The pretty UK Victorian seaside town that is the 'home of fish and chips' - AOL

Cleethorpes, a Victorian seaside town in Lincolnshire, keeps its fish-and-chips culture tightly local. Residents avoid ordering gravy on chips and treat cod as a tourist request, instead pairing their meals with mushy peas. At Steels Cornerhouse Restaurant, owner Ian Stead says the jumbo haddock costs £17.95 and is cooked with paper-thin batter after being bought fresh at the Grimsby fish market minutes away. He links the town’s identity to its history as the world’s biggest port for fishing. Steels is “in survival mode” amid rising costs and roadworks for Market Street. Sea Lane Fisheries and Papa’s Fish and Chips also draw visitors, with queues around Good Friday.