Does anyone remember one of the first indian restaurants to open in sheffield?
It was called "the canary" I believe it was at the bottom of cambridge st(just past cole brothers) I can't think of an indian restaurant in the city centre that was open before this one.

I always thought the first one was the one in Fitzalan Sq, at the side of the old pictures, you used to go downstairs to it, can not remember the name, it was pretty poor compared to todays standard.

What year you talking anyway for The Canary?

You mean the indus
I remember once(in the late seventies)on entering this establishment I was nearly knocked over by a group of men "doing a runner"not far behind them was a rather irate indian chap bransishing a meat cleaver!!

I heard the canary was there in the mid to late sixties.this was off a work mate,as I was only I child then,so I have no memory of it.

Yes

You are spot on the Canary was the first Restaurant in sheffield, but chinese, not indian.
We used to go drinking up West Street in the late 60's and fall in there for Chicken Chop Suey, and in them days it came with a fried egg on the top.
Cost around 10 bob (50 pence ) today.

HAPPY DAYS

I remember going to a Chinese when I was a kid on London Rd (next to highfields Library), must be about 30 years ago.
The deco and signs are still the same today.

Anybody else know any old restuarants?

I met my wife in Chinatown bottom of London Rd ( now called Candy Town)

You mean The Golden Tiger mikey, not sure what they call it these days, with reference to Ian Barkers post, they too used to do a dish with a fried egg on top, the House Special if I remember correct, anyone remember The Curry Centre on London Road, I think that has gone or changed aswell.

Does anyone remember the restaurant on the top floor of the old Co-Op building at the bottom of the London Road where Safeway is now? My mother used to take me and brother there every Christmas after seeing Santa's Grotto on the bottom floor, because I was told later on in life, that it was cheap! What I always remember about the restaurant was the deco, where it had the purple glittery columns and the old styled elevator with the lift attendant. From what I can remember, the whole interior was dark and gloomy. But when-ever we went, which would have been the last week before Christmas, on a Saturday lunch time towards the end of the 70's early 80's, it was always dead! :| [/b]

The Islamabad on Attercliffe didn't supply cutlery so you ate it in the traditional way using chunks of naan or pitta bread. You could bring your own booze too which made it a really cheap night out. Top food too.

HmmmOriginally posted by "gibbage"

You mean the indus
I remember once(in the late seventies)on entering this establishment I was nearly knocked over by a group of men "doing a runner"not far behind them was a rather irate indian chap bransishing a meat cleaver!! :lol: Hmmm, were,nt me and my mates was it, well i was only young. :oops:

Hi Mikey,
I used to eat at that chinese restaurant near Highfields library in the 70s and he had his licence taken from him because of serving rats in the food.

But days later he was back in business as his brother in law had stepped in to put his name over the door.

I never ate there again and I still feel sick when I think of what I might have eaten.

I remember the Rickshaw, that was in the late 50'/early 60's. It was up past the cathederal, don't rememberr the street, though. Also , does anyone remember the restaurant at the top of Commercial Street. Across from the pub that was next to the News Theatre in Fitzallen Square. Always thought the restaurant was too posh for me to go in! Does the name Gambit ring a bell??

After work behind the bar of the Hen and chickens, I used to take my future wife to a couple of little Italian Restaurants on London Road, in the early 90`s. I wish I could remember what they were called.

The first, or one of the first was the Zing Va - which later became the Rickshaw, and was off West St, near the Glossop Rd baths.
We used to call in after a night at the Locarno in the 50's - it was one of the few restaurants that were open late at night.

Can anyone remember the coffee bar that opened in the mid 50's on Union St, just down from the Suggs Arcade? It had the 2nd jukebox in town. The 1st was downstairs at Marsdens Milk Bar opposite the old Peace gardens. 3d a pop!

The Gambit. It was underneath where Jessops photoshop is now I think. Best special Fu Yung ever. Also there was Davies and the Clock. My nan used to take me there on the days I had to go to the childrens hospital for my 3 monthly check-up. I had more chinkies then than I do now!!!

The coffee bar on Union st bottom of the Arcade was colled the
Elmambo. dont no if i have got the spelling correct. Used to go there for Expresso coffee. i was a teenager then. Now 62 so its a few years ago. Great times though.

Thanks Regblind - you're right on - the El Mambo. Brings back memories too (I'm 65 next week). It was the time when 7", 45rpm records were in vogue - we used to pop down from there to the British Home Stores on the Moor, where the girls on the record counter would play the latest hits for us. The Big Bands were still very popular then, as Rock and Roll was still in it's infancy. Thanks again.

Originally posted by Carlwarker
The first, or one of the first was the Zing Va - which later became the Rickshaw, and was off West St, near the Glossop Rd baths.
We used to call in after a night at the Locarno in the 50's - it was one of the few restaurants that were open late at night.

Can anyone remember the coffee bar that opened in the mid 50's on Union St, just down from the Suggs Arcade? It had the 2nd jukebox in town. The 1st was downstairs at Marsdens Milk Bar opposite the old Peace gardens. 3d a pop! it was called the mustard seed,the only place to be seen:lol:

Was there a restaurant near Coles called the Venus Steak House?

Originally posted by max
The Islamabad on Attercliffe didn't supply cutlery so you ate it in the traditional way using chunks of naan or pitta bread. You could bring your own booze too which made it a really cheap night out. Top food too.
That was my very first curry. We didn't know what to order so we told the waiter to bring what he suggested. Bad move!! My lips were burning for hours after. I never forgot my first experience. Like losing your virginity, it wasn't a pleasant one! Ha Ha

what about the Oriental Indian resturaunt on Langset Rd
sometime in the 50s . I think that was the first in Sheffield.

Anybody remember the name of the Greek restaurant in Fitzallan Sq.?
It was by the side of the pictures, come to think of it, what did they use to call the picture house?:confused:

Originally posted by PhilipB
Anybody remember the name of the Greek restaurant in Fitzallan Sq.?
It was by the side of the pictures, come to think of it, what did they use to call the picture house?:confused:

Probably the Classic?

Originally posted by sheffix
Was there a restaurant near Coles called the Venus Steak House?

yes there was..i went there once or twice on work dos..it was very old fashioned even then..prawn cocktail for starter, steak for main and black forest gateux for afters..still it was always full.

Venus Steak House - oh yes I remember it well!

Have lots of pics from my younger days there, we used to think it was a big night out!!

We went one Xmas, a huge crowd of us, girls and partners. Some charlie ordered a couple of bottles of wine and then acted dumb when the bill arrived - we all ended up chipping in but thought he was a complete Scrooge. My friend dumped him shortly afterwards.

(Martyn from Parson X you know who you are!)

Does anyone remember the whimpy bar on the moore.It was open all night.Many nights i used to go there after going to tiffinys night club,Happy days.

Originally posted by Ousetunes
Probably the Classic?




News theater in the 1950's

Does anyone remember Stevensons restaurant it was more or less over the top of the Cannon pub.I remember going there in 1938 as an xmas treat from work,then we went to the lyceum and finished up at the Brunswick on Ellin st.

Maharajh Jalsa Ghar - London Road, a bit up the road from the Tramway?

We used to go there after spending the evenings at TurnUps at Nether Edge... it doesn't appear to be there nowadays and neither does the Curry Centre which was futher up on the other side of the road ... :(

In the '50s my mother worked at a restaurant which was alongside the old Hippodrome on Cambridge Street,. The policy of the management, was for the waitresses to salvage any pieces of meat left over from dirty plates being cleared away, which was to be used in the next day's stew. My mother was fired for refusing to do this.

Wonder if this could happen now.

Wasn't the original question: which was the first INDIAN restaurant in Sheffield? There hasn't been a proper answer has there?

I thought the Zing Vaa was on the Moor, not by Glossop Road baths. You went downstairs to it. I was there in 1962 and it may have been open before then.

Hi Mikey,
Wasn't that Chinese restaurant called Lin Hong's (the one at Highfield) we used to go there when I was a child usually at Whitsuntide after going to Meersbrook Park!

i seem to recall my first visit to an indian resturant was in 1965 on thewicker. i think it was called to taj mahal.never been in one since .

Anybody remember the name of the Greek restaurant in Fitzallan Sq.?
It was by the side of the pictures, come to think of it, what did they use to call the picture house?:confused:

Originally, the picture house was called the Electera. After that, it became the Classic(?) News Theatre

Anybody remember Tuckwoods on Surrey Street?

I went in a couple of times with my grandparents in the 60's during the annual family Christmas shopping expedition to Sheffield (while my parents went to Redgates).

Very traditional English - roast beef and Yorkshire pud.

Was not the 'Rickshaw' that was on Division Street the first Chinese?

Anybody remember Tuckwoods on Surrey Street?


Yes i went to Tuckwoods a few times. Old fashioned service i seem to remember. The food wasn't bad though and the prices were reasonable.

I remember the Mustard Seed coffee bar gosh that take me back, it was the place to be seen! Also the Wimpy with the knives with red plastic handles which bent when you tried to cut anything with them. Then there was the Golden Egg (Fargate?). Davies Cafe which was in a building where the CO-op is now across from Castle Markets, used to meet my Dad who went there everyday for lunch from the YEB offices where Ponds Forge is now. Loved the memories of the Venus Steak House Menu. My first job in catering was at Dore Grill (circa 76?). Sooooo posh then. Prawn Cocktail, Steak Diane, Gateau...............funny thing is the menu is still exactly the same.

Anyone go to the Chinese in Hillsborough, on Holme Lane near to Langsett or was it Middlewood Rd traffic lights? Opened about 1961 I think. I think its name had something to do with a flower. It may be still there. Was it the Mayflower?

Anyone go to the Chinese in Hillsborough, on Holme Lane near to Langsett or was it Middlewood Rd traffic lights? Opened about 1961 I think. I think its name had something to do with a flower. It may be still there. Was it the Mayflower?
If you mean the one over the shops at Hillsborough Corner, it was "The Bluebird". The building was demolished to make way for Supertram. The Bluebird was one of a group of three Chinese restaurants, other two were The Canary on Charles Street, and The Peacock in the Wicker (the best).

Does anyone remember the restaurant on the top floor of the old Co-Op building at the bottom of the London Road where Safeway is now? My mother used to take me and brother there every Christmas after seeing Santa's Grotto on the bottom floor, because I was told later on in life, that it was cheap! What I always remember about the restaurant was the deco, where it had the purple glittery columns and the old styled elevator with the lift attendant. From what I can remember, the whole interior was dark and gloomy. But when-ever we went, which would have been the last week before Christmas, on a Saturday lunch time towards the end of the 70's early 80's, it was always dead! :| [/b]
I remember the restaurant well as my mother use to take me there on a regular basis. People use to take their own Hendersons Relish when it was meat and potato pie day. I think the meat and potato pie cost 2/6. It was also a popular venue for wedding receptions - bit different from what they want today as a venue.

Was there a restaurant near Coles called the Venus Steak House?
Yes there was, but I have no idea when it closed. I think it was in the eighties when it was in business

Anybody remember the name of the Greek restaurant in Fitzallan Sq.?
It was by the side of the pictures, come to think of it, what did they use to call the picture house?:confused:
The picture house in Fitzalan Square was the News Theatre at first, don't know if it was renamed at a later date

We used to eat at what I believe was the first indian restaurant in Shef. that was on one of the back streets behind the Locarno, but I can't remember it's name. One of the guys there used to give a big smile (which showed his gold tooth) when we were sitting down stairs and ordered a VERY hot curry; when tasted it took the top of your head clean off! I never knew at the time, but somebody told me later that upstairs it doubled as a knocking shop.......

Omg, this is bringing back some memories. I remember Wimpey. Wimpey was here before McDonald, wasn't it ? All I can remember is some kind of bean burger they used to serve.

Tuckwood rings a bell, but I can't picture it somehow.

It's before I was old enough to eat out but wasn't the Indus the first Indian and wasn't it somewhere on Ecclesall Road near Ward's Brewery? It was demolished during a road widening programme I think

Yes there was, but I have no idea when it closed. I think it was in the eighties when it was in business

the restaurant is still there, it's a chinese restaurant now IIRC, above Nobles' Amusements, opposite streetwise sports (was SUGGS Sports)

Bago:- Tuckwoods was on Surrey street, opposite the Town Hall, on that victorian row of shops.

The picture house in Fitzalan Square was the News Theatre at first, don't know if it was renamed at a later date

It was a News Theatre, then The Electra Palace (or vice versa) then it became the Classic.... then it got burnt down, about 20 yrs ago. 1985/6 -ish IIRC (not entirely sure if it was in the same fire as destroyed wigfalls, next door, or a seperate fire from the restaurant underneath)

The Islamabad on Attercliffe didn't supply cutlery so you ate it in the traditional way using chunks of naan or pitta bread. You could bring your own booze too which made it a really cheap night out. Top food too.
The lino nailed to the tables will stay forever with me!!!

Wasn't the original question: which was the first INDIAN restaurant in Sheffield? There hasn't been a proper answer has there?

I remember the Ashoka (probably spelt it wrong) on Ecclesall Road as the first Indian restaurant that I went to, it's probably got a shout as being the first.

I remember the Ashoka (probably spelt it wrong) on Ecclesall Road as the first Indian restaurant that I went to, it's probably got a shout as being the first.
I'd put my money on the Indus in Fitzalan Sq. as being the first Indian. On a previous post, somebody mentioned the Oriental on Langsett Road. I remember it well, not very clean if I remember correctly, but it was one of a few ethnic restaurants about in the 60's, so choice was limited. The Slammer stands out more than anything to me!

The lino nailed to the tables will stay forever with me!!!

They didn't need a menu, all you needed to do was point to a stain on the table cloth and say "one of those please".:hihi:

They didn't need a menu, all you needed to do was point to a stain on the table cloth and say "one of those please".:hihi:
Or indeed on the side of the toilet bowl .... I can tell you were there!!!

The Islamabad at atercliffe, owned and run by Sofi and had the Star restaurant close by

You mean The Golden Tiger mikey, not sure what they call it these days, with reference to Ian Barkers post, they too used to do a dish with a fried egg on top, the House Special if I remember correct, anyone remember The Curry Centre on London Road, I think that has gone or changed aswell.
I remember The Curry Centre, and that Chinese next to Highfields Library. I used to go in the chink every Saturday lunchtime for their ''special'', it was only about 40p, if that.

The Question was INDIAN RESTAURANT and SPRITE is right by saying the ORIENTAL on Langsett rd. I went there with friends when I was 17 in 1962 and it had been open during the 1950s.......so there!!!!

Can anyone remember the 'Golden egg' which used to be on Fargate?

The Gambit. It was underneath where Jessops photoshop is now I think. Best special Fu Yung ever. Also there was Davies and the Clock. My nan used to take me there on the days I had to go to the childrens hospital for my 3 monthly check-up. I had more chinkies then than I do now!!!

Can't quite place where Jessops is, precisely, but The Gambit was definitely on the left going down Commercial Street, quite close to what were the Gas Offices.
Not being a lover of Eastern food, I never went in this particular restaurant but there was an Indian restaurant on Convent Walk, run by a delightful gentleman whose name was Prittish (?) about 1970.
"Davies" ? I think you may mean Davy's which was on Fargate but I'm sure that wasn't an 'Indian' - more like the old Bewleys in Dublin - afternoon teas/coffee and cakes?

* I have just done a 'search' - as I'd mentioned this a couple of years ago - The Himalayas - was the restaurant! Is it Cavendish St/Convent Walk? People who'd been, liked it!

Omg, this is bringing back some memories. I remember Wimpey. Wimpey was here before McDonald, wasn't it ? All I can remember is some kind of bean burger they used to serve.

Tuckwood rings a bell, but I can't picture it somehow.

Tuckwoods was on the left hand side of Surrey Street, heading towards the library, near the Montgomery Theatre. Time flies but I can remember some of the Halle orchestra players going there and snooker officials from the Crucible. Can't say what year it disappeared but I know my best pal was very sorry to lose his regular Friday dining venue?

My Mum used to take me to the Geisha tea rooms down a lane - can't remember the name - somewhere off Fargate (near/opposite Coles corner), before I went in to the Childrens Hospital. Lovingly remember the toasted teacakes.

When I looked last year, I think the shop was empty.

Most Saturdays we used to go to the restaurant in Coles (new building - where it is now). Mum used to save her LV's (luncheon vouchers) from work so that we could dine out as a family - honeydew melon, halibut and apple pie - happy memories!

[THe Restaraunt under the News Theatre was called THE QUEENS and it was owned by a Greek Cypriot family called GABRIELIDIS and they lived on STAFFORD RD just at the bottom of City Rd and they also had another house next to theirs which was let of into flats ( I had one ) they called themselves GABRIEL and they went back to Cyprus quite a few years ago. My wife worked at the Queens for a while as did a mate of mine called Harry Colley who came of Stonecliffe Rd.

My Mom worked in Walshes restaurant for a long time, we never ate there thought, too posh for us kids.

Was there a restaurant near Coles called the Venus Steak House?

Entrance was through a door right on the corner of Cambridge Street and Pinstone Street and then down a flight of stairs to the restaurant. Was run by the same people as the Coach House on the Wicker.

Italian restaurants on London Road included Dinos, Pavarotti's (long gone) and La Romantica which is excellent.

Anyone been to the excellent new Indian on London Road? "Aroma" is very swish and the food is outstanding. They also do a buffet on Monday evenings, all you can eat for just £10.95. You should try their lamb chops...

I believe that at one time the Gambit Restaurant had chess sets to amuse the diners as thet waited. Probably this is where the name came from.
There used to be a fish & chip restaurant at the back of the Moor - Hopkinson's Capri Restaurant - I think this later became Top Wok near Fox Furriers.

Can anyone remember the 'Golden egg' which used to be on Fargate?

I can just about remember it,Joe cockers mother was a waitress there.

Entrance was through a door right on the corner of Cambridge Street and Pinstone Street and then down a flight of stairs to the restaurant. Was run by the same people as the Coach House on the Wicker.

Italian restaurants on London Road included Dinos, Pavarotti's (long gone) and La Romantica which is excellent.

Anyone been to the excellent new Indian on London Road? "Aroma" is very swish and the food is outstanding. They also do a buffet on Monday evenings, all you can eat for just £10.95. You should try their lamb chops...



Spent many a night in the Venus:)

Pizza Palace on London Road probably around 1984/5 ish. They did fabulous lasagne. Used to eat there a couple of times a week.

[QUOTE=helbco;2719196]My Mum used to take me to the Geisha tea rooms down a lane - can't remember the name - somewhere off Fargate (near/opposite Coles corner),

I had thought about the Geisha and was going to post about it but couldn't for the life of me remember where it was. Of course, it was on Chapel Walk and I too used to enthuse about the toasted teacakes.

Mike

i remember my Mam, when I was about 5 or 6 taking me up narrow dog leg stairs to a cafe in the old market. Pie and gravy I think we used to have.

[THe Restaraunt under the News Theatre was called THE QUEENS and it was owned by a Greek Cypriot family called GABRIELIDIS and they lived on STAFFORD RD just at the bottom of City Rd and they also had another house next to theirs which was let of into flats ( I had one ) they called themselves GABRIEL and they went back to Cyprus quite a few years ago. My wife worked at the Queens for a while as did a mate of mine called Harry Colley who came of Stonecliffe Rd.

Went to school in the 60s with the son of the people who owned this place, they were Greek Cypriots.
They had a house on Granville Road, just below Norfolk Park entrance but they were called Severis or something like that.

Anybody remember Tuckwoods on Surrey Street or Davys Coffee Shop on Fargate?

Entrance was through a door right on the corner of Cambridge Street and Pinstone Street and then down a flight of stairs to the restaurant. Was run by the same people as the Coach House on the Wicker.

Italian restaurants on London Road included Dinos, Pavarotti's (long gone) and La Romantica which is excellent.

Anyone been to the excellent new Indian on London Road? "Aroma" is very swish and the food is outstanding. They also do a buffet on Monday evenings, all you can eat for just £10.95. You should try their lamb chops...

Is Dino's the one on London Road, on the right going out of town, just before the left hand bend? I think the bloke who ran that has also run other Italian Restaurants at different times. In the mid eighties, I used to go to a restaurant on the road that runs between Leopold Street and High Street - Orchard something. I think it shut at the start of the Orchard Square development. There used to be a dark haired bloke running it, but also an older man involved in it also.

The dark haired man also ran a restaurant on Abbeydale Road, on the right heading out towards the Woodseats Road area. I think he also had some part in a barbers, opposite.

Anyway, back to the OP. My earliest memory of an Indian is the Himalaya. I guess that I first went there in about 1975/76.

As far as Chinese Restaurants go, my first experience was much earlier, probably the earlier to mid sixties, but I'm not sure. That was near Hillsborough Corner - where the tram tracks from Malin Bridge now sweep across the corner. Someone earlier identied this as the Bluebird - I didn't remember the name.

I heard the canary was there in the mid to late sixties.this was off a work mate,as I was only I child then,so I have no memory of it.

At No 8 Charles Street, according to the 1963 Kelly's

The Gambit. It was underneath where Jessops photoshop is now I think. Best special Fu Yung ever. Also there was Davies and the Clock. My nan used to take me there on the days I had to go to the childrens hospital for my 3 monthly check-up. I had more chinkies then than I do now!!!

No 7 Commercial Street.

According to Kelly's:

In 1939, it was called the Gambit Cafe, Refreshment Rooms

By 1963, it had become the New Gambit Restaurant.

Neither of the details mentions it being a Chinese Restaurant. I wonder if it always was a Chinese Restaurant, or if it changed from an "English" restaurant and kept the old name, a la Butlers.

Anybody remember the name of the Greek restaurant in Fitzallan Sq.?
It was by the side of the pictures, come to think of it, what did they use to call the picture house?:confused:

In 1963, the Cinema was the Cartoon Cinema. The restaurant next door was the Queens Restaurant. Nothing to say whether it was Greek or not.

In 1939, it was the Electra Palace, but no restaurant shown next to it.

Anybody remember Tuckwoods on Surrey Street or Davys Coffee Shop on Fargate?

Photo of Davy's on Fargate
http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s15740

I believe that at one time the Gambit Restaurant had chess sets to amuse the diners as thet waited. Probably this is where the name came from.
There used to be a fish & chip restaurant at the back of the Moor - Hopkinson's Capri Restaurant - I think this later became Top Wok near Fox Furriers.

I surmise that is the same Mr.Hopkinson who owned the Zing Vaa?
I never got over seeing him, a Chinese man called Hopkinson!

In 1963, the Cinema was the Cartoon Cinema. The restaurant next door was the Queens Restaurant. Nothing to say whether it was Greek or not.

In 1939, it was the Electra Palace, but no restaurant shown next to it.
The cinema was also called the" news theatre" at one time.

I took my first girlfriend for a meal to the Golden Tiger on Highfields in the late 60's. It was my first ever meal in a restaurant & I wanted to impress her.
When the food arrived I asked her if she wanted some relish(Hendersons) from the jar on the table...it was soy sauce:blush:

on orchard street the italian was called la cappanina.....run by enzo and nello
Is Dino's the one on London Road, on the right going out of town, just before the left hand bend? I think the bloke who ran that has also run other Italian Restaurants at different times. In the mid eighties, I used to go to a restaurant on the road that runs between Leopold Street and High Street - Orchard something. I think it shut at the start of the Orchard Square development. There used to be a dark haired bloke running it, but also an older man involved in it also.

The dark haired man also ran a restaurant on Abbeydale Road, on the right heading out towards the Woodseats Road area. I think he also had some part in a barbers, opposite.

Anyway, back to the OP. My earliest memory of an Indian is the Himalaya. I guess that I first went there in about 1975/76.

As far as Chinese Restaurants go, my first experience was much earlier, probably the earlier to mid sixties, but I'm not sure. That was near Hillsborough Corner - where the tram tracks from Malin Bridge now sweep across the corner. Someone earlier identied this as the Bluebird - I didn't remember the name.

on orchard street the italian was called la cappanina.....run by enzo and nello

That's it, thanks.

Used to go to an Indian in the Wicker just up from the arches run by a man called Mr Naz.The restaurant was called the Naz iirc. Iside was like a transport caff with formica tables and iirc he used to play a lot of Elvis records.Good cheap grub and lots of free tea and coffee.Used to close around 2-3 a.m. Seem to remember it burnt down.

I think the Wimpy Bar was on Change Alley, can't remember whether it replaced Marsdens or not.
Change Alley was leading from Norfolk St to High St ending with Walshes.
hazel

What was the atmosphere of these places like, the people, the atmosphere? How did people react to them as a new thing?

Does anyone remember or go to the Silver palce resturant on london road in the early 80s it was next door to tiffanys.above the shops.I was the dj there for quite a few years on Thurs Fri and sat.(it was called the China gardens before that).Janet was the manageress and her mother Dora worked behind the bar.
Does anyone know what happened to Janet?,cant remember her last nane.

I surmise that is the same Mr.Hopkinson who owned the Zing Vaa?
I never got over seeing him, a Chinese man called Hopkinson!

I belive that some foreigners take/took "English" pseudonyms to help their native customers. Richard at the Curry Centre was one.

I presume it was also to avoid the embarrassment of the English meeting a foreign name and asking if Mohammed was a surname or Christian name.

[THe Restaraunt under the News Theatre was called THE QUEENS and it was owned by a Greek Cypriot family called GABRIELIDIS and they lived on STAFFORD RD just at the bottom of City Rd and they also had another house next to theirs which was let of into flats ( I had one ) they called themselves GABRIEL and they went back to Cyprus quite a few years ago. My wife worked at the Queens for a while as did a mate of mine called Harry Colley who came of Stonecliffe Rd.

Hi Lazarus, I've just seen your posting about The Queens Restaurant, I also worked there with Mr Gabriel and his son George. My late husband Tom was the chef there. This was about 1965-67.

I remember The Coach House on the wicker my friend Marc was the dj there for years, the disco was underneath the restaurent in the basement. the owner now has the Venus at Dinnington still a very good place to eat.
I worked as the dj for a time at the Silver Palace on London road great English and chinees food.
Also worked at scoffers on west street for private parties also served good food.(a full thread about Scoffers is on here somewhere.)

What about Butlers, opposite Jessops Hospital.

OK, not a Restaurant in the "going out for an evening meal" sense. Just good simple food for breakfast or lunch.