Marvel‘s Loki ‘blamed’ for pub power cut

When a pub was plunged into darkness at the same time as a Marvel supervillain finished his meal, staff began to ask questions.

Actor Tom Hiddleston, who plays comic book villain Loki, was dining with family and friends at the Pub with No Name in Hampshire, when the power went out during Storm Darragh on Saturday.

Laura Walsha, kitchen porter at the venue in Priors Dean near Petersfield said she joked with the star, telling "him that he caused the chaos".

She laughed as she said Hiddleston "utterly denied it of course, but I wasn't convinced".

Ms Walsha said: "Obviously it put an end to our normal service because we couldn't keep the kitchen running but Tom managed to finish his dinner."

She said that the staff at the pub lit candles and had a fire blazing so that people could continue to enjoy their drinks before heading home.

Dan Burrell, head chef at the site, said people were enjoying the candlelit atmosphere at the pub but he admitted the power outage has had a serious impact on the restaurant.

"We had to get rid of all of our stock, that was fresh, which is a nightmare for us as a business," he said.

He described it as "horrendous" as they were also forced to throw away food that had been prepared for upcoming Christmas functions, including a lot of turkey and fish.

"It's tough, so to lose all of that is going to have a huge impact on us," Mr Burrell said.

The venue was closed on Sunday but power at the pub is now back to normal.

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