Coke Ginger I think will appeal to a particular market. It’s very hipster sounding. I went out on the weekend and got a cider at one bar and was asked if I wanted “Ginger and ice” in the glass. I think they are aiming for that sort of market.
The McDonald’s store at Glen Waverley (corner of High Street and Springvale Roads) has been rebuilt and is now being decorated. I think it will open next week in time for McHappy Day on November 12.
EDIT: the store officially reopened today (November 7). There are three drive-in windows on the west side of the building (the old store had only single window on the south side). You order and pay your food at the first window, and collect them at one of the other two windows.
Little wonder that this and many other pie shops aren’t going so well. Went into a local pie shop on Thursday (not Pie Face, last time I had it the pie struggled to stay in one piece) and a pie cost $5.30…you can get a pie of similar quality from Woolworths for 1/4 of the price and nuke it for 3 minutes.
About the only take away pies I find that are good are ones from bakeries - a really good crust does more for a pie than anything the filling can do at that kind of price point.
better to get something more filling like KFC, McDonalds and Hungry Jack’s than to waste money on pies. Time you buy a pie, maybe chips and a drink it comes to the same price.
For real? KFC, McDonalds and Hungry Jacks are pretty disgusting and cost a lot more for a meal than a pie would. I also don’t know anyone who eats chips with a pie. If you get a pie you would probably just get a pie (and maybe a coffee depending on what time of day it is).
Personally I didn’t mind pie face. I don’t eat many takeaways but after a big night out I would much prefer them to other fast food chains.
I was up in Brisbane on the weekend so made sure I gave the Carls Jnr at the airport a go. I think I actually preferred it here to when I had it in the US earlier this year. I remember the US one being greasy and feeling a bit gross after it, but the burger I had here was really good.