Middle Class Problems: Why can't pubs cope with the Sunday lunch rush?
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet twice recently I have fallen victim to the unscrupulous closing of a pub kitchen during the peak mania of the Sunday lunch rush. Rather than a countryside carvery, I've been spending my weekends frustrated at London gastropubs apparently unable to order in enough roast beef and purple sprouting broccoli to placate the labrador-walking masses. What's worse, it's not as though single dishes were simply removed from the menu – the entire kitchens have been shut down, with an air of gravity – "I'm sorry, we just couldn't cope" – that would normally be reserved for situations of actual danger.
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