pennina   10 #1 Posted July 19, 2014 Does anyone know the name of the Chinese Restaurant that was in Fitzalan Square in the 50s and 60s. Remember you went down some stairs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bypassblade   10 #2 Posted July 19, 2014 Does anyone know the name of the Chinese Restaurant that was in Fitzalan Square in the 50s and 60s. Remember you went down some stairs.  I remember the Indian one Indus, the only Chinese I knew in in that area was the Gambit on Commercial Street (late 60's early 70's). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Barb M Â Â 10 #3 Posted July 19, 2014 I think you may be thinking about the Gambit, but that was around the corner at the top of Commercial Street on the left hand side. Â Any one else have any ideas ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus   68 #4 Posted July 19, 2014 It was originally THE QUEENS restaurant owned and run by the Greek/Cypriot family the Gabrielidis, they used the name Gabriel, George, the son owned and ran the Montgomery Hotel. The Father and Mother returned to Cyprus in the late sixties or late seventies, my wife and myself rented a flat from them on Stafford Rd, they were very nice people. The Queens then opened as The Indus Indian Restaurant, it was never a Chinese's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ArhLass   10 #5 Posted July 19, 2014 Fond memories of the Indus. First Indian restaurant/meal I ever had, never had bhaji's as good since! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cuttsie   1,091 #6 Posted July 19, 2014 It was originally THE QUEENS restaurant owned and run by the Greek/Cypriot family the Gabrielidis, they used the name Gabriel, George, the son owned and ran the Montgomery Hotel. The Father and Mother returned to Cyprus in the late sixties or late seventies, my wife and myself rented a flat from them on Stafford Rd, they were very nice people. The Queens then opened as The Indus Indian Restaurant, it was never a Chinese's. There was a chinese restaurant in the Square in the sixty's it was next to the Classic Cinema and down some stairs , many people would do a runner from the place and I often saw a couple of Chinese waiters chasing them down to Pond Street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
johnme   10 #7 Posted July 19, 2014 There was a chinese restaurant in the Square in the sixty's it was next to the Classic Cinema and down some stairs , many people would do a runner from the place and I often saw a couple of Chinese waiters chasing them down to Pond Street.  yes i can remember it, i was trying to place where it was but youre right it was at the side of the classic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus   68 #8 Posted July 20, 2014 There was a chinese restaurant in the Square in the sixty's it was next to the Classic Cinema and down some stairs , many people would do a runner from the place and I often saw a couple of Chinese waiters chasing them down to Pond Street. That was the Queens restaurant. I'm sure there was never a Chinese there, there was the Gambit on Commercial St, that was a type of Chinese before it re-located to Psalter Lane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cuttsie   1,091 #9 Posted July 20, 2014 That was the Queens restaurant. I'm sure there was never a Chinese there, there was the Gambit on Commercial St, that was a type of Chinese before it re-located to Psalter Lane. Sorry to disagree but it was a Chinese the only one in Sheffield at that time !except that is for the one on Division Street that was used as a night club by certain clientele in the early sixties. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kidorry   189 #10 Posted July 20, 2014 Wasn`t the one by the Classic the original zing va? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hillsbro   32 #11 Posted July 20, 2014 Wasn`t the one by the Classic the original zing va?No - the Zing Vaa has always been at 55 The Moor (where it opened in c. 1957). Sheffield's other early Chinese restaurant was the Rickshaw on the corner of Devonshire Street and Broomhall Street. Directories from the 1960s show the Queen's restaurant next door to (to the left of) the Classic. By 1972 it was the Indus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DaveD Â Â 10 #12 Posted July 20, 2014 I think there was a Chinese restaurant Road n the early 60s.. on London Road just by the junction with Abbeydale rd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...