Dig this downtown London eatery, baby
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ONE OF THE more curious loads recently hauled by Pickfords was the Gateway Diner, which had been shipped from New Jersey, USA, to Southampton by Warner Dailey and John HornbySmith. They bought it on impulse when they were on their way to an antique flea market to buy some antique fleas.
The eatery measures 40ft by 14ft and weighs 20 tons, and at 34 years old is regarded in
America as an antique. According to Newark News, it was destined for "downtown London," which turned out to b( Chelsea. Warner Dailey was quoted as saying: "I've already been approached by two landed gentry, wealthy girls who want to run it. It may become the place where the upper class, earls, barons and so on, can rub elbows with punters."
Throw in a couple of duchesses and a marchioness and I might dig it (with a knife and fork), especially as the New York Post forecasts that "the pre-fab food factory . . . will become a 'fashionable incarnation of American culture'."
American what?