No more Globe

Well, I said a few posts ago I would write about Globe Delivery, the local takeaway, but I wasn't expecting it to close down in the meantime.

I think it's closed down, anyway. You might think it'd be easy to put a note on the outside of the shop; something on the website; even just a sentence on the wall of the Facebook group, but that's never been the Globe way. They've always had two main roles; to provide delicious food from various world cuisines, and to baffle and frustrate those who might wish to buy it from them. During the nationwide freeze in January, during which various people found it difficult to get to work for a few days, Globe stayed shut for several weeks. They once shut for two or three months due to an 'electrical fault', clearly of unprecedented and inexplicable severity. For about the last year, whenever you tried to order by card, the machine was out of order, unless you claimed not to have any cash and said you would have to order from elsewhere, in which case, it was miraculously and instantly fixed.

However, the food was delicious. They offered Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Indian, Thai and Japanese food, and seemed to do all of it extremely well. The pizza wasn't the normal deep-pan, stodgy takeaway fare, but thin, crispy and Pizza Expressy. The starters were all lovely, with the Suppli and Chiles Con Queso particular favourites. The jewels in the crown, however, were their burritos and wraps. It's hard to get a good burrito round these parts (the only place that springs readily to mind is Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens) and Globe's were as good as I've had. I really want one of their Beef Chimichangas right now. Them boys was tasty.

It's difficult to see why it would have had to shut down, if well-managed. It was always busy, and everyone I know loved Globe. Friends from further afield in Manchester were known to come round purely on the proviso that there was Globe in the offing.

Farewell, Globe, you magnificent idiots. You are already missed.