First of new chain called Brightside gives nostalgic nod to 20th-century glory days of car travel

A packet of sad sandwiches and a tepid cup of tea: for years, roadside dining in the UK has offered little for motorists to write home about.

Seasoned travellers may yearn for the heyday of the 1980s and 1990s in Britain, when few long car journeys came without a scheduled refuel at a branch of Little Chef – the now defunct chain famed for its stacks of pancakes.

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