Brixton food & drink news: new restaurants, bars, pop ups, cafes and more
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TopCat
Putin fanboy
I went to the Trinity. So clean, cushions, a big welcome. Such a contrast.The bloody Prince Albert is closed all day today
David Clapson
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Vegans look away now, because I have Bacon News. The Sainsbury's by the tube has been slightly enlarged and now stocks more things, including No Cancer Bacon! Great for me, and I hope for others. Nitrites in processed meat are apparently a substantial cancer risk. There is just one factory, Finnebrogue, making nitrite-free bacon. In Sainsbury's it's branded as Next https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui...aked-bacon-6-unsmoked-back-bacon-rashers-200g
There's also M&S own brand no cancer bacon, made by Finnebrogue, but the Brixton branch has given up on stocking it.
There's also M&S own brand no cancer bacon, made by Finnebrogue, but the Brixton branch has given up on stocking it.
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Remarkable that Cancer Bacon can still be sold, when you think about it!
David Clapson
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I know. I'm afraid I caused a bit of a scene in M&S when they stopped selling it. I asked them to save their customers' lives by putting up a Cancer Bacon sign.
The nitrite-free stuff costs about 25% more. The only place in Brixton selling it is next to the tube, which I think is an interesting gentrification wrinkle. The busy commuters with big food budgets are the target group for healthy meat. Other newly stocked products in the enlarged Sainsburys include high priced gluten-free breads etc.
There's not much nitrite-free processed meat available. Parma ham is one of the few widespread ones. It can't say Parma on the packet if it has nitrites in it. Thank you Italy for your defence of Parma ham.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Odd experience in the Beehive tonight.
Fell asleep during Newsnight - until the item about Ethereum doing "The Merge" to consume 99% less electricity, which moved me to go to the Beehive at 11.15 pm,
Several of my mates were there - but I ended up being confronted by a 64 year old from Blackburn who claimed to know Jack Straw and to have worked in foundries in Clitheroe making grates for coal fires - in between Borstal and prison.
He asked me what an "instrumentation engineer" was. Apparently he met one in a pub once and clearly thought instrumentation didn't measure up to to heat of the furnace. But I admired his loyalty to the North West.
Fell asleep during Newsnight - until the item about Ethereum doing "The Merge" to consume 99% less electricity, which moved me to go to the Beehive at 11.15 pm,
Several of my mates were there - but I ended up being confronted by a 64 year old from Blackburn who claimed to know Jack Straw and to have worked in foundries in Clitheroe making grates for coal fires - in between Borstal and prison.
He asked me what an "instrumentation engineer" was. Apparently he met one in a pub once and clearly thought instrumentation didn't measure up to to heat of the furnace. But I admired his loyalty to the North West.
jimbarkanoodle
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I was out in Brixton last night for the first time in a while, nipped in the Albert which had a disinterested bouncer at the door with no more than a dozen people in the pub, so didnt even bother staying for a drink. Market House looked empty too- perhaps people still think its an expensive Indian restaurant. I ended up in The Effra Hall, which was much busier, although curiously most people in there were quite well spoken, the kind of home counties accent synonymous with the bars and pubs of Clapham. The jazz was good and Dermot O'Leary was drinking there with friends, i said hello and he seemed like a pleasant enough person.
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I met a friend in the Effra Social - which was pretty busy although the live act wasn't keeping folks interested - and then over to Hoots which was lively. Open till 2am too.
Tron Cruise
Active Member
Nothing curious about it - the shires set are here to have their 5 years of fun - before moving to Norfolk to breed.
dbs1fan
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Sounds very hopeful. Do you know her track record?
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Yeah. Was a previous staff member. Worked lots of bush places.
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Boozy Brixton Village says hi to Brixton Kraft Coming soon: Brixton Kraft Beer and Cocktails at Brixton Village
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hiraethified
I wouldn't raise your hopes on being able to smoke weed in the garden though. Fucking ridiculous and selfish that some people expect to be able to do so anyway.
They make good beer
jimbarkanoodle
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The Albert are suggesting on Facebook that from next week they will be serving burgers and steaks
jimbarkanoodle
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Or actually, maybe kebab skewers? 
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hiraethified
That page just churns out nonsense from head office.
jimbarkanoodle
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I thought it was a bit odd.
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cuppa tee
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...why ? he's promoting his event.
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It's just a shithouse venue.
jimbarkanoodle
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Strange idea.
I'm intrigued but mostly confused about this, and I expect he has a lot to think about in Greece. Will it just be a bar that on later on in the week has DnB nights, a bit like The Jamm and Plan B used to do? I wonder if it will serve up 'Hospitality hotdogs', 'Danny Byrd-gers' and 'Metalheadz milkshakes' in the day time, to cover the inevitable huge overheads of running a bar in Brixton in 2022?
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