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25 Collingwood Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 1JE
0191 261 1542
www.coopchicken.co.uk
Accessibility? No
Gluten free? Yes
If you just do one thing, do it brilliantly. It’s a modus operandi that, for restaurants, has a lot going for it.
A limited menu means fewer stock lines to control. You can train your staff to be master of one trade, rather than Jack of all. You can get people served and tables turned fast, as you basically know in advance what they’ll be ordering.
From burgers to tacos, you can see why some restaurants, especially those that make the cosmic leap of faith from street food stall to bricks and mortar, are attracted to the idea of the box-basic menu.
For customers too, it can work out equally well, but everything depends on the execution. If my menu is pre-ordained by my choice of restaurant, then what you’re thrusting my way had better be a paradigm-shifting, Platonic ideal of the form. All of which preamble brings us neatly to Coop Chicken House where - guess what! - they serve chicken; and not a great deal else.
