Magpie Café

The Magpie Café is a seafood restaurant in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1937,[1] but its building dates back to the 18th century, when it was a merchant's house.[2][3]

The Magpie Café
Restaurant information
Established1937 (1937)
Food typeSeafood (fish and chips)
Street address14 Pier Road
CityWhitby
CountyNorth Yorkshire
PostcodeYO21 3PU
CountryEngland
Coordinates54.489199°N 0.614917°W / 54.489199; -0.614917
Websitehttp://www.magpiecafe.co.uk

History

The restaurant is known for its fish and chips[4] and as a "bloody good fish and chip shop".[5] The restaurant won a Coast Award for being best fish and chip shop of 2007.[1] The restaurant has faced complaints from local businesses for its long queues.[4][6] It sources its fish from the local Fishery Lockers Fish.[7]

Ian Robson, the current owner, began working there as a fish fryer in 1979.[8]

Fires

Two fires in the space of 24 hours caused the Magpie Café to close for repairs in May 2017,[9] reopening in December 2017.[10] The first fire started at 10 pm on 30 April 2017, seven fire engines attended. It was likely caused by a grease build up in an electrical extraction flue in the roof, it damaged the top floor customer toilets. The second fire started at 2:30 pm, this time completely gutted the restaurant roof and lower floors except the kitchen and take away shop. The cause was likely pointed to burning embers not extinguished the day before. In July 2017, a major repair began to rebuild the restaurant before it reopened in December that same year.

See also

References
  1. Jeeves, Paul (18 February 2008). "Whitby's Magpie fish and chips voted UK's best". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  2. Hirst, Christopher (6 September 1997). "Northern stars". The Independent. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  3. Robson, Dave (2 July 2017). "Whitby's Magpie Cafe takeaway reopens two months after fire". gazettelive. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. Herbert, Ian (17 October 2005). "Queues for the 'world's best' fish suppers leave traders with a chip on their shoulders". The Independent. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  5. MacLeod, Tracey (14 November 1998). "The secret of my success: Rick Stein". The Independent. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  6. "Fish shop success upsets traders". BBC News Online. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  7. Robson, Ian. "Sea to Plate" (PDF). Magpie Cafe. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. "Phenomenon of the Whitby Magpie queue". Whitby Gazette. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  9. "Second blaze at fish and chip restaurant". BBC News. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. "Magpie fire 'was like bereavement, but we're elated to be back' - says Co-owner". 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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