SUCH a pity Bolton's first footballing hotel needs an original meat

dish. ('Soccer hotel kicks off', page 9, BEN, Oct 31). With millions of

vegetarians in the UK and millions of meat eaters now also enjoying vegetarian food, wouldn't it be a challenge to provide an original veggie dish?

It would be so exciting to be offered something other than an omlette or ratatouille in Bolton.The £12 million whites hotel isn't on its own..the great Lowry Centre in Salford hasn't one veggie dish on the menu.

Wake up Bolton, this is the year 2000. Go for it.

A.Merchant

Halliwell Road, Bolton.