Review: Hartley's, Blackburn (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Review: Hartley's, Blackburn
4:20pm Tuesday 10th July 2012 in Reviews
By Simone Yates
Review: Hartley's, Blackburn
AFTER the endless miserable weather we’ve had, I wanted something warm and comforting to eat for lunch.
Hartley’s looked inviting and the menu was tempting — offering fresh, home cooked food and a good selection of drinks.
The cafe/restaurant only had a few empty tables and seems to be a popular option with shoppers, council workers and students.
As soon as we arrived, a friendly waitress offered us seats with an option to order drinks straight away.
We wanted; two lattes at £2.35 each.
The atmosphere is cosy and the decor has character, with a funky sixties theme throughout and Beatles and Elvis memorabilia on the walls.
The menu is basic but offers some great traditional dishes while the specials board has more to offer; spicy chicken paninis and meat dishes.
From the specials I couldn’t resist homemade cheese and onion pie and chips, served with salad (£5.65).
I certainly wasn’t disappointed when the largest portion of pie arrived, three inches deep with cheese and soft pastry — even the coleslaw was homemade — which is always a sign of good quality.
My colleague and friend ordered a mixed omelette (£4) that arrived jam-packed with everything you could want, including mushrooms, sausage and onions — served with homemade chips and salad it was a bargain.
The service was speedy, which is perfect for when you’re on your lunch break.
But without a doubt when time isn’t an issue we will be staying longer and sampling strawberries and cream or a slice of delicious cake that Hartley’s has to offer.
Comments(5)
Kantlemang
says...
8:45pm Wed 11 Jul 12
phil kernot
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8:57pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Graham Hartley wrote:you need to get a life m8
The Telegraph review of March 2009 gave an address and telephone number; these are useful adjuncts.
"We wanted; two lattes at £2.35 each." This is an ingeniously entertaining use of the semicolon. From its position, what it was that we wanted is left without mention and the two lattes are without association with what was wanted; yet even the dull truth of 'we wanted two lattes at £2.35 each' is brightened by wonder. Would we want two lattes at £3.45 each, or would we want three?
Graham Hartley
says...
10:58pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Kantlemang wrote:I was an idiot and am now a dullard. That's an uplift, and from Kantlemang that's astonishing.
Shut up Hartley, you dullard.
Graham Hartley
says...
11:04pm Wed 11 Jul 12
phil kernot wrote:Some want me to lose what's left of my life. Thanks for wishing me more.
Graham Hartley wrote:you need to get a life m8
The Telegraph review of March 2009 gave an address and telephone number; these are useful adjuncts.
"We wanted; two lattes at £2.35 each." This is an ingeniously entertaining use of the semicolon. From its position, what it was that we wanted is left without mention and the two lattes are without association with what was wanted; yet even the dull truth of 'we wanted two lattes at £2.35 each' is brightened by wonder. Would we want two lattes at £3.45 each, or would we want three?
Graham Hartley says...
9:43pm Tue 10 Jul 12
"We wanted; two lattes at £2.35 each." This is an ingeniously entertaining use of the semicolon. From its position, what it was that we wanted is left without mention and the two lattes are without association with what was wanted; yet even the dull truth of 'we wanted two lattes at £2.35 each' is brightened by wonder. Would we want two lattes at £3.45 each, or would we want three?