Finally, those in boats can pick up a delicious fish and chips without having to find their land legs thanks to Fuller’s pub The Still & West, which has opened the UK’s first ever sail-through.
Yachtsmen in The Solent will be able to call or Tweet the team at The Still & West and their fish and chips will be ready and waiting on the pub’s new quayside serving hatch.
Dan Bowden, Manager of The Still & West, said, “The new service window on the outside of the pub looks fantastic – and I just can’t wait to start serving my seafaring customers.
'We have an award-winning chef in Luke Emmess – but if you want to sample some of his more exotic dishes, I’m afraid you’ll have to moor up and come in. But if it’s a delicious Fuller’s Kitchen fish supper you are after, give us a shout and we’ll be ready and waiting with your deck side delivery.”
Fuller’s has a long association with the sea and donates £5 per barrel of its Gales Seafarers beer to Seafarers UK, the charity that provides vital support to seafarers in need and their families.
Seafarers UK Director of Fundraising and Communications, Nigel Shattock, said, “Seafarers have been the poor relations to car drivers for too long when it comes to food delivery so I’m delighted to see the balance has finally been redressed.
'Who would have thought, when we were founded 101 years ago, that one day you could pre-order a delicious portion of fish and chips and collect it without even setting foot on land. I can’t wait to sail in and try it out for myself.”
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