Brixton food & drink news: new restaurants, bars, pop ups, cafes and more
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hiraethified
Three inexperienced new General Managers with zero support from head office in 7 months can't help.
I was informed they couldn't afford a single poster for three of my shows - not one - and for the last gig I went in to set up at 7pm and after half an hour of searching the place I was told that they had in fact sold the DJ decks but couldn't be bothered to tell me.
And they fucking owe me £1,000 and I've been told that there's no prospect of me getting the full amount. Fuck the place.
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hiraethified
I try really hard to promote local independent businesses (we've got a whole series about the pubs of Brixton and surrounds soon) but some people really don't help themselves.
The Ton of Brix keeps sending me posters for their nights. I keep explaining that they need to send me plain text plus images as it's unreasonable to expect me to manually retype out all the text. And they keep on ignoring me so they get zero press from the biggest website in Brixton and a growing dislike of the place from me.
Sorry, I just needed that mini-vent.
The Ton of Brix keeps sending me posters for their nights. I keep explaining that they need to send me plain text plus images as it's unreasonable to expect me to manually retype out all the text. And they keep on ignoring me so they get zero press from the biggest website in Brixton and a growing dislike of the place from me.
Sorry, I just needed that mini-vent.
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hiraethified
The Dogstar just gets worse. Now they're demanding that I take down that picture of the empty club because "it's not an accurate representation" while making up a story about why they couldn't print posters, making out it was somehow my fault.
And there evaporates the last bit of good will I had for the place. And they still owe me a shitload of money.
Here's the time stamped photo. Some times I wish the Pixel phone wasn't so good in low light!
Edit to add:
The Dogstar have now posted this on my Instagram feed:
"Please refrain from posting about Dogstar as you do not have our permission"
And there evaporates the last bit of good will I had for the place. And they still owe me a shitload of money.
Here's the time stamped photo. Some times I wish the Pixel phone wasn't so good in low light!
Edit to add:
The Dogstar have now posted this on my Instagram feed:
"Please refrain from posting about Dogstar as you do not have our permission"
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ash
Inittogether
We had a delivery from them when it first opened it came in a bag that looked like it belonged in a Knightsbridge jewellers and the food was very average.
I love the idea people need permission to post a photo inside a pub on social media.The Dogstar just gets worse. Now they're demanding that I take down that picture of the empty club because "it's not an accurate representation" while making up a story about why they couldn't print posters, making out it was somehow my fault.
And there evaporates the last bit of good will I had for the place. And they still owe me a shitload of money.
Here's the time stamped photo. Some times I wish the Pixel phone wasn't so good in low light!
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Edit to add:
The Dogstar have now posted this on my Instagram feed:
"Please refrain from posting about Dogstar as you do not have our permission"
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
we're old so we don't get it
but if I was young I would ask for a refund on that terrible fake nail job on the little finger in that picture, if it was my nail obviously
felonius monk
Well-Known Member
Le Bab took so long to refit and decorate that they probably had money issues before it opened. The vegan cupcake shop before it fared little better.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Not sure. Consider the case of Streatham Barclays vs Brixton Barclays.
Apparently the dead Barclays Bank branch in Streatham is being resurrected as a Waterstones. book shop.
Sounds like a good idea - though will it be viable? The dead Brixton Barclays is of course a vape shop
Someone on another thread was moaning about our foreshortened lives. I guess vaping instead of reading books says it all!
Apparently the dead Barclays Bank branch in Streatham is being resurrected as a Waterstones. book shop.
Sounds like a good idea - though will it be viable? The dead Brixton Barclays is of course a vape shop
Someone on another thread was moaning about our foreshortened lives. I guess vaping instead of reading books says it all!
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I was waiting for a bus in Streatham with my 7yr old last week and he started obsessing about the huge cartoony menu of vapes in a shop window opposite the stop. The title was Try all our juicy flavours - or something like that, and then a list of fun names. He has no idea what a vape is but desperately wanted to try the flavours. Can't believe this shit is legally advertised - especially in such a juvenile format.
Yep won’t last. Just big tobacco given another few years of fucking people over. Must be more addictive than fags and targeted at young people. Crazy.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
I think one thing with gentrification debates is that they often focus on the more visible stuff - bars, shops, etc - rather than the actual core of it which is always housing. Is housing becoming more affordable in Brixton? Is more social housing being built? Not as far as I know. So gentrification hasn't receded even if a few trendy (or maybe no longer trendy) bars are struggling.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Yes you’re right. I meant the visible stuff.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
My kids are always desperate to pick up the discarded vapes in pretty colours they see on the street thinking they're toys/sweets. It pisses me off more than people with actual fags tbh.
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hiraethified
It's just gone into its next phase, which means less edginess, fewer clubs but higher and higher house prices and rents.
freshapple
Active Member
You don’t need so many pubs, clubs & restaurants if people don’t want/can’t afford to go to them.
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hiraethified
Awesome insight. The private members club at the Dept Store seems to be doing OK, mind.
freshapple
Active Member
So that would presumably mean that there is a market for them?
Sorry don’t quite catch your point tbh. But thanks for the sarcasm!!
mind.
I don’t think pubs, restaurants and other high street businesses closing is something unique to Brixton. Yes rents are going up but I’d say more fundamental at the minute is the cost of living crisis and people having less disposable income, people drinking less and preferring to stay at home more generally, and the rise of online shopping/takeaways.
freshapple
Active Member
I agree. Brixton was over supplied with food/drink businesses & so vulnerable to a downturn in that industry
technical
stripey
It’s also partly fashion though isn’t it. After a while somewhere like Brixton becomes over familiar and the night time crowd head elsewhere. Happened to be in Hackney Wick last Saturday for the first time in about 20 years and couldn’t get over the amount of bars, breweries and venues
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hiraethified
With decent promotion and management there's no reason why the Dogstar shouldn't be packed on weekends, but they got lazy and complacent. Now there's a whole new generation in Brixton who've never heard of the place.
And there certainly is a market for good pubs and venues, Hoots and the Effra Social do well because they understand the market, This photo is from my gig there last night and it's full of young people enjoying themselves..
The Effra Hall Tavern deservedly does well too - and look how the Crown & Sceptre has reinvented itself into a successful venue.
The Academy brings thousands of people into Brixton for every show so people definitely don't mind travelling into Brixton for their entertainment.
And there certainly is a market for good pubs and venues, Hoots and the Effra Social do well because they understand the market, This photo is from my gig there last night and it's full of young people enjoying themselves..
The Effra Hall Tavern deservedly does well too - and look how the Crown & Sceptre has reinvented itself into a successful venue.
The Academy brings thousands of people into Brixton for every show so people definitely don't mind travelling into Brixton for their entertainment.
freshapple
Active Member
Yes things get stale, people move on
jimbarkanoodle
Well-Known Member
There is a daytime trance party at 'Ton of Brix' tomorrow which is the first time I've seen anything that has interested me at the old 414. Ends a bit early (10pm) though unfortunately.
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