The Brechin branch was a former Little Chef restaurant located on the A90 (formerly A94) near Brechin, Angus.
Address and Onsite Information[]
ADDRESS: A90, Brechin, Angus, DD9 6RN
ONSITE FACILITIES: None
LITTLE CHEF NOW: Empty
History[]
The Little Chef at Brechin first opened in March 1982, replacing a former milk bar which sat on the south-east corner of the Balnabriech Junction. The restaurant traded as a standalone site on what used to be the main A94 route between Perth and Aberdeen, with the Little Chef lying almost exactly half way between the two cities.
In 1994, the entire route between Dundee and Aberdeen was upgraded to dual carriageway and this had now become classified as the main route to the north east from the central belt (previously the A92 coast road between Dundee and Stonehaven had this status) and reclassified as A90. However, this resulted access to the Little Chef now being slightly more difficult, with motorists travelling northbound now required to make a right turn at an at-grade junction.
Following Little Chef's then owners, the People's Restaurant Group, suffering from financial difficulties, the Little Chef at Brechin, alongside 40 other branches, closed in January 2007.
Shortly after closure, the building then played host to a short lived independent outfit called Troy's Diner, which lasted less than a year at the site. The building then became a branch of a local fish and chip company known as The Bervie Chipper, who also acquired the former Little Chef at Forres, however; this closed by 2015 and the building was left abandoned. In 2017, the site became Bonnybreich Coffee Bothy, which closed in 2020 most likely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the site payed host to Angus Grill and Larder, until it later closed in early 2025 owing to rising operational costs. At present, the building remains empty.
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