Matchday catering upgrade

Yes it's called the glass works . Great food and drinks there ! when the bridge is finally opened it will be used more I bet

 

The old grove Street school site that is sat empty and overgrown is owned by Barnsley sponsor bapps for bolts I believe. Perfect site for a full size and much more permanent fanzone and catering area

 

Have you ever been in a container in winter?

 

No, I presume it is warmer and drier than outside. I was responding to someone in the thread who felt the 'pop up catering',wouldn't work in the winter months. I don't know if temporary heaters could be used safely?

 

I imagine they have banked that land, to build houses on in the near future.

 

Containers, temporary heaters etc - grim. Might as well stay in s nice warm pub or cafe until kick off.

 

I imagine so too but the planning permission to do so is long since expired

 

Aww,got to have to try a new matchday experience once in my life.

 

The last meat and potato pie I had would have been safe for vegetarians.

 

Cheers mate, great shout out for Spark. We've just extended it for a few more years too. One of my last acts as Head of Regeneration and Economy before I leave for Durham County Council next week. Will still just be round the corner from where I live though.

 

Cheers mate, gutted to leave York but a big step up for me in a huge authority with a diverse economy. We've pushed my job hard in recruitment channels so hopefully someone with the same passion for the city and lots more things like Spark and Brew York.

I need to shut up telling people about Skosh though, it's impossible to get a booking now!

 

Congratulations Andy on your new job, I hope it goes well for you.

 

Thank you! Have you managed to see the restoration of Clifford's Tower yet? It's stunning

 

No not yet Andy,I 'm hoping to get to York this summer break.

 

Even on a much smaller scale, this kind of thing is not feasible for 3 hours a week for 9 months of the year.

 

@ark104 (v2) absolutely love Spark mate, it’s one of our go to places every time we go to York, brilliant place, good luck on your new job pal

 

The thing that gets me, there are football clubs all over the world that serve food to their fans in and around their grounds. They've been doing it for years, decades. They might even be making money at it. Some of these clubs are way bigger than us, some are comparable, some are smaller. I believe my local non league club sell pieminster pies and burgers from the local butcher and knock out beer from a local brewery.

There are places up and down the country that have temporary/pop up facilities and seem to get by. A few weeks ago we did a London walk that took in Deptford. We wandered past a place we'd never heard of (and I can't recall it's name off hand) and there were 3 containers open for food and a wooden bar with 5 or 6 taps. Different challenges for a possible mass surge at key intervals, of course, but we can't say it's impossible to serve edible food at a football club on matchday.

If we can't be arsed with the faff, fine, outsource it again or just lean on food businesses on the periphery of Oakwell. But I don't understand how it's so common (to varying standards) across the world, yet we can't do something that's far better than what we've mustered so far.