A Good Fry-Day!

By Austen Dack

As one shop said on their socials Maundy Thursday is like Christmas Eve for them. Good Friday is traditionally the busiest day of the year for fish and chip shop owners and a great day to attract more regular patronage from increased footfall.

Whilst most people are prepared to wait longer on Good Friday some shops made sure that their customers were looked after on this special day. Hungry people queuing for their lunch at a fish and chip shop in Seaton Sluice had live music to keep them company on Good Friday. For the fifth year in a row live entertainment was provided outside The Harbour View for people waiting in line, a process that takes over an hour most years. This year the services of a musician playing hits from the 50s up to the present day on guitar was employed between noon and 3pm. Manager Waseem Mir said:

“It was our busiest day of the year, and my staff were all geared up to getting the queues down as fast as possible. “I ordered around three times our normal quantity of prime Icelandic Cod and extra potatoes to meet the demand. “We also allocated each deep fryer to takeaway meals meaning that the restaurant was closed during that weekend.”

A Belfast city centre restaurant offered free fish and chips on Good Friday. Catch, which serves fresh seafood and is located on Wellington Street, made the announcement on its social media on the Tuesday before. It said it had made the decision due to the “high popularity” of a previous free fish event, and that the first 100 customers to come to the restaurant between 12pm and 1pm could avail of the offer.

Andrew Crook NFFF President said. “Good Friday provided us a great opportunity to showcase our amazing product. Fish and chips and Easter go hand in hand and the weather gods looked after us too, so I hope everybody had a fantastic and busy weekend.”

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