chain genre chain of roadside restaurants founded north west and midlands england in 1990s founder city centre restaurants headquarters middlewich cheshire england website official website ok diner flintshire the ok diner is a privately owned roadside restaurant chain in the united kingdom . the restaurants have a retro 1950s style american diner theme with popular 1950s music chequerboard flooring booth seating plenty of chrome details and 1950s memorabilia on the walls . 1 2 the concept was created by john roebuck and tony horsfall for city centre restaurants now the restaurant group and was sold to co directors ian hendry and dafydd poole following a management buy out in january 2001 . but in 2014 dafydd poole bought out his partner and is now operating the diners . 3 4 5 6 as of august 2011 the chain has eight operating restaurants . 7 thieves stole the safe from the leominster branch in september 2014 . 8 contents 1 menu 2 current locations 3 former locations 4 references 5 external links menu edit the menu served consists of popular diner favourites such as burgers hot dogs grills cooked breakfasts thick shakes and desserts . since 2012 burritos have been added to the menu . in traditional diner style tea filter coffee and soft drinks are all refilled free of charge . root beer and floats are also available . there is also a children s menu for children under 10 years of age off which kids eat free when an adult gets a full meal . 9 full english breakfasts are served as well . 10 current locations edit the ok diner chain has eight restaurants as of september 2011 . 7 a5 bridgtown staffordshire a49 leominster herefordshire a55 northop hall flintshire a1 tickencote rutland a1 colsterworth lincolnshire a1 carlton on trent nottinghamshire a19 elwick county durham a38 egginton derbyshire former locations edit a370 weston super mare north somerset a6 on the border between levenshulme manchester and heaton chapel stockport site is now occupied by a mcdonalds and a kfc outlet . kilner way retail park sheffield site now car parking closed 2002 stockport king street west . preston a583 lea west of preston . liverpool east lancs road . wigan closed down when i went but seemed to be in a shopping precinct rather than the usual format . just west of the m1 on the ashby de la zouch road a512 references edit ok diner . evening gazette . gazette media company limited . 2 may 2008 . retrieved 2009 02 06 . bicknell gareth 28 may 2005 . it s ok by name ... and ok by nature . daily post liverpool england . mgn ltd. retrieved 2009 02 06 . ok diner attacks roadside market . caterersearch . reed business information . 26 july 2001 . retrieved 2009 02 06 . group restaurateur of the year . caterersearch . reed business information . 21 october 2003 . retrieved 2009 02 06 . restaurant group the . caterersearch . reed business information . 9 august 2006 . retrieved 2009 02 06 . cafe group steps up sale programme . bbc news . 28 march 2001 . retrieved 2009 02 06 . a b where we are . ok diner . retrieved 2 september 2011 . http www.herefordtimes.com news regional herefordshire 11498487 . ham burglar strikes leominster 39 s ok diner menu . ok diner . retrieved 2 september 2011 . http www.ifancyafryup.co.uk cafes england herefordshire leominster ok diner.html external links edit official website media related to ok diner at wikimedia commons 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 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