It's difficult to get excited about a new "Fish and Chip" shop in Torquay (it can feel like getting excited at the prospect of an extra five land trains being added just to properly screw up traffic flow!) but there are a few reasons First Plaice should warrant your attention and a visit: - They do good chips. If you screw this one up, you have no hope. Fortunately, their chips remain very good and entirely un-screwed. In every sense of the word. Presumably. - They actually make a good pizza. I've had "pizzas" from other chippys that were best described as vaguely tomato-flavoured sauce covered in a rubbery cheese-style substance, probably made from cat milk, on the largest and worst digestive biscuit you can imagine. These are the opposite of that. Great sauce, tasty cheese, generous toppings, on an actual "in-house" made, thin base. As pizza is inarguably the food of the Immortals, this should be reason enough. Need more? Fine. - The staff are lovely, friendly and not fazed when some dipstick comes in with his chest all puffed out, thinking he can go wildly off menu by asking for extras in his burger or something different on his pizza just because he's written a Facebook review. Um... there was a guy I know who did that. Not me. Honest... - They source a huge amount of their meat products from the local butcher's just a few doors down. Which is probably Torquay's best butcher's shop, therefore their burgers, chicken, etc. are all really properly tasty. They cook them right as well. "Respect the meat" could be their mantra but it'd probably get deliberately misconstrued by some filthy-minded urchin types. - They care. Fine, yes, I know I sound like a greeting card now, but they don't make Thank You cards for chip shops, I looked, and was politely asked to leave Clinton's cards. So there. The staff want to make the best food they can, so they use the best food they can find and are always trying to improve the menu. You'd think that was a pretty simple equation, wouldn't you? Yes, McDonald's, I'm looking at you. - The prices are fair. For what you get, First Plaice is cheap. But I'm not going to wax lyrical on this point too much in case they jack up the cost now I'm addicted. It's just a really good, local business, working with other local businesses and they deserve your trade. Tell them I sent you. It won't mean a thing to them but I have a rampant ego and I like to think people are talking about me at all times.