The Big Bite

I’m in two minds about The Big Bite. When I was a youngster, Marden was my Nonno’s favourite haunt. He’d bring me here all the time, and since most of the people walking around are old Italians, he’d have about three dozen greetings before we sit down at The Big Bite. He used to order my milkshakes, and I used to love them.
My Nonno’s a very strong and very inconsiderate man. I remember vividly (story time) this moment where he was smoking his token cigar while I was drinking my milkshake. I thought nothing of it. He always did it. But a very angry man came along and started yelling at my Nonno, and threatened to get a hose and put the cigar out himself if my Nonno found himself incapable.
My Nonno just looked at me and smiled, returned to the angry man and blew a long, thick smog in his direction. Angry, yet baffled and powerless, the angry man stalked away and never returned.
Don’t get me wrong, I know my grandfather’s the villain of this tale, but sometimes it’s hard not to find yourself in awe at his badassery. Maybe in a future review I’ll have a chance to tell the story of the time he bit another man’s ear off.
But! Back to the review. I returned to The Big Bite recently, for old time’s sake, and ordered a coffee. It wasn’t my cup of tea (namely because it was a coffee). It tasted weak in all the places it should be strong, and strong in all the places it should be weak. I haven’t had a milkshake there in years, but I’d like to return soon to see if they are as good as I remember them to be.

So if you’re in the Marden Shopping Centre and you need a quite bite to eat and a coffee… for some reason… The Big Bite is one of two or three cafes you can stop at. Unless you’re desperate, I wouldn’t stop here. The coffee is really bitter. Surprisingly there’s always people eating here though, which I find strange to see in a small shopping centre such as Marden. They always have the newspaper and random magazines to read for free whilst you have a drink, which is good. And the people serving seem generally nice.