Brixton chitter-chatter and news Nov 2011

[Greebo]

i haven't even looked out of the window today.

You haven't missed much, unless you enjoy gazing on very pale pearlgreyness and not much else.

If it's still like this tomorrow, I might try using up a film on the dinosaurs.

 

[nagapie]

Not such a good pub (rubbish in fact) if you're a not a beer drinker...only Magners / Bulmers for cider and only small glasses of wine

Do they have decent beer now? My other half always refused to go there as the beer selection was so poor, despite the pub itself being nice.

 

[editor]

Call that a pea-souper? I'd call that Consommé

Here's how it looked this morning at 7am:

 

[TruXta]

Late night then Ed?

 

[gaijingirl]

Here it was thick in the morning, eased off during the day, but around 4pm in the park it was really very thick... difficult to see at all... there were some people gamely trying to play tennis but laughing at their efforts because they couldn't see the ball.

 

[London_Calling]

Yep, very moody in the park. For no good reason I felt obliged to shout 'Heathcliff!' in a high pitch every so often. 'nother foggy photo oppotunity in the morning, it seems

 

[hmmph]

Do they have decent beer now? My other half always refused to go there as the beer selection was so poor, despite the pub itself being nice.

I don't know to be honest. All I know is its cider selection is poor

 

[Greebo]

<snip>'nother foggy photo oppotunity in the morning, it seems

Thanks for that, setting alarm and packing camera.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Gorgeous red sun in Thornton Heath this evening. Wonder if anyone in Brixton saw it?

 

[Ms T]

I had to drive to work early yesterday because half of the Tube was shut and it would have been hard for me to get there for 7.30am. The fog was extremely thick until you got to Chelsea, when it miraculously became clear as gin. The posh folks have obviously got a special deal with God or something.

 

[Ms T]

What's good though? I keep cycling past but don't seem to stop...

Cheese, salami, prosciutto, chorizo, olives, fresh herbs, dried pasta, bread, fresh pesto, vinegar. They also do Portuguese custard tarts if you like that kind of thing. It's a gem of a shop.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

seconded

 

[editor]

Brixton Cake Shop has opened up on the corner of Coldharbour Lane/Gresham Road.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Brixton Cake Shop has opened up on the corner of Coldharbour Lane/Gresham Road.

That'll save you a walk to Granville Arcade

 

[tarannau]

and certainly not cheap.

A&C's a bit of a mixed bag pricing wise, but it's certainly not grandly expensive either. Bread's reasonably priced and some DeCecco pasta's considerably cheaper than many a deli in Dulwich (unsurprisingly) and Tescos bizarrely. A pack of DeCecco egg fetuccine was over £3 at the evil Tesco empire, nearly a pound more than A&C.

Loads of other value in the store, but there's the odd weirdly overpriced item there too. Seem to remember being bemused by the mark up on some undistinguished butter for example.

 

[leanderman]

Agreed. Bread's good. I was stung by the cheese prices.

Still, the other deli-ish place a bit further up on the same side of Atlantic Rd charged me 90p for single, large onion. (£1.50/kilo)

Too shocked to question it.

 

[editor]

That'll save you a walk to Granville Arcade

The cakes I've seen thus far seem to be of the "celebration" kind, so not really for me. I do like the fact that they've opened up the shutters on the Gresham Road side so you can see the bakers working.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The cakes I've seen thus far seem to be of the "celebration" kind, so not really for me. I do like the fact that they've opened up the shutters on the Gresham Road side so you can see the bakers working.

I'll try to remember to look tomorrow

 

[Ms T]

Agreed. Bread's good. I was stung by the cheese prices.

Still, the other deli-ish place a bit further up on the same side of Atlantic Rd charged me 90p for single, large onion. (£1.50/kilo)

Too shocked to question it.

70p a pound for Spanish onions strikes me as about right tbh. The ordinary brown ones are suspiciously cheap at supermarkets - probably a loss leader.

 

[Ms T]

A&C's a bit of a mixed bag pricing wise, but it's certainly not grandly expensive either. Bread's reasonably priced and some DeCecco pasta's considerably cheaper than many a deli in Dulwich (unsurprisingly) and Tescos bizarrely. A pack of DeCecco egg fetuccine was over £3 at the evil Tesco empire, nearly a pound more than A&C.

Loads of other value in the store, but there's the odd weirdly overpriced item there too. Seem to remember being bemused by the mark up on some undistinguished butter for example.

Always buy my De Cecco pasta there. I really like the couple who own it - we were reminiscing the other day about how De Cecco was the same price for years at 90p (I'd found an old packet at the back of the cupboard). Those were the days.

They were also really nice to me when I almost fainted outside their shop (the first time that's ever happened to me). Gave me a free bottle of Lucozade and insisted I sat down by the fan inside the shop (it was a very hot day).

 

[Winot]

Always buy my De Cecco pasta there. I really like the couple who own it - we were reminiscing the other day about how De Cecco was the same price for years at 90p (I'd found an old packet at the back of the cupboard). Those were the days.

They were also really nice to me when I almost fainted outside their shop (the first time that's ever happened to me). Gave me a free bottle of Lucozade and insisted I sat down by the fan inside the shop (it was a very hot day).

They are absolute stars of the community - they get the odd bit of trouble in there because of the location and always handle it superbly.

 

[nagapie]

Agreed. Bread's good. I was stung by the cheese prices.

Some of their cheese is pretty high end though, and still cheaper than other delis. They have the most awesome Bree, and I never even used to like Bree until I had the one they sell.

It's an ace shop.

 

[Badgers]

They have the most awesome Bree, and I never even used to like Bree until I had the one they sell.

Olsen?

 

[teuchter]

Brie

 

[London_Calling]

Tree?

 

[Badgers]

English Tree

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Breakfast tree

 

[Badgers]

 

[Brixton Hatter]

slippery slope.....!

 

[nagapie]

Oops. It's really nice anyway.