OK Diner
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| Company type | Privately-owned |
|---|---|
| Genre | Chain of roadside restaurants |
| Founded | 1990s |
| Founder | City Centre Restaurants |
| Headquarters | Middlewich, Cheshire, England |
| Website | www.okdiners.com |
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 in a management buyout in 2001.[3] In 2014, Poole bought out his partner.[4][5][6][7]
Current locations
As of March 2023 the Ok Diner chain has nine restaurants.[8]
- A1 Northbound – Carlton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
- A1 Southbound – New Fox, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
- A1 Northbound – Tickencote, Rutland
- A5 – Cannock, Staffordshire
- A19 Services Southbound – Elwick, County Durham
- A38 Southbound – Egginton, Derbyshire
- A49 – Leominster, Herefordshire
- A55 Gateway Services – Northop Hall, Flintshire
- Mile End Roundabout, Oswestry, Shropshire
References
- ^ "OK Diner". Evening Gazette. Gazette Media Company Limited. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ Bicknell, Gareth (28 May 2005). "It's OK by name... and OK by nature". Daily Post (Liverpool, England). MGN Ltd. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ "Outsourcing is no longer a dirty word". raconteur.net. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "OK diner attacks roadside market". Caterersearch. Reed Business Information. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ "Group Restaurateur of the Year". Caterersearch. Reed Business Information. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ "Restaurant Group (The)". Caterersearch. Reed Business Information. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ "Cafe group steps up sale programme". BBC News. 28 March 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ "Where we are". OK Diner. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
See also
External links
- Official website
Media related to OK Diner at Wikimedia Commons
