howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
I can see why the latest proprietor has chosen this method to get publicity but the sheer quantity wolfed down must border on the obscene.
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Dover-man-devour-4-600-CALORIE-mega-meal/story-28554843-detail/story.htmlBrian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#2
yeah enough to feed the 5000.lol
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
#3
I think Dover already has an obesity problem and he does himself or Dover no good with this kind of gimmick, i shall not use that cafe again because of this. That said I bet there are plenty of Dovers fatties that would have no problem finishing and then go for a pudding!!!
Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#4
A bit surprised that Brian hasn't given it a go, not normally one to shirk a challenge.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#5
no howard I am on a diet [lol] it would be to much for little me.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,829
#6
A bit of a publicity stunt just to get people in the cafe i think.A challenge in itself being in the confines of the Charlton centre.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#7
Agree that the footfall has gone from bad to almost non existent over the last few years, just a cut through for people going to Morrison's or Asda now. There have been good people running the cafe trying out new ideas but I think the death knell came with the smoking ban. The bit in the centre always had two tables full of what I presume were families who had a full breakfast followed by tea, cigarettes and generally chatting well away from people within the cafe that in all probability didn't like smoke.
I doubt the massive breakfast stunt will do much to stem the problem now that it has been conquered.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#8
The death knell started with the demise of the greengrocer, healthfood shop and then even more so when my much missed butcher closed. I seldom use the Charlton Centre even as a cut through now, certainly not for a month or more.
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Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
#9
It really is a most unpleasant cut through. I have always felt making a pleasant landscaped walkway from Morrisons to the Charlton Centre would improve the footfall to both shopping areas.