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

[cuppa tee]

From the Telegraph - UK's first vegan 'cheese' monger is misleading customers, dairy industry complains

Don't think this will have an adverse effect on their takings.....btw I got these in the Coop today.......

 

[cuppa tee]

Just a heads up for Gramsci and happyshopper
My OH went into Wholefoods Market in glasshouse street to research prices
1 normal Jaffa style orange retails at 79p
1 small bag of red lentils £1.60 ( Same bag in Noors 69p IIRC)

 

[snowy_again]

I don't think normal people shop in either Wholefoods Market or Glasshouse street for sensible prices!

 

[cuppa tee]

I don't think normal people shop in either Wholefoods Market or Glasshouse street for sensible prices!

Agreed but it's always busy and doesn't look like closing...
Probably only a matter of time before they rock up here cos the number of 'normal people' is certainly dwindling.

 

[editor]

Vegan pop up
Serendip Supper Club by Pol Boy – a monthly vegan BYOB pop up at Brixton Pound Cafe, starts 2nd Mar 2019

 

[alex_]

Just a heads up for Gramsci and happyshopper
My OH went into Wholefoods Market in glasshouse street to research prices
1 normal Jaffa style orange retails at 79p
1 small bag of red lentils £1.60 ( Same bag in Noors 69p IIRC)

There is a reason it’s called wholepaycheque

 

[Gramsci]

Just a heads up for Gramsci and happyshopper
My OH went into Wholefoods Market in glasshouse street to research prices
1 normal Jaffa style orange retails at 79p
1 small bag of red lentils £1.60 ( Same bag in Noors 69p IIRC)

I use that shop occasionally. It does have everything if you can find it. It appears to be busy but given the shop has a large footprint I don't understand how it breaks even on that site.

Glasshouse Street is right next to Piccadilly and benefits from bemused tourists who come to to see Eros. That is the only reason the Trocadero survives.

The animal rights protestors outside UGG shop are always entertaining.

The best place for your OH to visit is the Japanese shop in Brewer street just around the corner from Wholefoods Market in Glasshouse street.Turn right up Air street to Brewer Street.

Its a genuine Japanese shop run by Japanese. With a lot of Japanese going there.

Best cheap Tofu and my partner says the Green Tea ( imported directly from Japan) is the best she has tasted.

Tofu is cheap and very good. Only buy it there now.

Also has seaweed and other exotic foods. Bought the seaweed but haven't worked out what to do with it yet.

 

[cuppa tee]

I use that shop occasionally. It does have everything it you can find it. It appears to be busy but given the shop has a large footprint I don't understand how it breaks even on that site.

Glasshouse Street is right next to Piccadilly and benefits from bemused tourists who come to to see Eros. That is the only reason the Trocadero survives.

The animal rights protestors outside UGG shop are always entertaining.

The best place for your OH to visit is the Japanese shop in Brewer street just around the corner from Wholefoods Market in Glasshouse street.Turn right up Air street to Brewer Street.

Its a genuine Japanese shop run by Japanese. With a lot of Japanese going there.

Best cheap Tofu and my partner says the Green Tea ( imported directly from Japan) is the best she has tasted.

Tofu is cheap and very good. Only buy it there now.

Also has seaweed and other exotic foods. Bought the seaweed but haven't worked out want to do with it yet.

She works quite close to there and visits the Japan Shop sometimes, I got a bollocking for buying a cheapo tea pot for her when she really wanted one of their cast iron ones

 

[Ms T]

Not really surprised that vegan cheese is expensive if it’s made from cashew nuts and coconut oil. Both are pricey ingredients.

 

[cuppa tee]

Vegan pop up
Serendip Supper Club by Pol Boy – a monthly vegan BYOB pop up at Brixton Pound Cafe, starts 2nd Mar 2019

I know someone who would like to sample this but it's a bit expensive
there is a pay what you can afford option but not sure how this pans out in reality
grateful for any advice but the app isn't an option.....so how does one proceed ?

 

[editor]

I know someone who would like to sample this but it's a bit expensive
there is a pay what you can afford option but not sure how this pans out in reality
grateful for any advice but the app isn't an option.....so how does one proceed ?

Drop them a line, I guess.

 

[cuppa tee]

Drop them a line, I guess.

Thx

 

[editor]

Great news! Brixton is getting another much needed restaurant in the old laundry next to the Villaaage.

 

[editor]

Queen's Head goes totally vegan.

The Queen’s Head in Brixton goes 100% vegan, with animal-free beers and food

 

[lordnoise]

New Italian restaurant - Maremma - corner Brixton Water Lane/Arlingford Rd - Tuscan food their speciality. Theres been a lot of work to the corner site which was a sort of cafe/restaurant that no one went to (it was actually a cover for a club in the basement).



Being just down the road from Piglets it will probably be priced similarly so a 'high days and holidays' place for me.

I miss the chinese that has never reopened and Gingers fish and chip shop that used to be where Khans is IIRC (big I with my dodgy memory).

I wonder if Italian sheepdog will actually be on the menu !

 

[editor]

New Italian restaurant - Maremma - corner Brixton Water Lane/Arlingford Rd - Tuscan food their speciality. Theres been a lot of work to the corner site which was a sort of cafe/restaurant that no one went to (it was actually a cover for a club in the basement).

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Being just down the road from Piglets it will probably be priced similarly so a 'high days and holidays' place for me.

I miss the chinese that has never reopened and Gingers fish and chip shop that used to be where Khans is IIRC (big I with my dodgy memory).

I wonder if Italian sheepdog will actually be on the menu !

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Sounds well lah de lah with its 'Executive Head Chef':

Taking over the iconic Montego Inn in Brixton is the team behind London Cooking Project with Executive Head Chef Alice Staple and Head Chef Dominique Goltinger, to bring you a new neighbourhood Italian restaurant, Maremma.

Not for the non-quintessential oiks either:

Wine, none of which are represented yet in the UK, salumi, cheese and olive oil will be imported directly from specially selected Tuscan suppliers so guests can enjoy produce quintessential to the region.

Gentrification ahoy!

 

[lordnoise]

By the looks of the fancy original looking window arrangement the premises were originally aimed at some sort of posh customer ed!

 

[editor]

By the looks of the fancy original looking window arrangement the premises were originally aimed at some sort of posh customer ed!

Oh I dunno. Even some of the most basic shops had fancy frontages back in Victorian times.

 

[lordnoise]

I went in there when it was on its last legs - a sad visit as a lack of local interest at the time meant it made no money and the quality of the food suffered ...
Anyone able to find out what the Maremma was originally ...

 

[Rushy]

Was that built as an eel and pie shop? I thought it was originally the Theatre Restaurant. Built when Brixton was the flashy entertainment and shopping district of London. Before falling on tougher times.

 

[lordnoise]

Thanks Rushy - that makes sense to me ...

 

[editor]

Thanks Rushy - that makes sense to me ...

You can find plenty of examples of relatively well appointed shops selling to the working classes. Many Victorians traders were very shop proud and there were plenty of actual artisans around capable of building to a good standard.

 

[lordnoise]

Yes theres no doubt that Brixton was a socially well mixed neighborhood pre 60s and 70s ...

 

[snowy_again]

New Italian restaurant - Maremma - corner Brixton Water Lane/Arlingford Rd - Tuscan food their speciality. Theres been a lot of work to the corner site which was a sort of cafe/restaurant that no one went to (it was actually a cover for a club in the basement).
I wonder if Italian sheepdog will actually be on the menu ! View attachment 163068

Isn't Maremma north of Rome too? New owners drink at the Canton.

 

[lordnoise]

21st Century equivalent of Youngs Pie and Mash shop - pity its in Independence, Ohio ...

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

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Just walked past Eat of Eden in the Villarge and had to stop and ask if I could take a photo of this food, it looked absolutely fabulous.

 

[Gramsci]

Just walked past Eat of Eden in the Villarge and had to stop and ask if I could take a photo of this food, it looked absolutely fabulous.

Its Vegan. My partner is vegan and thinks the food is very good. Its not to pricey. Lack of seating unfortunately. When we were there it was doing a lot of take aways.

 

[Yage]

New Goan place now open at 126 Acre Lane.

Couldn’t really read the name. I had the prawn curry with rice and chutney for £9 and it was excellent.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

That menu sounds very reasonably priced, more so when you look at the curry itself which looks decent enough.