Bernie's under new ownership!

[thehungrytroglobite]

Where was the awful coffee?

Inglesport

 

[LadyMud]

Inglesport

For balance, I've only ever had lovely coffee there (flat white that actually tastes of coffee )

 

[JoshW]

People actually drink coffee for the taste? I thought it was just for waking you up and dunking biscuits into?

 

[chunky]

People actually drink coffee for the taste? I thought it was just for waking you up and dunking biscuits into?

Everyone knows drinking coffee is to get the bowels moving before caving!

 

[topcat]

Well, the tepid dish water Inglesport serve has so little coffee in it that none of above apply. Even dunking biscuits would be a sad affair.

 

[Ian Ball]

Blimey, hard to please!

I'm very happy to see Bernie's on the return.

How is it all progressing?

 

[JoshW]

Blimey, hard to please!

I'm very happy to see Bernie's on the return.

How is it all progressing?

I believe there is a date decided for opening!!!

 

[Tim Pickering]

I believe there is a date decided for opening!!!

Oh come on! You can't just leave it at that.

 

[Long Drop]

Is it in this decade?

 

[diccandave1958]

I've had similar experiences next door unfortunately. There's one particular employee that makes a smashing flat white but when they're not in I always opt for tea.
Sounds like Bernie's is going to have better veggie/vegan options too, so that's a big plus. I hope they have comfier seats as well! The ones in Inglesport hurt my bum after a few hours. Maybe I should eat more chips to get more portable padding.
I wrote most of my undergrad dissertation in Bernie's and was very sad when they closed, I could never find a cafe up to the same standard in Ingleton. Really excited to be able to spend rainy days next to that stove again.

If my ageing memory serves me well, Bernie's under Steve's tenure ended in 2016, and it was taken over by a non-caving couple for a couple of years. It then changed hands a couple more times, before closing down until Kristian took it on. That would mean you were either writing your undergraduate dissertation when you were younger than 15 years old, or it wasn't the 'real' Bernie's you were sampling. The 'real' Bernie's had FAR less comfortable seating than Inglesport do -the slatted bench seats made your backside look like it had been barbequed, and the old school chairs weren't much better!

Hopefully Bernie's will see a return to some of it's former glory. I remember many pre and post caving trip brews in there, back in the 80's and 90's, whilst drooling over shiny caving kit.

P.S Doesn't Inglesport pay your partner's wages, lol

 

[greg dales]

I certainly hope so. The one I've been using for years definitely needs replacing.

Mine too.

 

[alanw]

Seen on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/606228612771783/posts/8189715451089690/

Bernie’s is open today the 8th of Aug 2024, we have some yummy cakes and ice cream with some delicious home made soups get your self down meet the staff and treat your self to a coffee have a look at our caving theme we have taken it back to the good old days!!We all look forward to meeting you. From everyone at Bernie’s xx
Open days are 9-5 every day but Tuesday xx

 

[Pitlamp]

Ah, congrats Kris. But loads of us don't do Facebook (quite deliberately) so maybe post stuff on here as well?

 

[cap n chris]

I went to the real Bernies twice, once to discover how basic and spartan it was and the second time just to check I hadn't dreamt it. Kinda like a Northern greasy spoon contender/equivalent of the Centre of the Universe, and equally misanthropic*; I recall making a comparison with the Slaughtered Lamb in my TripAdvisor review. Thereafter Inglesport for the vibe and all that went with it. Order of magnitude improvement. [* the clientele, not the staff; at both sites].