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

[editor]

Barrington Road is getting to be very exotic these days.
First we get the kidnap disco fiends who like wearing gas masks, now a lobster eatery. Whatever next?

This. Which looks better than pop up Lobsters.

 

[han]

A Lobster eaterie on Barrington Rd?! Now I know the world really has gone mad.

I hope people continue their habit chucking full used nappies out of the tower blocks. ;-) Perhaps they'll land on a lobster-lover's head.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Errmm...what is....err...what's 'corkage?' The restaurant is clearly not aimed at the likes of me is it? [emoji51]

 

[editor]

Errmm...what is....err...what's 'corkage?' The restaurant is clearly not aimed at the likes of me is it? [emoji51]

It would be ringpullage for me.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

It would be ringpullage for me.

Now that I understand. Corkage... What a word... What a twatage.

 

[technical]

It would be ringpullage for me.

Ouch. Sounds painful.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

If this was started by anyone else I'd think it was a troll thread.

 

[editor]

If this was started by anyone else I'd think it was a troll thread.

I have opinions, but I'm trying to keep this thread informative!

 

[Biscuits]

There's a new one on Water Lane called 'Greedy Piglets' (I think).

I was a bit taken aback when I walked past it to be honest - it would look very smart in the West End, let alone on that parade!

 

[RubyToogood]

I have opinions, but I'm trying to keep this thread informative!

Why? (If I may ask.)

 

[editor]

Why? (If I may ask.)

Because I keep getting sent press releases and want to get them out of my system - and I figured it might prove an interesting historical record when all this stuff blows over.

 

[CH1]

Corkage, can you get out of it by bringing your own corkscrew?

Errmm...what is....err...what's 'corkage?' The restaurant is clearly not aimed at the likes of me is it? [emoji51]

Didn't Negril on Brixton Hill have this sort of arrangement?
Certainly this Time Out review from 2010 suggests so:
Caribbean comfort food is the real deal at Negril. It’s a popular spot in spite of service that slows to a snail’s pace when the place is heaving, and the cramped, unadorned interior (decoration is limited to pages torn from Heat covering the walls of the lone toilet, which is accessed through the kitchen). Standards such as jerk chicken and ackee with saltfish are best enjoyed with a side of fried plantain, while tender goat curry should be mopped up with a perfectly fluffy roti. A hearty brunch menu featuring the likes of jerk chicken sausage is popular among local party animals repairing the ravages of the preceding night, while the quaint roadside garden is charming in summer. Don’t forget to bring your own beer or wine.

Posted: Friday January 29 2010

I can think of other older examples - from the time when licensing was administered by the police and magistrates, rather than dispensed almost as a civil right by councils.

 

[editor]

I went along to the new VegBar vegetarian and vegan restaurant at 45, Tulse Hill, SW2 (close to the Hootananny pub) last night. It was pretty good.

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/03/...r-dogstar-comedy-and-blender-at-brixton-east/

 

[innit]

There's a new one on Water Lane called 'Greedy Piglets' (I think).

I was a bit taken aback when I walked past it to be honest - it would look very smart in the West End, let alone on that parade!

It looks well up itself. From a quick peek from outside the styling looks a bit similar to 384 (or whatever number it is on coldharbour lane) - all concrete etc.

I'm surprised the rot has spread up here so quickly - maybe drawn by Effra Social?

 

[editor]

It looks well up itself. From a quick peek from outside the styling looks a bit similar to 384 (or whatever number it is on coldharbour lane) - all concrete etc.

I'm surprised the rot has spread up here so quickly - maybe drawn by Effra Social?

The Effra Social doesn't exactly pack them in during the week - and they (apparently) do pretty good food there anyway.

 

[steeeve]

Didn't Negril on Brixton Hill have this sort of arrangement?
Certainly this Time Out review from 2010 suggests so:
Caribbean comfort food is the real deal at Negril. It’s a popular spot in spite of service that slows to a snail’s pace when the place is heaving, and the cramped, unadorned interior (decoration is limited to pages torn from Heat covering the walls of the lone toilet, which is accessed through the kitchen). Standards such as jerk chicken and ackee with saltfish are best enjoyed with a side of fried plantain, while tender goat curry should be mopped up with a perfectly fluffy roti. A hearty brunch menu featuring the likes of jerk chicken sausage is popular among local party animals repairing the ravages of the preceding night, while the quaint roadside garden is charming in summer. Don’t forget to bring your own beer or wine.

Posted: Friday January 29 2010

I can think of other older examples - from the time when licensing was administered by the police and magistrates, rather than dispensed almost as a civil right by councils.

It used to be, not any more and it's really expensive now - £4 for 330ml bottle of redstripe.

I go to the Elm Park Tavern now and get Negril delivered there, much better beer and they even give you plates and cutlery!

 

[Mr Retro]

The Effra Social doesn't exactly pack them in during the week - and they (apparently) do pretty good food there anyway.

I don't get the appeal of that pub one bit. It doesn't surprise me it's quiet during the week

 

[editor]

I can't even work out what this apart from the fact that it's going to cost you £45 for two hours

 

[brixtonblade]

I don't get the appeal of that pub one bit. It doesn't surprise me it's quiet during the week

It gets lots of credit for not being the hootenanny.

 

[Twattor]

New pop-up in what was Upstairs. Called "Beast of Brixton" or "Beast Brixton" or similar. Japanese this week according to the boards outside.

On twit and FB apparently, but as i do neither i'll have to leave it to you to investigate further.

 

[editor]

New pop-up in what was Upstairs. Called "Beast of Brixton" or "Beast Brixton" or similar. Japanese this week according to the boards outside.

On twit and FB apparently, but as i do neither i'll have to leave it to you to investigate further.

This:



https://twitter.com/beastbrixton

 

[eatinbrixton]

Ye gods. We can't keep up.

 

[simonSW2]

I think we need an amphetamine revival to stop the kids gorging themselves to death on quirky burgers in Brixton's gastro-carousel.

 

[Mr Retro]

This:



https://twitter.com/beastbrixton

"Katsu burgers!" "Hibiscus cocktails!" Jesus Christ can they be more derivative? I'm bored fucking shitless of the same concept being opened over and over.

 

[Mr Retro]

I went along to the new VegBar vegetarian and vegan restaurant at 45, Tulse Hill, SW2 (close to the Hootananny pub) last night. It was pretty good.

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/03/...r-dogstar-comedy-and-blender-at-brixton-east/

That doesn't look bad but it does seem to have fallen into the veg restaurant trap of fry/deep fry everything. And why have a vegan hot dog and vegan slider? I hate when vegetarian food tries to be something it's not.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

That doesn't look bad but it does seem to have fallen into the veg restaurant trap of fry/deep fry everything. And why have a vegan hot dog and vegan slider? I hate when vegetarian food tries to be something it's not.

I had a vegetarian "sausage" roll the other day from The Old Post Office Bakery, Landor Road, and it was very good; filled a hole so to speak.
I guess it's a bit like vaping over smoking but i draw the line at decaffeinated coffee or non alcoholic beer.

 

[CH1]

I had a vegetarian "sausage" roll the other day from The Old Post Office Bakery, Landor Road, and it was very good; filled a hole so to speak.
I guess it's a bit like vaping over smoking but i draw the line at decaffeinated coffee or non alcoholic beer.

Lidl's decaffeinated coffee tastes better than most "real" instant coffees.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Lidl's decaffeinated coffee tastes better than most "real" instant coffees.

I'm a bean grinder!

 

[sparkybird]

I had a vegetarian "sausage" roll the other day from The Old Post Office Bakery, Landor Road, and it was very good; filled a hole so to speak.
I guess it's a bit like vaping over smoking but i draw the line at decaffeinated coffee or non alcoholic beer.

And non alcoholic beer can be pretty good these days. I can often be found nicking a bottle of Mr SB's non alcoholic weiss beer coz I can't be arsed to pop round the shop. You realise that often you are just craving that cold fresh taste, not actually the alcohol (though this could be a middle aged thing... .)

 

[gdubz]

Went past the boom burger site. Sign says that it "soon come" to brixton. Is this grammar a product of Bryanston's "progressive" ethos, or did your man learn a regional dialect from servant "family cook" Auntie Sharon. Either way, I not eat there....