Bernie's Closed

[Badlad]

Moderator comment: New thread with posts after Bernie's recent closure moved from thread https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?threads/bernies-is-now-open.32115/.

Had my first visit yesterday which I enjoyed very much, only to hear this morning that Bernies is closing in January .

Oh well, back to jolly Inglesport

 

[hannahb]

Closing for January, or just closing full stop?

 

[Badlad]

According to staff, closing on 5th January for good.

 

[hannahb]

Wow. That's a shame.

 

[PeteHall]

That didn't last long! I've not been to the dales since it opened, and won't be up before it's closed again!

 

[Ian Ball]

That's a big disappointment, the effort obviously gone in has been huge.

 

[Alex]

That's a real shame just got used to their higher quality brekkies (sorry Inglesport). Any clue why Bernies is closing?

 

[skippy]

Real shame..I too commented that the breakfast was extremely good.

 

[Lankyman]

Looking at the reviews on Google they're almost all very positive. There are always a few moaners on these things but largely they're very good. I should get over there before it's too late.

 

[anticrawling]

Does anyone know the reason for it closing?

 

[Space Doubt Caver]

I hope it's not closing,

 

[Maisie Syntax]

I suspect that there being five cafes in Ingleton doesn't help. There is undoubtedly a finite number of customers to share between the five establishments. Whilst the good quality of the food, not to mention the marvellous staff is a bonus, the fact that the opening hours could be unpredictable, won't have helped. There's been many a time I've seen it closed, when the opening times in the window indicated there was over an hour to go. The recent changes to opening times have been shortened again.

 

[skippy]

From the horses mouth:-

 

[Ian Ball]

oh no that's so sad, I wish the Brooks well.

 

[Ian P]

Property details for sale

Seems like a bargain.

Bernie's of Ingleton, 5 bedroom, Commercial

Bernie's of Ingleton has been trading since the 1950s. Large restaurant with fully equipped catering kitchen. 5 bed residential flat over....

www.fisherhopper.com

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Very reasonable. If I were 20 years younger.....

 

[Maisie Syntax]

Caveat emptor ..... ?

 

[Cantclimbtom]

Caveat emptor ..... ?

The reason given was "personal reasons of the owner" (given it's described as "personal" we shouldn't speculate on the owner's personal reason). That does suggest not being a problem/complication with the premises and nothing preventing its use for a viable business. So maybe not caveat emptor? Hope the sale goes well and they get a better offer than their asking price.

(Apologies if your post was merely a pun around Latin "cave" and I totally missed the point)

 

[Maisie Syntax]

To clarify; My comment had nothing to do with the personal circumstances of any current or previous owners, but was in relation to the cafe situation in Ingleton. With Bernie's now closed, there are still five cafes in Ingleton. If the Bernie's premises were to re-open as a cafe, then that would be six cafes. Refurb of another former cafe is currently underway, with a view to reopen in the spring - making a total of seven cafes in the village. The question is, can the village sustain seven cafes as going concerns? For the record, I used to go in the recent edition of Bernie's and found the food and service very good.

 

[Pitlamp]

I doubt the caving communuity has quite the same fondness for most of those cafe's though. After all, there's only one Bernie's.