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Guy Garvey, pudding-faced lead singer of comfortable-rock outfit Elbow, gave a recent shout out to the Koffee Pot in Manchester during their 'but I thought they were from Bury?' MEN homecoming gig.

"If you've never had a bacon butty from the Koffee Pot..." he crooned, "You've never had a bacon butty."

And sure enough, the next morning, there was Guy Garvey sat in the Koffee Pot having his breakfast.

I am more than familiar with the Koffee Pot as the FC United fans' coach picks up just over the way in Stevesnon Square. It's a fantastic cafe, and well deserving of the praise Garvey almost lavished upon it.

In terms of Lancaster, Lewis's do the best brekkie, with the market cafe a close second. Lewis's is a little more expensive, but their sausages are better, so you don't mind paying extra.

Where, oh repulsive denizens of OTF, do you go to get your full English fix?

[Guest]

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Yeah baby. Best bacon sandwiches in Scotland. Full on eighties grease pit, tattie scones, black pudding, fried bread, 2 eggs (fried) and lorne sausage (if you have to ask you, you wouldn't understand).

[EIM]

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It is thought that the Lorne sausage, which also goes by the names of square sausage, sliced sausage or sausage slice, was an invention of the Scottish comedian Tommy Lorne who lived from 1890 and died in 1935. He was born in Kirkintilloch near Glasgow. His birth name was Hugh Gallagher Corcoran. Tommy Lorne performed in many Scottish theatres and often performed in Glasgow and Edinburgh and was much in demand for pantomime. In his own acts he would apply white make-up and wear a short kilt, a glengarry, boots that were far too big for him and a jacket that was short. He spoke in an hilarious high pitched voice. Tommy Lorne was famed for several catchphrases such as "In the name of the wee man" and "Ah'll get ye", and "If Ah don't get you the coos'll get ye!"

He sounds a riot.

[Bruno]

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[Guest]

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In the name of the wee man

This is still a popular saying in Scotland.

[Toby Gymshorts]

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My favourite place for breakfast is Cafe Atlantic, Bergmanstrasse, Berlin. If you're ever there (and if not in a couple, then you'd better be hungry), order the fruhstuck fur zwei - somewhere around €20 for the biggest and best breakfast you'll ever have.

[EIM]

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Ten eggs, ten sausages, ten rashers of bacon, ten slices of toast, five slices of black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, baked beans.

[evilC]

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Quantity means nothing...

[Cavalry Trouser Tips]

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Alfonso's Place in Leamington, behind the train station.

Superb...

[Gangster Octopus]

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Shorty Medlocke to thread.

[beak]

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EIM wrote:

I am more than familiar with the Koffee Pot as the FC United fans' coach picks up just over the way in Stevesnon Square. It's a fantastic cafe, and well deserving of the praise Garvey almost lavished upon it.

Next time you are there early with a bit of time to kill (if this ever happens), I'd recommend getting a trim at the barbers across the road from the Koffee Pot.

The barber there will happily chew your ear off about Islam, he's one of the most interesting blokes I've ever met.

He gets into it so much, it once took him 45 minutes to give me a trim because he kept putting his scissors down and getting onto some theological point.

[Guest]

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Nice link evilC. I've got that guys book (which actually mentions the Horn).

This place is excellent, although anyone from sawf landon will probably have already been there, and it is a bit pricey:

http://russelldavies.typepad.com/egg...252-laven.html

[evilC]

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That site almost makes me want to become a lorry driver, just so I can travel the length & breadth of Britain, trying those places out.

The one I saw first, when I visited that blog was 'Bridge The Gap', in Battersea and I still want to try it. If I ever find myself wide awake before dawn one day, maybe I'll ride up there.

I think that's got to be the best time of day to visit them - at dawn: the frying pan is most likely to be clean then (as are most of the utensils) and I think you're more likely to get generous portions, as they're not dividing them up somewhat, in haste, to cover a rush in orders. Also, you would appreciate the warmth of the places at the very least.

[Guest]

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Hah, that's on my way home/to work. I'll need to go early one day and drop in.

[Spearmint Rhino]

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The legendary Billie's in Brighton, which is so popular that you often have to stand outside on the pavement waiting for a table. I think I've lured a few OTFers to Billie's (Wingco, Purves, possibly Carcass)...



They do yer regular fry-up fare, but they specialise in their own 'hashes', which is basically lots of stuff chopped up into small pieces and fried, like so:



Man, I'm salivating just looking at that. I might treat myself to a Billie's tomorrow.

It's a bit kill-or-cure, in that it'll sort you out for the day if you're recovering from a hangover, but you'll feel totally stuffed and slightly sick for the first 20 minutes or so when you walk out.

If I'm heading more in a Hove-ly direction, I opt for The Brown Sugar Cafe, which is just your standard greasy spoon, but pretty decent.

[E10 Rifle]

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I think I've been there. Does it double as a b'n'b? It looks like the place we stayed in the weekend of our tumultuous 4-4 draw at Brighton in 1997.

[hobbes]

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Harry's in Brighton does a smashing breakfast, or at least used to.
I also like Terry's Cafe on Great Southwark Street. A lovely breakfast with all the bacon and saussies sourced from the butchers next door.
Far better than the Giggling Sausage over the road.
The only downer is they're only open 'till 11am on a Saturday, so I almost never get up in time to go there.

[EIM]

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Yes! He's back!

[hobbes]

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Couldn't resist a brekkie thread.

[EIM]

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Well now I'm back in SE22, I'll have to give Terry's a whirl.

[E10 Rifle]

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On the subject of SE1 - London's finest booze and food square mile by, well, miles - word should be put in for for Maria's Cafe in the middle of Borough Market, an oasis of fry-up joy amid a world of gastro-poncery.

[WOM]

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Did you get the job?

[to EIM]

[hobbes]

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London's finest booze and food square mile by, well, miles

Do you really think so, E10? I find it a bit disappointing compared to the drag-race of food that is Upper Street and it's surrounds.
SE1 seems to me to be 27 branches of TAS and a Pizza Express.
There are admittedly a couple of nice Tapas bars, but it's fairly ordinary otherwise.

[hobbes]

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Actually, El Vergel are opening a new place on the ground floor of my building, so that should be pretty smart. Gets good write-ups everywhere.

[mafu]

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I don't really have anything nearby that i like or trust enough to make myself a regular at. it bothers me a bit. this place is quite near and is endearingly untouched by modern times but the food is a bit rubbish