I went down to the grand opening of Blackpool's new Wendy's

Lancashire Post

I went down to the grand opening of Blackpool's brand new Wendy's on The Promenade

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00:00Hi, my name is Jack Marshall. I'm a digital food and drink reporter with the Blackpool

00:05Gazette and today I had the privilege of being able to go down to the promenade in Blackpool

00:09in the sunshine to enjoy what was a pretty special day with the opening of the new Wendy's

00:15on the promenade itself. Lovely view, lovely weather right under the Blackpool Tower. It

00:21was the absolutely perfect setting for the opening of Blackpool's latest fast food restaurant

00:27and it's an iconic brand. It's a Wendy's, it's famous for American culture, it's famous for

00:32Square Burgers and their Frosties which are kind of like ice cream slash milkshake things which

00:37kind of meet in between the two of those. So I was really keen to go down and try it out,

00:41see what it was like, get a taste of the atmosphere, get a taste of the food itself obviously as well

00:45and just see what the buzz is like and that buzz was growing by the minute as soon as I got there

00:49about 10 o'clock before the restaurant opened at half past because Wendy's themselves had promised

00:54that if anyone was in the queue before their half 10 opening time they would be able to get a free

01:00burger and try it out and it created a massive buzz. There was music playing, there were people queuing up,

01:05they were having a great time in the sunshine ready to try out a Wendy's burger and I was really

01:10enjoying being able to speak to people, get the vibe, find out what they were most looking forward

01:13to trying from what is essentially a brand new fast food chain with their new presence in the town.

01:19So yeah, really excited to kind of go down and try it out. Here's how it went. Cheers.

01:2410, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,

01:34This was a moment countless people turned out in Blackpool for the opening of the brand new Wendy's

01:45right on the promenade and as you can see, plenty of people were keen to grab themselves a free burger

01:50under the Blackpool Tower.

01:59So guys, what's brought you down here today?

02:02The new stop.

02:04Yeah.

02:04It's going to be a good one.

02:07I don't know, I hope so.

02:08I've never had it before.

02:08You've never had it before?

02:09I've never had it before, no.

02:10So there's curiosity, you're trying something new, what about it?

02:13Yeah, you see it a lot on telly and that, don't you know, like American TV shows.

02:18It's a classic American brand, isn't it?

02:19Yeah, that's the thing.

02:20So it's iconic in America, so we might as well try it.

02:23Do you know anything about it?

02:24Like, got me into it?

02:25I know the burgers are square, that's it.

02:27It's about it.

02:28Literally.

02:28You've got the famous Frosty Fingers with a dessert, haven't they?

02:31Yeah, apparently you're meant to stick your chips in it, so I'll need to try that.

02:34You're going to have a bath?

02:35Yeah, I'll give it a go.

02:36What, better way to start a Thursday?

02:37Oh, definitely.

02:39So, Colin, what's brought you down here today?

02:41Eh, just Wendy's, the burgers, to try it, see if it's better than McDonald's and Burger

02:47Guy, and I hope it's a first-class start, because I'm going to love the burgers.

02:52Yeah.

02:53And do you know anything about it before?

02:54Have you heard about it before?

02:55Eh, I've never heard it before.

02:57Eh, I used to stay in Scotland, so hopefully it's good, hopefully it's amazing.

03:02Do you know it as like an American brand?

03:03Are you intrigued to find out what it's like?

03:05Have you heard of it ever before?

03:06I've heard it before, but eh, I knew it's been American.

03:10Yeah.

03:10And do you know anything about it?

03:12Nah, nobody's right.

03:13Have you heard of the square burgers they do, apparently?

03:15Aye.

03:15Yeah, are you going to try those?

03:17I'm going to try the cinnamon donuts as well.

03:19Yeah.

03:19So you've got your order all sorted out?

03:21Aye.

03:21Brilliant stuff.

03:22Great.

03:24Before long, the store was open for business as the first customer used his voucher, headed

03:29up to the counter, and managed to pick up his free burger.

03:33He was soon joined by a huge queue of people, all keen to try the new Wendy's, see what all

03:38the fuss was about, grab their free food and enjoy a pretty nice open space, dead clean,

03:43dead fresh, dead new, and it seemed to be impressing a lot of the locals.

03:47So after getting a taste and a bit of a feel for the buzz around the place as people went

03:52in, I decided I had to try the food for myself as well.

03:54I'd never had Wendy's before.

03:56I was going into it with plenty of expectation because it looked really good.

03:59The smell in there was really nice.

04:01The stuff people were coming out with looked delicious.

04:03So I thought, when in Rome, let's have a bash.

04:06Let's try it out.

04:06Here's how it went.

04:09Now, Wendy's were good enough to provide me with a bit of a tasting menu, a little bit

04:13of everything.

04:14Obviously, I couldn't manage to eat it all, but I thought I'd have a bash at everything,

04:17starting with one of their classic burgers, which was delicious.

04:20Really, really impressed by this.

04:22It was kind of supplemented nicely by some sides.

04:24I had these little chicken nugget style things, which they came in two different varieties,

04:28kind of regular and a spicy.

04:30This is the spicy one.

04:31That was really nice.

04:32Absolutely delicious.

04:33And then there were a couple of Frosties for me to try as well, the vanilla and the chocolate.

04:37Both excellent.

04:38Plus, they had these loaded fries, which one of them was chili and the other one was bacon

04:42and cheese.

04:43Both of them were really, really nice in their own right.

04:45A nice touch.

04:46Not usually the kind of thing you get at a fast food place, but really excellent additions

04:49as well.

04:50Right, guys, that about wraps it up for my day at Wendy's.

04:54Really, really pleased to be able to go down there and just kind of get a vibe for the

04:57whole thing.

04:58People turned out in their droves.

04:59There was a huge queue out the door, which just goes to show the excitement for the new

05:03store, the new branch on the promenade.

05:06And when I got in there myself, I must say I was really impressed by the quality of the

05:09food, the kind of heftiness of the portions, just how delicious it all was.

05:13That was really, really, really not surprising, but not something you'd inherently expect

05:18from fast food, I was just really taken by how good it was.

05:20I definitely think I'd lean towards that 100% over something like Mackey's or Burger

05:25King's.

05:25So yeah, overall, really impressed.

05:27Really good day.

05:27Nice to see people turn out in force.

05:30So yeah, hopefully everyone who turned up had a wonderful day.

05:33Thank you so much for watching.

05:34Let us know if you're going down to the Wendy's in the next few days.

05:36Let us know what you think.

05:37Let us know if it's your new go-to spot.

05:39But apart from that, have a lovely day.

05:41Thanks for watching.

05:42Cheers.

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