Yes, there really is a restaurant chain called Scoff & Banter

[editor]

I bet they're, like, totes amazeballs too.

http://www.scoffandbanter.london/aboutus-en.html

 

[mr steev]

Reminds me of when I was a kid and I would go to the occasional 'noggin and natter' with my parents... usually some sort of club event at a WMC that involved chicken or scampi and chips.

 

[maomao]

'noggin and natter'

Noggin? In what part of the UK does that mean grub?

 

[mr steev]

Noggin? In what part of the UK does that mean grub?

I'm from the Midlands.
Never really thougt about it before but it looks like it's a shortened version of 'noggin nosh and natter' (not that I've ever heard it said like that before) noggin meaning a drink

If someone asked me what a noggin was out of that context though, I'd think it meant your head

 

[Maurice Picarda]

The menu looks quite nice, but as it's a chain and the locations are largely tourist traps, I suspect the experience would disappoint.

Still, it's noteworthy that any enterprise can get superb publicity just by having a hipsterish enough name to enrage the curmudgeonly board owner.

 

[George & Bill]

The name's not hipsterish, it's just painfully public-school. Rahrahrah.

I think any restaurant would be well advised to avoid the word 'void' on its 'about' page, though.

 

[Spymaster]

I've had lunch at the Marble Arch one. It was alright.

The name didn't register as particularly noteworthy.

 

[Yelkcub]

ScoBa?

 

[mr steev]

Noggin? In what part of the UK does that mean grub?

I've just discovered that noggin can mean a thick piece of bread. Maybe that's the origin?

 

[bi0boy]

I've had lunch at the Marble Arch one. It was alright.

The name didn't register as particularly noteworthy.

So why did you end up there? Did "fussed up and trussed up" not do it for you or was "dress down and dirty just a little too low rent"?

I thought people wanted to avoid these extremes went to Café Rouge or something, or maybe that counts as low rent.

 

[DotCommunist]

I've just discovered that noggin can mean a thick piece of bread. Maybe that's the origin?

'use your loaf' could tie etymology wise

 

[editor]

The menu looks quite nice, but as it's a chain and the locations are largely tourist traps, I suspect the experience would disappoint.

Still, it's noteworthy that any enterprise can get superb publicity just by having a hipsterish enough name to enrage the curmudgeonly board owner.

PS You're confusing "enraged" with "found amusing."

 

[Maurice Picarda]

But why the paddleboarder? It's from a Daily Mail article about someone being told to fuck off back to England; I can't work out why it's relevant here.

 

[innit]

Scoff and banter is so far from "hipsterish" it's unreal (both the name and the restaurant, not that I've been). If there are any hipsters in there, they'll be sitting sheepishly with their mums and dads.

 

[editor]

But why the paddleboarder? It's from a Daily Mail article about someone being told to fuck off back to England; I can't work out why it's relevant here.

It's a "board owner."

 

[Maurice Picarda]

It's a "board owner."

He's clearly rented it.

 

[editor]

He's clearly rented it.

You must be especially bored tonight.

 

[Mation]

Christ

 

[editor]

More bantz needed peeps.

 

[Belushi]

More bantz needed peeps.

Maybe a dedicated Bantz forum?

 

[editor]

Maybe a dedicated Bantz forum?

Totes.

 

[8ball]

Cheeky.