chips with everything

English

Alternative forms

• chips-with-everything

Noun

chips with everything (uncountable)

1. (UK, used attributively, usually derogatory) A basic restaurant menu, without much planning or style.
   • 1997 May, The Rotarian, volume 170, number 5, page 24:

     It was one of the first to lead the charge to wean Glaswegians away from their "chips-with-everything" habit.

   • 2007, Andy Symington, 'Footprint Andalucía, page 253:

     Mijas village has some excellent restaurants in among the 'chips with everything' establishments catering for the day trippers.

   • 2008, Heidi McAlpin, Belfast In Your Pocket:

     For almost a century, Long's has been serving misers, minions and millionaires its classic chips with everything fast food ....

   • 2009 April 22, Hattie Ellis, “Are you being served?”, in The Times, London, section T2, pp. 2-3:

     In the post-chips-with-everything world, here is a selection of what various companies have on the menu ....

See also

• meat and two veg