Drinkers in Spoons

[TheDaringOliveNewt]

I'm away and at spoons having breakfast.

Every single table apart from mine has pints going, at 8.30.

Aibu thinking it's weird?

They do a nice breakfast, decent veggie options and the coffee is refill.

I go quite often with a veggie friend, although we go nearer lunchtime.

Used to work near Smithfield meat market. Local pub would open at 6am to serve drinks and food to the workers coming off shift. Not everyone has the 9 to 5 routine.

Loads of people. Spoons do a great breakfast and it's dirt cheap too.

Where else can you get a large English breakfast with unlimited tea and coffee for less than £8? Or a breakfast muffin deal for less than £4?

I worked in spoons as a student. There would be a queue outside at 8am waiting...

I love a drink but even when going on holiday, i dont get a drink on Spoons at the aiport in the early morning. I just can’t stomach it. Snd then to feel hungover at 10/11am

awful

nowhere because the quality of produce is gruesome

@Lovely13 just posted the same too Elenour Really about Smithfield x

Alcohol is a lot cheaper there than elsewhere. They also have some great bargains on their menu - the breakfasts are popular. And you can have as many refills of coffee as you like. One of my friends goes to a Wetherspoons alone regularly because he likes to take a pile of reading (New Scientist, The Economist, computer stuff) and drink cheap beer in pleasant surroundings. Some Wetherspoons pubs are in lovely buildings.

Spoons is a cheap place for booze and serves alcohol all day

Years ago I went for a pint at 8.30am after a night shift,It was very much having a pint at 8.30am..never again.
Coffee and toast definitley .

So what if they are alcohol dependent? They keep people in work, pay high tax on the goods they are consuming and die early. Win, win for society. The eggs benedict in our local Weatherspoons, is as good as any. I get the miners benedict, with a side of mushrooms and the refillable decaffeinated cappuccino is a bargain. The fish and chips is cheaper than the chippy. Lots of professions would start the day with a hot toddy, or the men would carry a hip flask. None of this behaviour is new.

'So what if they are alcohol dependent? They keep people in work, pay high tax on the goods they are consuming and die early. Win, win for society'

Well yes, there is that.

Where would you go for breakfast, and why?

If they are alcohol dependent they may die early but probably have medical issues that will cost NHS to treat

Everyone costs the NHS if they have medical issues.

I also don’t understand why Gloriias night shift work mates are so exhausted by a days work they go home and immediately take to bed. We don’t do that at 6pm after a day shift do we?!

I used to live near a Spoons with a beer garden/patio out front, in a dodgy area. There was a couple who seemed to be with their grandchild, who would stop off for a pint on their way walking him to school.

I agree entirely, but then I also find it weird whenever I take a morning flight and there are families at the pub in their airport lining up pints at 7am while their kids are running up and down through the terminal.

I enjoy a drink but I confess I judge.

You've obviously never worked nights. We don't do that at 6pm though, correct.

'spoons breakfast is good, reliable and you can see the calorie count. Their porridge with bananas and honey is my go-to if I'm travelling with work.

The people working there are unfailingly polite.

It is ludicrously cheap.

It is generally less grotty than you'd expect a town centre pub to be at 8am.

There are many occasions when one might drink in the morning stated above. It's not my thing however a lot of people I know will do it. Not all of them are alcoholics (probably).

If the 8am pint drinkers are there every day/alcoholics/terribly lonely then...isn't it better than them being alone and drinking?

My only criticism is the hiding of the toilets.

Have you ever been and tried it?

my sister works nights in a&e. I often meet her for breakfast, sometimes she goes to the gym after work, or food shopping. She doesn’t run to bed, no.

Don’t tell @Gloriia 😂

I think it's fairly well known that to keep prices that low and still make a decent margin it's the food quality (and staff pay and conditions) that is sacrificed. Which is fine if you're ok with sausages containing 5% meat, served by students just happy to top up their uni spends. But let's not pretend Spoons is anything other than low cost, low quality.

Not everyone can afford high cost, high quality.

But also, one of the reasons Spoons is cheap is because there are hundreds of them and they have buying power. The same reason Tesco can sell things for half the price of your local independent corner shop.