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Starry Wisdom
I would be pissed off if it was turned into an ironick theme pub, when so many better pubs are shutting.
Antic pub antics
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Gramsci
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Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Have you ever been there?
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Starry Wisdom
^ thisIt's offensive. I am sure the unemployed in Peckham go there not.
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Starry Wisdom
I tend not to patronise businesses of which I disapprove, it undermines the boycott
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
No, they probably go to pubs in Peckham.It's offensive. I am sure the unemployed in Peckham go there not.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
When I was still at the Mansions I opposed it. After what happened at the Prince of Wales I doubted it would just be a roof terrace for drinks. To there credit the planning officer turned down the original application. I guess as they saw what happened when the allowed the Prince of Wales one.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
If they can afford them now.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
It wasn't cheap. Five dishes and a beer and a herbal tea came to about £37. That was between two.
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
I've been there and it's not an ironic theme pub, just one who's name is based on it's former use.
Two other Antic pubs used to be Post Offices and have names which reflect that. Are you offended by that too? All those disgruntled Post Office customers?
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Starry Wisdom
Have they any which used to be abattoirs or mosques?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
When did you last sign on Pickman's model?
T & P
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It's all relative though isn't it. If the five dishes were big enough to constitute a full meal, and more importantly if the food was enjoyable and of quality, then £19 per person as the final bill including drinks doesn't strike me as expensive, certainly not more than dinner out at most restaurants would be.
ska invita
back on the other side
BTW, I see the Dogstar from the train every morning as it passes through Brixton station, and I think I can see where they got the name Antic from....the top of the building has ATLANTIC carved into it (recently painted red)
Im guessing ANTIC is the last bit of ATLANTIC?
ETA: Just seen that John the UNicorn on Rye Lane is an antic pub...now that one really is offensive
Im guessing ANTIC is the last bit of ATLANTIC?
ETA: Just seen that John the UNicorn on Rye Lane is an antic pub...now that one really is offensive
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Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Before it was the dog star, what was that building? Was it built as a pub?
Ps ska, like your theory
Ps ska, like your theory
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
I like Antic.
They take deadloss pubs and somehow make them into nice, relaxed places with slightly mismatched furniture and granny oddments. And they usually do really nice food that doesn't come out of a microwave.
And they're not expensive.
editor
hiraethified
snowy_again
Slush
They have a bit of a reputation for not paying their suppliers though.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
And the tax man.
editor
hiraethified
There may not be a lot to like about the company but there's a lot to like about an outfit opening loads of new and generally affordable pubs at a time when so many are closing. And - AFAIK - the current Antic company don't have "bit of a reputation for not paying their suppliers," so I'd be careful repeating that. I think you're referring to the previous incarnation. This is - technically - a different company. All bollocks of course, but that's business.
ska invita
back on the other side
antic folded in 2013 according to wiki? This is Antic v2...?
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
editor
hiraethified
That's always my bottom line. If a pub is open, its owners can change. If it's gone, then it's gone forever. Antic are opening/reopening shitloads of pubs, and for that I very much respect them.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
As far as I know.
