A SAVVY landlord has launched a £1.99 “Boris Menu” to entice Tier 2 drinkers who don’t want to fork out on a “substantial meal”.
The King’s Head in Essex is offering bargain meals to lure boozers back in when lockdown lifts tomorrow – including beans on toast and hotdogs.
Pub owner Matthew Arnold says the items on the “Boris Menu” are not the “most accomplished” but count as a substantial meal under Tier 2 restrictions.
Other meals to enjoy with a long-awaited pint include garlic bread or battered cod dippers for 99p.
Punters can also tuck into a £1.99 burger and chips or a vanilla cheesecake for just 99p.
Matthew told Essex Live: “Every time a new regulation is implemented it incurs a lot of time and cost for pubs to abide.
“It’s the frustration that prompted the menu idea initially at the same time as catering for customers that don’t necessarily want a large and costly meal each time they want to visit us.”
Wetherspoons is also launching a new breakfast menu starting from £1.99 ahead of its pubs reopening tomorrow.
Customers will be able to choose from four new breakfast muffins – egg and bacon, egg and sausage, breakfast with bacon and sausage, and egg and cheese.
Pubs will reopen across England tomorrow as lockdown lifts and the tier system is re-introduced.
But there has been some confusion over Tier 2 rules, which state pubs must serve substantial meals or close.
The measures have sparked a debate over what counts as a substantial meal – with a bizarre row rumbling on over scotch eggs.
George Eustice told LBC yesterday the snack would count if there was table service – but Michael Gove tripped up three times when asked the same question.
The PM today promised the system will only last for two months and vowed to make them more local in a bid to soften a mounting Tory rebellion.
He also offered 30,000 drinks-only pubs an extra £1,000 grant to try and help them make ends – “recognising how hard they’ve been hit by this in what is their typically busiest month”.
