easy diner soho ed s easy diner is a uk casual restaurant chain selling 50 s american diner style items . history edit the first ed s easy diner was opened by barry margolis in london s soho in 1987 . 1 in 2008 there were just 3 diners all situated in london . as of april 2014 ed s easy diner had 24 outlets and by september 2016 they had 59 . 1 in october 2016 the struggling company which was hit by poor sales and suffered from over expansion was purchased by boparan restaurant holdings which owns giraffe restaurants after it collapsed into administration . the deal saw 26 diners close immediately and almost 400 jobs lost but saved 33 diners and 700 jobs . 2 references edit a b ed s easy diner enjoys sizzling growth success . telegraph.co.uk . 16 april 2014 . retrieved 6 september 2015 . ed s easy diner jobs cut in chicken king sale . sky news . retrieved 2016 10 12 . external links edit official website v t e food chains in the united kingdom casual dining angus steakhouse ask beefeater grill bella italia brewers fayre byron hamburgers caf rouge carluccio s chiquito damon s ed s easy diner frankie & benny s giraffe gourmet burger kitchen harry ramsden s harvester hungry horse la tasca little chef loch fyne restaurants nando s ok diner pizza hut pizzaexpress prezzo strada table table taybarns t.g.i. friday s toby carvery tony roma s wagamama wahaca wildwood kitchen zizzi fast food barburrito burger king chicken cottage chipotle mexican grill dixy chicken domino s pizza five guys kfc mcdonald s morley s papa john s pizza sam s chicken sbarro southern fried chicken subway taco bell tops pizza tortilla wasabi wimpy yo sushi baked goods auntie anne s cinnabon cooplands ditsch dunkin donuts eat greggs krispy kreme millie s cookies patisserie valerie pret a manger sayers spudulike upper crust the west cornwall pasty company coffee shops and tea rooms amt coffee betty s caff nero caff ritazza coffee 1 coffee republic costa coffee harris hoole starbucks dairy baskin robbins ben & jerry s kaspa s shakeaway pub chains all bar one chef & brewer o neill s scream pubs slug and lettuce walkabout wetherspoons yates s this uk based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ed % 27s easy diner & oldid 744055731 categories 1987 establishments in englandbritish brandsfast food chains of the united kingdomretail companies established in 1987united kingdom restaurant stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 21 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view