Papa's is the oldest running family group of
fish and chip shops. Papas was founded in 1966, by Mr Papas, the family is currently in its third generation and still operate the businesses.
In 2015 the family opened their largest restaurant to date, a 320-seat restaurant and takeaway, which was the world's biggest fish and chip shop, in
Willerby in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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. In August 2016 they announced expansion into
Hull
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with the conversion of the Swiss Cottage public house into a 250-seat restaurant and takeaway.
Papa's competed against other top fish and chip shops in 2017 to win a BBC contest, ''The Best of British Takeaways''.
[ In this competition they were crowned “Britain’s Best Fish and Chips”.
]Cleethorpes Pier
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was purchased by Papa's for an undisclosed fee in December 2016. The Papas Cleethorpes restaurant and takeaway is currently the world's biggest fish and chip shop with over 500 seats.
Further expansion in Hull took place in December 2020 with the opening of a restaurant in the Kingswood area, that also operates a drive-through service.
The Bilton outlet was refurbished and a drive-through facility was added and opened in January 2021.
See also
* List of fish and chip restaurants
This is a list of notable fish and chip restaurants which are renowned for, or whose main dish is, fish and chips. Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin, consisting of battered fish, commonly Atlantic cod or haddock and deep-fried chips. ...
References
External links
Papa's Fish and Chips
– official web site
Fish and chip restaurants
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