Brixton food & drink news: new restaurants, bars, pop ups, cafes and more

[Jimbeau]

The temporary outside dining area at The Laundry seems to have got a lot more permanent

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I wonder what the planning status of this is. Can’t see an application though they did withdraw a previous submission for something more permanent.

Effra Social still have their forecourt structure two years after having retrospective permission refused.

 

[BusLanes]

I'd be a bit pissed off if I lived by Effra Social with the outdoor but but then I guess they're also by Hootenanny so maybe it's just what you have to deal with

 

[CH1]

Barrios was more about cocktails and the Cla'am set.

here is a glowing testament from its hey day in 1994

Where shall we meet?: The Brixton Brasserie SW2

The Brixton Brasserie is the sort of ideal world you see in the movies but not much in real life, a place where staff and customers

www.independent.co.uk

 

[editor]

I see Lost in Brixton is now Pergola Brixton.

 

[Epona]

I see Lost in Brixton is now Pergola Brixton.

Doesn't surprise me, Pergola Paddington closed earlier in the year (lease expired), and Incipio (N used to do some shifts for them at one of their other venues) seems to like that branding for its rooftop venues, so I can see why they might want to change the name.

 

[TopCat]

As I grow old it’s rare to be out late but I managed Friday. Albert was busy at midnight. Bit of music. Was a happy vibe. Gemma actually served some drinks.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I'd be a bit pissed off if I lived by Effra Social with the outdoor but but then I guess they're also by Hootenanny so maybe it's just what you have to deal with

it was the old consrvative club so they probably have leeway

Spoiler

just joking there

 

[snowy_again]

Old Dogstar / Dog posters;

 

[editor]

Looks like the Dogstar has been squatted

 

[editor]

Just went past and the lights were on!

The Brixton Dogstar is squatted just days after the venue closed

The lights are back on at the Dogstar, with the iconic Brixton being squatted just days after its closure.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[theboris]

Here's that new Buster's hamburger bar. It's actually just the same people doing a rebrand.

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It's going to be all meat so fuck the place.

welsh, tho

 

[Casaubon]

here is a glowing testament from its hey day in 1994

Where shall we meet?: The Brixton Brasserie SW2

The Brixton Brasserie is the sort of ideal world you see in the movies but not much in real life, a place where staff and customers

www.independent.co.uk

I remember its heyday as the mid/late 80s. IIRC it was the first ‘bah’ in Brixton, I think it was opened by the same people who ran the 20 Trinity Gardens restaurant.

Under the old licencing laws pubs shut at 3, but the Brasserie had a restaurant licence and could serve alcohol through the day, as long as it accompanied food.

I had quite a few afternoons in there, the rounds were something like ‘2 pints of lager, a Guinness, 2 bitters, a gin and tonic……and a toasted cheese sandwich, please.'

 

[editor]

Arch 23 on Atlantic Road has applied for a booze licence:

 

[editor]

And a little further along the road, this lot are going for a 3am weekend licence:

 

[madolesance]

And a little further along the road, this lot are going for a 3am weekend licence:

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Atlantic Road/Station Road are gonna to become the new party areas of Brixton. Both have very little residential.

 

[editor]

This BBC report shows how well Hootananny treat its customers.

Ask for Angela pub safety scheme – BBC investigation shows Brixton Hootananny doing a brilliant job

A BBC undercover investigation has found that over half of the pubs, bars and clubs they visited had no knowledge of the ‘Ask For Angela’ initiative. The scheme is designed to provide…

www.brixtonbuzz.com

And here's how the former Lost In Brixton looks like:

In photos: Christmas comes early to Brixton at Pergola’s ‘Deck The Halls’ in Brixton Village

If you’re the sort of person that can’t get enough of Christmas, then you’re in for a real treat at Pergola’s ‘Deck The Halls’ themed venue in Brixton Village. …

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[Epona]

And here's how the former Lost In Brixton looks like:

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In photos: Christmas comes early to Brixton at Pergola’s ‘Deck The Halls’ in Brixton Village

If you’re the sort of person that can’t get enough of Christmas, then you’re in for a real treat at Pergola’s ‘Deck The Halls’ themed venue in Brixton Village. …

www.brixtonbuzz.com

I mean I like Xmas, but I still think that putting decorations up in venues in mid November is horrendous - should be a condition of licenses that it's 1st Dec - 6th Jan only

 

[editor]

They've put in another planning application for Freight (the rooftop bar on Pope's Road that was supposed to open five months ago).

 

[CH1]

They've put in another planning application for Freight (the rooftop bar on Pope's Road that was supposed to open five months ago).

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Wasn't the previous application a licensing one?

 

[lang rabbie]

They've put in another planning application for Freight (the rooftop bar on Pope's Road that was supposed to open five months ago).

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Tom Curtis-Powley is the guy behind Field Vision festival bars and Freight Island Manchester.

 

[TopCat]

Ben from the Hootananny has departed. I’m going back next week.

 

[CH1]

Weirdly dilapidated inclusive graffiti at the entrance to Freight Island Manchester


Opulent interior though. Maybe this is Tom Curtis-Powley's vision of a resurrected Hacienda made from shipping containers?
The energy statement for Freight Brixton is a bit of a joke (how could it be anything else with a largely outdoor venue?)
The applicants is using recycled shipping containers
The use of photo-voltaic power is not going to reduce energy requirements in hours of darkness they say AND "The standard tools for assessing the energy use of buildings don’t apply to this type of project."

I have three things to say:
1. Good job UMIST has been demolished. My successor comrade students in Manchester would surely have been seduced into popping across the road to this haven of high brow hijabi hoody intellectuals!
2. I would have preferred the Hondo Tower to all this pissing about with shipping containers (Nul Points! from most on here for that)
3. Why don't the Reconstituted National Rail and The Mayor of London reinstate the platforms at Brixton Station allowing access to services to Peckham, Nunhead and Lewisham and all points east???
Never mind duplicating the Pop Brixton development in an even dodgier site!

 

[nagapie]

Where between Kennington, Brixton and Streatham can I sit for a couple of hours doing work and using WiFi. I can eat lunch there.
Needs to be open on a Monday.

 

[jezg]

Where between Kennington, Brixton and Streatham can I sit for a couple of hours doing work and using WiFi. I can eat lunch there.
Needs to be open on a Monday.

Cannova Hall?

 

[nagapie]

Cannova Hall?

Are they open to people sitting working for a couple of hours?
Looks a bit clattery with all those hard surfaces.

 

[Rushy]

The Library is open on Monday from 1.
I know a few people who use free space at the theatre on Coldharbour Lane.

 

[colacubes]

Pret. I frequently leech their WiFi for an hour or 2 for the price of a cup of tea.

 

[editor]

Pret. I frequently leech their WiFi for an hour or 2 for the price of a cup of tea.

I used to frequent Pret when I was working but since they got rid of most of the upstairs seating, I find the windowless basement a bit grim.

I wanted to keep supporting the independent San Marino, but the WiFi never works and they've often got music blaring.

Caffe Nero is now my choice if I need a lot of time for working on something. There's two loads of free WiFi too.

 

[nagapie]

Pret. I frequently leech their WiFi for an hour or 2 for the price of a cup of tea.

I really don't want to sit in Pret.

 

[nagapie]

I used to frequent Pret when I was working but since they got rid of most of the upstairs seating, I find the windowless basement a bit grim.

I wanted to keep supporting the independent San Marino, but the WiFi never works and they've often got music blaring.

Caffe Nero is now my choice if I need a lot of time for working on something. There's two loads of free WiFi too.

Where, upstairs at Morleys?