Dad takes kids on 125-mile drive to TikTok famous chippy - only to find it's closed
22.06.2022 - 16:39
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A dedicated dad drove his kids 250 miles to enjoy lunch at a chip shop which has been made famous by TikTok - only to discover it was shut.
Simon Harris took his four children Luke, seven, Emma, five, James, four and Thomas, one, on a trip to visit the Binley Mega Chippy.
The family drove 125 miles from their home in Essex to visit the shop in Binley, Coventry, on June 12. However, after a five-and-a-half hour journey, they were left devastated to find the shutters down on the famous red-and-yellow joint.
The Mirror reports that Simon, 38, said: "The kids were more excited than I was to go to the chippy.
"Luke and Emma love watching TikTok videos. I save a lot of videos for them to watch. There was one point where you couldn't move for Binley Mega Chippy videos with that catchy tune.
"They were all singing the song. I was mildly curious about it due to my line of work.
"I was quite weary about the cars and car meets there, I've seen videos on TikTok of people doing burnout's and I wanted to get there early in the day before it closed.
"There were four or five other group of people there, too who had obviously done the same thing.
"There's a sign saying closed on Sundays but on Google it says open.
"To be fair I was just glad we were there. I was glad the kids took it so well, it was great to be there and get a couple of pics of it.
"The owner came out and thanked us for the support and was in disbelief over the popularity the place has got.
"It was a little bit disappointing. We ended up walking around there and having giant pizzas so it wasn't a wasted journey."
Binley Mega Chippy owner Kamal Gandhi, 70, has recorded profits rocket by 30 per cent, after thousands of fans descended on the chippy last month.
Mr Gandhi, who has