Memories of the lost restaurant chain with £6 steaks and 7p desserts
02.08.2022 - 09:31
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A lost chain of British steakhouses, known for serving signature prawn cocktails, steaks and Black Forest gateau was "a proper treat back in the day" for families across Greater Manchester.
The Manchester Evening News recently to a look back at the Berni Inn, a brand which started life in Bristol before brothers and founders Aldo and Frank Berni expanding their empire to London, Birmingham, Liverpool - as well as Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale and more. The Berni Inn brand started in 1955 after the brothers were inspired by a chain of restaurants they had seen in America.
Introducing British families to the like of prawn cocktails and steak and chips for the first time, Berni Inns arguably paved the way for the pub-restaurant chains we know so well today. Back before restaurant and café culture was how we know it, it was a real treat to dine out at a Berni Inn and for many Greater Manchester children, it was their first experience in a steakhouse.
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Readers have since taken to social media to share their memories of the Berni Inn restaurants they visited decades ago. From 1961 to 1966, they are said to have opened an average of one new Berni Inn a month, owning nearly 100 restaurants in the late sixties.
On the MEN website, janet22 said: "Always went to the Berni Inn in Didsbury to celebrate birthdays, can still taste the steak & baked potato with sour cream & chive sauce. Thank you for for so many happy family meals that were delicious." Tom680 said: "Parents took us to the Hole In the Wall nearly every week fish chips and tartar sauce, there was a waitress who served us nearly every time she was so lovely. Was very sad day when it closed - we started going to a Chinese (Wang Fang) Piccadilly."
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