Would be the best idea.
Close and completely rebrand it
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Close and completely rebrand it
is it next to 414? could you extend one into the other?
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Well the brewery are saving a few quid as the pub is being run on a shoestring hence the early closing. Two staff most nights for the whole double shift. No entertainment budget but not much trouble so the bouncer is not every day which will save some money. Problem is it's uncomfortable. Hardly a cushioned seat in he place. Its cold. No food. No sparkle.
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hiraethified
And yet all that could be turned around by putting on a DJ who bothers to promote the night, plays the music that people want to hear and fills the place with happy, money-spending folks. It's almost like they're putting on shit DJs to intentionally clear the place of people and ensure it has no future. And it fucking pisses me off.
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hiraethified
So Karakana has turned out to be a total flop, even with the involvement of people from Nanban and the Brixton Brewery:
www.brixtonbuzz.com
Brixton’s Karakana Indian restaurant closes for good with club reopening expected
Just two months after its official launch, the Karakana Indian restaurant on Coldharbour Lane has quietly closed for good.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
thebackrow
Considerably more Brixton.
How can somewhere fail that quickly? over a couple of very odd monthsSo Karakana has turned out to be a total flop, even with the involvement of people from Nanban and the Brixton Brewery:
Brixton’s Karakana Indian restaurant closes for good with club reopening expected
Just two months after its official launch, the Karakana Indian restaurant on Coldharbour Lane has quietly closed for good.
Short lease ?
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hiraethified
Absolutely nothing to do with that (it's owned by the Market House partners with some others buying into the idea) and everything to do with a shit idea and a restaurant that barely even opened its doors when it was open.
thebackrow
Considerably more Brixton.
I'm not sure the idea was that bad - there isn't a great Indian in Brixton. I've not been to Khan's for many years but my memory was old school uk Curryhouse. Elephant didn't really do it for me. Kricket is good, but expensive and the tables we were given for two people was too small for the 'small plates' they were serving. Kennington Tandoori is the nearest place I rate.
But this menu wouldn't have got me through the door. Still surprised to see them giving it up that quickly rather than relaunching with a new menu.
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hiraethified
I'd say that lack of customers was testament to how bad the idea was - and things weren't getting any better.
I would regularly would walk past there and see no more than a handful of people in there. Sometimes it would be completely empty. But that's not particularly surprising given the ludicrous opening hours, and their non-existent marketing/promotion past a tacky banner stuck on the front.
jimbarkanoodle
Well-Known Member
Good- a rarely open restaurant charging west end prices for food and drink was a shit replacement for Market House, which offered a happy hour all day until 8pm for locals (and anyone else who might be passing). The small bit out the front was not a bad spot to sit and people watch, even if you had to deal with passing nuisances trying to blag a fag every 10 minutes.
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hiraethified
I think you'll like what's going to replace it
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I enjoyed early summer evenings sat there. Lots of entertainment. One persistent chancer snuck up to the little fence all crouched down then stuck her hand up and nicked a pint. I laughed a long time.
jimbarkanoodle
Well-Known Member
Good sun trap in the sunnier months
ricbake
working out how
That really is dire.....You know when things have got really grim at the Albert when your mate - a decades-long term Albert regular - asks to meet in the Beehive instead.
jimbarkanoodle
Well-Known Member
I was in the Albert for a bit early evening yesterday. I remember thinking it was surprisingly busy, but it started to empty out quickly until it was mostly youngsters who knew the barman in the pub left. One of which wandered over towards my table, muttered something about needing a pillow and proceeding to lie down flat across a bench and attempt to sleep, which was odd. I moved on to the Effra, which is run properly.
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hiraethified
It's like it's turned into the new landlord's private playground for him and his shit, self indulgent DJ mates who don't give a fuck for the customers and regulars.
I never thought I'd stop going to my local but if I can't talk to anyone because the appalling, deafening music, the random hours and the likelihood of being thrown out within minutes of buying a last pint, what's the fucking point?
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
.....helpful post, will avoid, thanks !
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
....better than nothing tho’.....
BusLanes
Pedestrian
I was walking down from Loughborough Junction into Brixton and there's a new waffle/milkshake place. They started in Balham and I've been there once at least pre pandemic. Anyway, I had a waffle and it was good, but pricey.
Local kids came in and got milkshakes while I was there, which looked good.
Local kids came in and got milkshakes while I was there, which looked good.
happyshopper
Well-Known Member
And a new ice cream parlour on Railton Road, right on the Front Line.
DietCokeGirl
Fishing in the rivers of life
Albert was busy on Saturday night, standing room only. No DJ. Nothing special but nothing awful.
DietCokeGirl
Fishing in the rivers of life
On a positive, its good to see the Marques of Lorne doing good business on the weekend nights, great little pub
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hiraethified
It was my mate DJing and he's sound. I popped in later and it wasn't that busy by then.
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