat and bread crumbs or drowning in a floury, glutinous sauce.

Now Little Chef is up for sale, for the second time in less than three years, after a tough period in which some 130 underperforming outlets were summarily shut down, leaving 234 behind to serve a less-than-grateful nation. And although the chain's prospective buyers have hinted at ambitions to remake it to suit 21st-century tastes, no one has yet found the answer to a question that seems to stymie even Little Chef's customers.

Why on earth would anyone want to eat there?