The Ashvale

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The Ashvale
Industry Restaurant
Founded1979 in Scotland
Headquarters Scotland
Area served
UK
Products Seafood
Website www.theashvale.co.uk

The Ashvale is a chain of fish and chip restaurants and takeaways in the north-east of Scotland.

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The flagship restaurant, which opened in 1979, is situated on the Great Western Road in Aberdeen. Other restaurants and takeaways in the chain of Ashvale restaurants are located in Banchory, Portlethen, Dundee, Elgin, Ellon and Inverurie.

By the mid-1990s the restaurant complex in Aberdeen had 300 seats and was open 7 days a week. [1] In 2004, the chain served about 30,000 customers each week, selling approximately 18,000 fillets of fish. [2]

Haddock, chips and mushy peas Haddock at the Ashvale.jpg
Haddock, chips and mushy peas

Awards

The Ashvale won several awards in the 1990s before it retired from competing: [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Scotland the best 94". The Herald . Glasgow. 12 February 1994. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Restaurant chain relies on quality local fish, Intrafish, 20 August 2008
  3. Mercedes Cebrián (14 February 2014), "Césped por doquier", El País
  4. Wilson, Neil; Symington, Andy (1 April 2017). Lonely Planet Scotland. Lonely Planet. ISBN   9781787010338 via Google Books.
  5. The National Fish and Chip Awards (PDF), 24 January 2019, p. 30

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