OK Diner

OK Diner
Typeprivately owned restaurant chain
GenreChain of roadside restaurants
FoundedNorth West and Midlands, England (1990s)
FounderCity Centre Restaurants
HeadquartersMiddlewich, Cheshire, England
WebsiteOfficial Website
OK Diner, Flintshire(February 2010)

The OK Diner is a privately owned roadside restaurant chain in the United Kingdom. The restaurants have a retro 1950s style American diner theme, with popular 1950s music, chequerboard flooring, booth seating, plenty of chrome details and 1950s memorabilia on the walls.[1][2]

The concept was created by John Roebuck and Tony Horsfall for City Centre Restaurants (now The Restaurant Group) and was sold to co directors Ian Hendry and Dafydd Poole, following a management buy out in January 2001.[3] But in October 2014, Dafydd Poole bought out his partner, and is now operating the diners.[4][5][6][7]

As of January 2022, the chain has eight operating restaurants.[8]

Current locations

The chain OK Diner had eight restaurants by September 2011.[8]

References

  1. ^ "OK Diner". Evening Gazette. Gazette Media Company Limited. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  2. ^ Bicknell, Gareth (28 May 2005). "It's OK by name... and OK by nature". Daily Post (Liverpool, England). MGN Ltd. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Outsourcing is no longer a dirty word". raconteur.net. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ "OK diner attacks roadside market". Caterersearch. Reed Business Information. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Group Restaurateur of the Year". Caterersearch. Reed Business Information. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Restaurant Group (The)". Caterersearch. Reed Business Information. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  7. ^ "Cafe group steps up sale programme". BBC News. 28 March 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Where we are". OK Diner. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

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