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Brixton Blither, Blether and Bonfire Blather - November 2012

Chilavert said:
Has anyone tried the new fried chicken place in the Village?
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You mean Market Row. I suppose I might have to, you know, just to see what the neighbours are up to. But it fucks me right off already. Idiot amounts of money and time spent on doing it up, which goes against the whole shoestring ethic of the revived Granville Arcade. Run by tossers from Meat Liquor out for a bit of the nu-Brixton hipster action. And bringing fried chicken to Brixton, ffs! How long before they try introducing a jerk special, one wonders.
 
twistedAM said:
You asked why no one had mentioned it and they had or do we all have to post everything in this thread with the stupid title?
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This is the Brixton thread for this month. If it was posted on the Brady's thread then fair enough. I think I unsubscibed due to the 'I'm more Brixton than you' idiocy on there, so may have missed it.
 
Chilavert said:
I too am a fan of KFC and try to limit my consumption of Zinger burgers on health grounds.

I can't see what the big difference will be between the village and KFC, other than one is licensed and you're more likely to get served by someone achingly hip.

Also the Brixton Blog review doesn't sound encouraging: http://www.brixtonblog.com/wishbone-brixton/8284
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it would be difficult to beat KFC for taste, though their coatings can be soggy.
is there any better fried chicken in breadcrumbs than kfc? in brixton? morleys and the like tend to to be pretty unremarkable with rubbish, ungenerous coatings.
 
fortyplus said:
You mean Market Row. I suppose I might have to, you know, just to see what the neighbours are up to. But it fucks me right off already. Idiot amounts of money and time spent on doing it up, which goes against the whole shoestring ethic of the revived Granville Arcade. Run by tossers from Meat Liquor out for a bit of the nu-Brixton hipster action. And bringing fried chicken to Brixton, ffs! How long before they try introducing a jerk special, one wonders.
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I've not been to the stoke newington meat liquor but didn't it start somewhere south? I remember going to one in new cross & then one in an east dulwich / Peckham pub.
 
That barber shop at the Hobgoblin end of Tulse Hill deserves a positive mention. A fiver! Really nice girl in there too.

Will be popping in today to get the hair that I've grown cut off again.
 
Onket said:
That barber shop at the Hobgoblin end of Tulse Hill deserves a positive mention. A fiver! Really nice girl in there too.

Will be popping in today to get the hair that I've grown cut off again.
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Is that the one called "Haircut Sir?"? Love that name. All shops should be named like that - Apples Sir?, Newspaper Sir? etc. Like something out of the Fast Show.
 
gb used to go in there but found some of the patron's views a bit at odds with his own. Don't really want to post up what it was about, but not so pleasant.
 
Got another NISA Post Office vignette for you Onket. I went in and the nice lady was being berated by a nasty lady doing her best to have a dignified self-righteous hissy fit. This is what she said, verbatim. "Are you trying to tell me that your company, the Post Office, does not know the paper weight?" Then she flounced out. I've been mulling this over for days, but I can't work out what she was getting at. She didn't look like a drinker or a crackhead - just one of those self important lower middle class types who likes to treat shop staff like servants.
 
Frumious B. said:
Got another NISA Post Office vignette for you Onket. I went in and the nice lady was being berated by a nasty lady doing her best to have a dignified self-righteous hissy fit. This is what she said, verbatim. "Are you trying to tell me that your company, the Post Office, does not know the paper weight?" Then she flounced out. I've been mulling this over for days, but I can't work out what she was getting at. She didn't look like a drinker or a crackhead - just one of those self important lower middle class types who likes to treat shop staff like servants.
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Hmmmm. Maybe she was posting a newspaper? I know that you used to be able to send them 2nd class, like postcards, but that was 20-odd years ago.

I suspect whatever straw it was, broke the camel's back. They're fucking good at that in there.
 
Winot said:
Is that the one called "Haircut Sir?"? Love that name. All shops should be named like that - Apples Sir?, Newspaper Sir? etc. Like something out of the Fast Show.
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Yes. Great name. Great barbershop. Recommended.

gaijingirl said:
gb used to go in there but found some of the patron's views a bit at odds with his own. Don't really want to post up what it was about, but not so pleasant.
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Hmmmm. Difficult one really. I guess it's either speak up or stop going, but you can't really help what other customers say in a shop, can you. Could happen anywhere.
 
gaijingirl said:
gb used to go in there but found some of the patron's views a bit at odds with his own. Don't really want to post up what it was about, but not so pleasant.
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He has hung up his clippers and retired now, his daughter is running the place.
 
If it was him, he's not there anymore anyway. His daughter seems very nice. (note for Frumious B- she's married, sorry)
 
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