Britain’s most famous LGBT+ bar and club brand – G-A-Y – has found a way to re-open at least two of its venues, despite new COVID rules.
The UK government’s new guidelines prevent bars from opening in almost all areas of England unless they serve a ‘substantial meal’.
Over the weekend a debate has raged in the media over whether the traditional English pub snack of a scotch egg – an egg wrapped in sausage and breadcrumbs and deep fried – counts as a ‘substantial meal’ with the answer even evading government ministers.
But now G-A-Y has found a way to open without running its own kitchen – simply by allowing customers to order takeaways. Its announcement has prompted jokes on social media after it approved McDonald’s as one of the takeaway