The Magpie Café is a
seafood
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g. bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters and mussels, and cephalopods such as octopus an ...
restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...
in
Whitby,
North Yorkshire,
England. It was established in 1937,
but its building dates back to the 18th century, when it was a merchant's house.
History
The restaurant is known for its
fish and chips
Fish and chips is a popular hot dish consisting of fried fish in crispy batter, served with chips. The dish originated in England, where these two components had been introduced from separate immigrant cultures; it is not known who created t ...
and as a "bloody good fish and chip shop".
The restaurant won a Coast Award for being best fish and chip shop of 2007.
The restaurant has faced complaints from local businesses for its long queues.
It sources its fish from the local Fishery Lockers Fish.
Ian Robson, the current owner, began working there as a fish fryer in 1979.
In 2023, the Magpie was rated 10/10 by British YouTuber
Danny Malin
Danny Malin is an English YouTube personality. He is the host of the YouTube series ''Rate My Takeaway'', in which he visits and reviews takeaway food shops, mainly in Northern England, although some reviews have included London, New York, Los ...
host of Rate My Takeaway.
Fires
Two fires in the space of 24 hours caused the Magpie Café to close for repairs in May 2017, reopening in December 2017. 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
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List of fish and chip restaurants
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List of seafood restaurants
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References
External links
Official websiteReview in The Observer
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Companies based in Whitby
Fish and chip restaurants
Tourist attractions in North Yorkshire
Seafood restaurants in the United Kingdom
Restaurants in Yorkshire
Whitby
1937 establishments in England
Restaurants established in 1937