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It's a "new concept from a dynamic trio of young hospitality industry insiders”, Nathan Pattie (Co-founder of PIX), Rollo Weeks (formerly Sketch) and Lars Larson (formerly Cuckoo)." Anyone know anything about these people. I'm almost scared to look.
 
editor said:
It's a "new concept from a dynamic trio of young hospitality industry insiders”, Nathan Pattie (Co-founder of PIX), Rollo Weeks (formerly Sketch) and Lars Larson (formerly Cuckoo)." Anyone know anything about these people. I'm almost scared to look.
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quick look shows lots of 'beautiful people' doing wacky things in expensive clothes - quell surprise
 
Nanker Phelge said:
Rollo Weeks was a child actor
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The increasingly lively 'food court' - the lower-budget, more real-people, more 'local' alternative to Pop - is still carpeted with horrible manky astroturf which is getting more manky by the day.

On the upside it's now been branded and is proudly billed as "Brixton Yard" on a billboard the height of a person.

Happy to report that both things I have eaten there (a box of ceviche, sweet potato and corn from the Peruvian guy in one corner, and a lamb wrap from the 'Indian' outlet) were delicious, under £7 and completely clean/safe, even though I thought ceviche on a Sunday was gastric Russian roulette ... nothing happened.
 
trabuquera said:
The increasingly lively 'food court' - the lower-budget, more real-people, more 'local' alternative to Pop - is still carpeted with horrible manky astroturf which is getting more manky by the day.

On the upside it's now been branded and is proudly billed as "Brixton Yard" on a billboard the height of a person.
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I heard that some of the older traders are being evicted. Perhaps this Yard nonsense is part of that process. "Thanks for creating this space - and now you can fuck off because we're want to make some money...", perhaps?
 
Anyone been to Bar160? Bit out of my price range at three courses for £27.50 and I'm never too encouraged when I see this on a menu: "VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN DISHES ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST."

Located in Bohemian Brixton, Bar160 is fine dining with a twist.

REVIEW BY ALICIA EXPLORES
What happens when you combine a world-class chef who specialises in gourmet cuisine and an entrepreneur who’s worked in luxury hotels and the catering business her whole life? A unique fusion called Bar 160.

The brainchild of Rob Probst and Carol Lee Edwards – Bar 160 is all about experiencing good quality gourmet food but without the eye-watering central London prices. As soon as you meet Carol at the entrance, it’s impossible not to feel at ease with her beaming smile and enthusiasm. ‘We want our customers to feel welcome - whether that’s coming in for a drink after work or for a full three course meal. We just want to make people happy and give them top quality food.’

We look forward to welcoming you to Bar160.
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Oh FFS. I was never totally convinced by the project (and I still think the astroturf was repellent) but my sympathies in this are 100% with the traders, who have been royally messed about by TfL and Lambeth Council. This could and should have been the 'proper Brixton' antidote to Pop. Instead it's being cleaned out in the same ruthless fashion as the arch traders. It's really sad - and infuriating.
 
I've written about this site a couple of times. I could not understand how it had gone ahead. A friend and I had it under offer in 2011 and we were planning something similar using shipping containers and scaffold frame buildings (this is all pre Pop). TfL eventually made it quite clear that they did not want a lot of public access because the brick structure in the middle is a vent and the other, closer to electric lane is an electricity sub station, both related to the underground. They wanted it to be used for storage or light industrial.

TfL are very slow and cumbersome to negotiate with and pretty inflexible so we reluctantly withdrew or offer. I was surprised (and a little miffed) when the food court appeared. It seems the eventual lease owner did not get freeholder permission.

As for licensing and planning conflicting, this is all too common. Licensing has to inform planning of any application but if planning to not object they do not have to (or indeed, can't) take planning issues into consideration. This happened with Kaff, for instance. Licensing granted a 3 or 4 a.m. bar license (A4 planning use) despite the site only having planning for A3 (restaurant) with a 12am closure condition. There are plenty of similar examples.
 
The Bell and Brisket - Pop Brixton

1x Filthy Fries
1x The King (Toasted Bagels)
1x The Lord Rupert (Time Out top 30 Best Dishes) (Toasted Bagels)

All good, very good tbf!

The King is a traditional salt beef/pickle but the Lord Rupert fuck me it's seriously dandy!

Hard to describe but you get the king plus the best char grilled burger with big mac special sauce you've never imagined nor could imagine having a serious party in your mouth flavour on top.

I for one welcome our new salt beef bagel overlords :thumbs:
 
Ergo Proxy said:
The Bell and Brisket - Pop Brixton

1x Filthy Fries
1x The King (Toasted Bagels)
1x The Lord Rupert (Time Out top 30 Best Dishes) (Toasted Bagels)

All good, very good tbf!

The King is a traditional salt beef/pickle but the Lord Rupert fuck me it's seriously dandy!

Hard to describe but you get the king plus the best char grilled burger with big mac special sauce you've never imagined nor could imagine having a serious party in your mouth flavour on top.

I for one welcome our new salt beef bagel overlords :thumbs:
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But how much does it cost? I can do a toasted bagel burger for under a £1 at home.
 
boohoo said:
But how much does it cost? I can do a toasted bagel burger for under a £1 at home.
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This ludicrous trend of charging premium prices for food products ironically described as "dirty" this and "filthy" that is so fucking tedious.

Oh, and it's £10 for a bagel burger and chips. Small pack of chips is a whopping £3.50.
 
editor said:
This ludicrous trend of charging premium prices for food products ironically described as "dirty" this and "filthy" that is so fucking tedious.

Oh, and it's £10 for a bagel burger and chips. Small pack of chips is a whopping £3.50.
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I don't like the words "dirty' and 'filthy'. The food should speak for itself - great chips (down in Thornton heath) are great and don't come with any fancy names.

It would have to be a good burger and bagel for that price.
 
boohoo said:
I don't like the words "dirty' and 'filthy'. The food should speak for itself - great chips (down in Thornton heath) are great and don't come with any fancy names.

It would have to be a good burger and bagel for that price.
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It's "street food" therefore it must be worth the premium (even though the much abused concept of street food should actually be about low cost tasty snacks, not overpriced burgers with hipster branding).
 
As we reported last month, the Food Court had been closed down by the council, after owners TfL had revoked the landlord’s licence.
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It seems to be a fairly blatant case of development without planning approval.

Planning permission granted in 2014 was for 30 small A1 retail stalls (for small traders offering goods and services) and specifically stated that there would be no cooked food stalls.

What was built was a food court (A3).

Apart from the fact that building a food court is specifically at odds with the assurances given in the planning application; what was built also bore little similarity to the approved design. So the council issued an enforcement notice.

This is not the council's fault. Indeed it's good to see the council approving small units for small independent traders in a central location and avoiding everything being developed into a food take away.
 
boohoo said:
But how much does it cost? I can do a toasted bagel burger for under a £1 at home.
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Sorry you miss understand me my fault......

It isn't a burger nor has it anything to do with burgers it salt beef but with........

you get so many different flavours in a bite it's really amazing tbf.

I'm sorry if buying and then saying its fucking wonderful offends you but.. fuck me that was fucking tasty :thumbs:
 
Ergo Proxy said:
The Bell and Brisket - Pop Brixton

1x Filthy Fries
1x The King (Toasted Bagels)
1x The Lord Rupert (Time Out top 30 Best Dishes) (Toasted Bagels)

All good, very good tbf!

The King is a traditional salt beef/pickle but the Lord Rupert fuck me it's seriously dandy!

Hard to describe but you get the king plus the best char grilled burger with big mac special sauce you've never imagined nor could imagine having a serious party in your mouth flavour on top.

I for one welcome our new salt beef bagel overlords :thumbs:
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I used to pay £2.00 for a salt beef bagel, large pickle on the side, and a plate of chips - tea or coffee extra (caff off of Tottenham Court Rd)!

Mind you, that was 20-odd years ago, but you got enough salt beef to sink a battleship, and the dill pickle was as long as my hand!
 
Ergo Proxy said:
Sorry you miss understand me my fault......

It isn't a burger nor has it anything to do with burgers it salt beef but with........

you get so many different flavours in a bite it's really amazing tbf.

I'm sorry if buying and then saying its fucking wonderful offends you but.. fuck me that was fucking tasty :thumbs:
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The best salt beef in the world, is the salt beef you make yourself. What pisses me off about some restaurants is that they buy in commercially processed salt beef, often not even brisket! It doesn't taste the same!
 
Ergo Proxy said:
Sorry you miss understand me my fault......

It isn't a burger nor has it anything to do with burgers it salt beef but with........

you get so many different flavours in a bite it's really amazing tbf.

I'm sorry if buying and then saying its fucking wonderful offends you but.. fuck me that was fucking tasty :thumbs:
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You need to say why it's worth the money. I appreciate good food and the enjoyment of it. So if it's a salt beef bagel with great quality meat, well cooked, than I can appreciate your enjoyment.
 
Not Brixton, but 500 Degrees in Herne Hill (formerly Pizzeria Pellone) does a lunchtime special of a pizza and a beer (or soft drink) for a tenner.
 
ViolentPanda said:
I used to pay £2.00 for a salt beef bagel, large pickle on the side, and a plate of chips - tea or coffee extra (caff off of Tottenham Court Rd)!

Mind you, that was 20-odd years ago, but you got enough salt beef to sink a battleship, and the dill pickle was as long as my hand!
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Bagel Bakery Brick Lane was very similar for an early morning snack around then but I didn't eat meat at the time.

Thanks for the heads up on making it I always thought it meant using a smoker like pestrami (sp)
 
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