Changes: Penmaenmawr

Revision as of 17:52, 10 January 2022

The Penmaenmawr branch was a former Little Chef restaurant located on the A55.

The Little Chef first opened at a service station between 1965 - 1968 near the coast of North Wales just outside of Colwyn Bay & Llandudno. It was the sixteenth restaurant to open out of the first twenty-five, opening under the ownership of Trusthouse. The building it was housed in was an early example of a prefabricated Little Chef building - dating from the 1960s.

The Little Chef lasted for more than 35 years, finally closing in early 2007 as a part of the sale to RCapital.

The original building became derelict and was rebuilt as a new farm shop and cafe known as the 'Puffin', opening in July 2014. The original Little Chef car park remained - even retaining it's "Mini Milk" lights.

Curiously, up until 2011/12, a Little Chef signpost had also partly remained near the exit of the services. It showed that the next Little Chef was 10 miles away in Bangor, and displayed the logos of the Little Chef and its onsite Burger King & Travelodge.

The Puffin farm shop and cafe closed in 2016, blaming roadworks for the drop in trade. However, not all was lost - as the farm shop later re-opened in 2017.

In 2019 the Shell filling station closed briefly for a remodel.

The Puffin farm shop closed for the second time in November 2019 - leaving the site empty again.

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 |Name of road = A55
 |Name of village/town = Dwygyfylchi, Conwy
-|Postcode = LL34 6UN|Name of county = Clwyd|image = Former_little_chef_penmaenmawr.jpg|Year Opened = Pre 1968}}The '''Penmaenmawr '''branch was a former Little Chef restaurant located on the A55, and was the second restaurant to close on the A55 after the closure of [[Lloc]] in the late 1980s (now 'The Dragon's Rest'), and before [[Kinmel Park East]]/[[Kinmel Park West|West]] in 2012 (now Starbucks on both sites), then [[Halkyn]] in 2015 (now Burger King) - and this leaves with [[Northop Hall]] & [[Bangor]] being the only two restaurants on the A55 to remain open!
+|Postcode = LL34 6UN|Name of county = Clwyd|image = Former_little_chef_penmaenmawr.jpg|Year Opened = 1965-68}}The '''Penmaenmawr '''branch was a former Little Chef restaurant located on the A55.
-The Little Chef first opened at a service station in the 1960s near the coast of North Wales just outside of Colwyn Bay. The building it was housed in was quite prefabricated like Little Chefs were in the 1960s.
+The Little Chef first opened at a service station between 1965 - 1968 near the coast of North Wales just outside of Colwyn Bay & Llandudno. It was the sixteenth restaurant to open out of the first twenty-five, opening under the ownership of Trusthouse. The building it was housed in was an early example of a prefabricated Little Chef building - dating from the 1960s.
-The Little Chef lasted at Penmaenmawr for about 35 years until it finally closed in 2007 as a part of the sale to RCapital. The original building has since been demolished and a new farm shop and cafe, known as the 'Puffin', was built, and opened in 2014.
+The Little Chef lasted for more than 35 years, finally closing in early 2007 as a part of the sale to RCapital.
+The original building became derelict and was rebuilt as a new farm shop and cafe known as the 'Puffin', opening in July 2014. The original Little Chef car park remained - even retaining it's "Mini Milk" lights.
-The farm shop and cafe closed at the end of 2015, blaming roadworks for the drop in trade.
+Curiously, up until 2011/12, a Little Chef signpost had also partly remained near the exit of the services. It showed that the next Little Chef was 10 miles away in [[Bangor]], and displayed the logos of the Little Chef and its onsite Burger King & Travelodge.
+The Puffin farm shop and cafe closed in 2016, blaming roadworks for the drop in trade. However, not all was lost - as the farm shop later re-opened in 2017.
+In 2019 the Shell filling station closed briefly for a remodel.
+The Puffin farm shop closed for the second time in November 2019 - leaving the site empty again.
+<gallery>
+Penmaenmawr totem remains.png|The remains of Penmaenmawr's totem sign in 2009.
+Puffin.png|As the 'Puffin' in 2015
+.png|One unique feature was a signpost indicating that the next Little Chef will be 10 miles away. It still remained at Penmaenmawr from closure until around 2011/12.
+</gallery>
 [[Category:Former Little Chefs]]
+[[Category:2007 Closures]]
+[[Category:Little Chefs on the A55]]
+[[Category:Welsh Little Chefs]]
+[[Category:1965-68 Openings]]