I have been tempted so many times to try this again as it was good the last time i went. However, they really should have a website in this day and age.

Do you have any idea as to what sort of dishes are on the tapas menu?

That is a decent list of dishes for £10.

On another note...not tried it. But the Butlers at Pleasington (think they now have a proper chef too) is offering 2 steaks, homemade chips, peppercorn sauce, onion rings and vegetables with a bottle of wine for £20 (for two people)

I have the flyer here so being the helpful sort of chap I am:

Stuffed garlic mushrooms

Garlic pizza tomato

spicy mussels mexicana

BBQ spare ribs

Cheesy potato skins

Homemade pate & toast

Spicy tomato pasta

spicy meat risotto

creamy garlic mussels

garlic pizza

creamy garlic potatoes

italian sausage, peppers and sweet chilli sauce

BBQ potatoes

marinated black olives

Red snapper on wilted spinach

tangy chciken wings

baked veg in a spicy tomato sauce

stuffed peppers

garlic pizza and mozzerella

garlic and rosemary chicken

meatballs in salsa

french fries

black pudding with dijon mayo

prawns in garic butter

onion rings

caeser salad

Tuscan bread

So its a bit of an odd bag of choices, the misses said the two of them got told to order 4 dishers between them at a time and they could get as much as wanted for thr £15.

The 3 course for £15 is apparently all day on sunday as well, I think I'll try that one Sunday.

I agree they should have a website its a poor do that.

Hughesy, any recommendations from the Mangiamos menu?

Quattros was the best the last time I went - however like you said its changed name - so I havent been since or heard anything about the quality.

Mangiamo's is our normal place for an Italian as its not too far away & good quality.

Never tried Parmesan & Pepper either following lots of mixed reports.

Very Funny on the Francos! You know if its still any good or not?

last time I went a couple of monhs ago it was decent mate, a lot of people rave about the villa at clitheroe but I wasn't overly impressed

It's still got the same name Hughesy, still called Franco's.

A few years ago the best in my opinion was Quattro's at Samlesbury, I havn't been since it changed it's name to Nuraghes or whatever it is now.

We are going to Mangiamo's at Darwen with some friends on Tuesday night and tonight the wife went to Parmesan and Pepper at Abbey Village as they do a sort of Italian Tapas menu, £15 each as much as you can eat on a Thursday or a 3 course meal for a tenner on Friday nights with a fair selection as well (if you wanted it I'll type it out as it isn't on line).

Edit: Bugger it I'll type it up anyway in case anyone else fancies trying it, I'm going to at some stage;

Stuffed Garlic Mushrooms topped with cheese

Soup of the Day

Garlic bread choose either plain, cheese or tomato

Cheesy potato skins

homemade chicken liver pate with galic toast

black pudding on mash with creamy peppercorn sauce

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Mexican chicken - chicken breast in a spicy tomato sauce with onions, chilli and garlic

Fillet of Salmon coated in a light creamy pink prawn sauce

Any pizza or pasta

Swordfish Steak in a garlic butter sauce

Chicken Pepe - chicken breast in a creamy peppercorn sauce

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Chefs selection of todays puddings

Mangiamo's is next on the list of Italians to try, heard some mixed things about it but will give it a pop

Another shout out for the Black Horse at Pimlico, best chips around.

On the subject of chips I had a Clayton street yesterday lunch, still good but nowhere near as good as they used to be

TCO - how was it?

sorry for the lack of response it was actually nice, We all had pasta which for £3.95 on the night was really nice. Good garli breads as well.

There's better Italians around but for the price we'll be going again. I think it's Monday and Tuesday nights any pizza or pasta £3.95

Trying Gino's (formerly Tiggis) tonight, will report back but I'm not expecting too much

Downloaded a film called The Collector, really enjoyed it, almost like a grown up grusome home alone

By the way KFC in Accy is also Halal now as well

I don't really want to debate the farming methods/Halal, I'll come off sounding like a preaching soap-boxer and I really don't want to do that.

My only point is that anybody who buys chicken from KFC can't pretend to care about the welfare of the animals involved.

Can I just point out that I was against the fact I couldn't get what I went in for, purely selfish motives

I'll still go

No Lee Makel - no deal

Why don't Rovers still kick balls into the crowd when they come out I used to like that

This was at KFC near the hospital not sure about the others

Maybe not the right place for this but I see no other eaterie threads, I popped into KFC in Blackburn today as I fancied one of those new spicy boxmasters, I was disappointed when I found out they weren't doing them and was downright p1ssed off when I found out its because it contains bacon and last week the store went Halal only.

Fair enough have the option for Halal but it doesn't seem fair that I have to miss out

Just to rub it in a few hundred yards down the road I see a big advertisment for the new boxmaster

Watched The Box last night, film started OK but got far too silly after a while. Midweek we watched The Stepfather which is a remake of an older film, decent but somewhat cliched thriller.

Last week saw Princess and the Frog last week which was awesome but obviously not for everyone

We had a couple of mates over from Hull who found themselves sat near the bloke who shouted out, seems he was too drunk to realise what was going on.

Apparently the fellow Hull fan sat immediately in front of him turned round and smacked him so hard he couldn't breathe for the rest of the silence, never mind make any further noise.

It's a credit to everyone in the Darwen End (upper and lower) that the rest of the minute was observed in impeccable silence ... because usually after an unfortunate incident like that the whole thing degenerates.

I hope John's family found some solace through the respect of the 23,000 fans and both clubs

I remember once maybe 10 years ago there was a minutes silence for someone I can't recall and we were playing Leeds, the Leeds fans started a 'One Don Revie' chant and the Rovers fans stayed remarkably calm until after the whistle was blown.

Yeah it was a shame someone had to ruin it especially with what looked like his family next to the pitch

The chant was a nice touch but I didn't join in, I didn't know the lad nor the circumstances around his death I wouldn't feel right if I joined in.

I wonder if we'll see an increased police presence on the concourses tonight due to the incidents on Saturday

Finally saw Taken last night, very good movie. Not quite as good as Law Abiding Citizen but still excellent. Liam Neeson has been one of my favourite actors since Rob Roy.

I dodn't know Rob Roy was an actor

Princess and the Frog is now out and I'm looking forward to it, love old school disney animation, also got Up Blu ray on pre order.

Bioshock 2 came today, loving it so far. Rapture is one of the greatest game locations of all time for me.

Would love a good film based there

The Sun newspaper makes me sick, where do they get these vile headlines from about the tragic incident! Johns mum says in the LT that the police told her the bin has hit him on the back of the head following it being chucked around, but the sun makes it out to be game that has gone wrong as if it's done at every home game.

I will never buy that paper again!

R.I.P John

As Mellison said, the jist of what the sun saying was the common conception by most (including myself), if this wasn't Rovers related and some other team I imagine people on here would come to conclusions about what happened in a similar way to that of which the Sun did.

It is a sham of a paper though but we knew that anyway.

I may get attacked for this as I wasn't there but there is blame to be placed on some of our own fans somewhere down the line as no matter how it's protested or portrayed, throwing bottles and a bin is more than fans just messing around and is a recipe for disaster.

i dont think your being heartless, ut i think it is times like this when it makes you really realise what football is "A GAME", it makes you really appreciate what is important. some of the behaviour at away games is truely embarassing, on wednesday there will be a minuites silence and flowers will be laid down and i think that is right, human lives are so much more important than a game and it should be treated that way!

KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH!

Indeed as I said I think there should be a minutes silence but the 2 minutes silence should be reserved for the likes of Uncle Jack or the war dead.

A minutes silence on Wednesday would be apt, anything else maybe too much. Not trying to sound heartless but where does it then stop?

I hope his family is coping through these horrible times, I suppose his son wont fully understand where his dad is and how he wont be coming back.

Horrible.

I was at this game, and bought two plastic bottles of beer before the game. The tops were removed "as they could be used as a missile"

How the hell can it be possible to use a bin as a missile but a bottle top is forbidden? Why was the bin not firmly fixed to the ground?

I am devestated to hear the news of this lad passing away, devastated.

What is the point of stewards if they stand to one side and watch this unfold?

Unbelievable set of circumstances.

RIP Fella, and to Preston Blues nephew

come off it mate this is of no fault of stoke city at all and solely the fault of a group of rovers fans, it probably seemed like fun to them nut has ended trafically

sad that he's lost his life but that's nothing compared to the fact q kid has lost his dad in stupid stupid circumstances

If their brains were made of dynamite it wouldn't blow their hats off! Scum of the earth. The sad thing is, they are not 15 year olds, they are mature ( in age only) young men who lack basic intelligence, have no moral footing, see nothing wrong in what they do and actually relish in it. Sad sad people who are not worthy of mention. The poor lad who is injured however is. Hope the ones responsible sleep well tonight - maybe they are all sleeping together!

Not to speak ill of someone in a grave condition but for all we know he was one of the numpties involved in the bin throwing so it would be wrong to assume anything right now.

Either way I really hope he pulls through nobody should lose thier life in such idiotic circumstances and rob a family of their son/brother, maybe even father and husband.

Nice from the Stoke fans, shows the few comments I read earlier were just a bad selection from their lot.

Hope its not true about the life support

Even at the very least it's loutish unacceptable behaviour.

How come many of us can follow our team around and not resort to throwing beer and bins around.