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

[TopCat]

Really struggling to see why me being a vegetarian has any part to play in my opinion of a privileged celebrity food critic raving about £100+ meals.

Most vegetarians aren’t that interested in food. Eat like crocodiles. Gulp gulp gone.

 

[TopCat]

I like to save up and go to Le Gavroche once a year. Makes Jays meal look cheap.

 

[editor]

Most vegetarians aren’t that interested in food. Eat like crocodiles. Gulp gulp gone.

0/10. Pitifully weak trolling. Must try harder.

 

[TopCat]

0/10. Pitifully weak trolling. Must try harder.

There are not many gourmet vegetarian restaurants in London to be fair.

I remember the taste of Cranks. Can’t get the taste out still.

 

[urbanspaceman]

Yep, looks like. This from the Effra' Insta.

 

[editor]

There are not many gourmet vegetarian restaurants in London to be fair.

I remember the taste of Cranks. Can’t get the taste out still.

After 20 years? You should see a doctor!

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Hopefully the Effra hasn't changed much, as it seemed a bit odd it being suddenly closed for so long.

 

[Not a Vet]

Hopefully the Effra hasn't changed much, as it seemed a bit odd it being suddenly closed for so long.

How long has it been closed for? I think I know why

 

[princess_k]

Hopefully the Effra hasn't changed much, as it seemed a bit odd it being suddenly closed for so long.

A neighbour said that a family member died and that’s why the closure was so sudden. I’m surprised they haven’t put any signs up at the pub that it’s reopening tomorrow - I only found out because I was hunting down any information about if/when it’d open again.

 

[cuppa tee]

I remember the taste of Cranks. Can’t get the taste out still.

salt and ‘herbs’....it was the height of metropolitan sophistication to this northern pleb when my posh London girlfriend took me there.

 

[David Clapson]

Federation coffee is horrible.
My vote for best coffee, although probably too far, goes to the Black Cat Café in Myatts Field Park.

I went yesterday - stunningly good. Up there with London's best. It's outdoors with no seats, which is a shame. No cafe vibe with no seats. I sat on the grass in some dog diarrhoea. But I think there was some gay cruising happening, so next time I might get lucky.

 

[Mr paulee]

Fmondays is good
As is Stir opposite - both on Brixton Hill
Brockwell blend opposite tube is decent as well.

 

[TopCat]

I went yesterday - stunningly good. Up there with London's best. It's outdoors with no seats, which is a shame. No cafe vibe with no seats. I sat on the grass in some dog diarrhoea. But I think there was some gay cruising happening, so next time I might get lucky.

You evoke your experience wonderfully.

 

[nagapie]

I went yesterday - stunningly good. Up there with London's best. It's outdoors with no seats, which is a shame. No cafe vibe with no seats. I sat on the grass in some dog diarrhoea. But I think there was some gay cruising happening, so next time I might get lucky.

There used to be 4 double sets of benches, perhaps they've been a casualty of Covid.
Glad my coffee recommendation was upheld though

 

[Ms T]

Grace Dent ?

Ariel Leve aka the Frugal Eater

 

[TopCat]

Ariel Leve aka the Frugal Eater

A veggie who disliked eating and wrote about it.

 

[David Clapson]

Jus Jam on Atlantic Road

Just been there, and I have earth-shattering news. Dust off the air raid sirens. He (George, the proprietor) has real Jamaica Blue Mountain. You can watch actual bags of Jamaican Coffee Growers Association beans going into their own grinder. £5 for a one shot espresso. Not bad, considering that JBM beans retail for £100 per kilo in the UK. Very smooth, no aftertaste. The first real JBM I've had since 2006 in Bamboula, the Caribbean restaurant on Acre Lane, which closed down ages ago. His ordinary coffee is Carraro Premium Blends , and it's good. So I no longer need to leave Brixton to get a coffee.

 

[Mr paulee]

Just been there, and I have earth-shattering news. Dust off the air raid sirens. He (George, the proprietor) has real Jamaica Blue Mountain. You can watch actual bags of Jamaican Coffee Growers Association beans going into their own grinder. £5 for a one shot espresso. Not bad, considering that JBM beans retail for £100 per kilo in the UK. Very smooth, no aftertaste. The first real JBM I've had since 2006 in Bamboula, the Caribbean restaurant on Acre Lane, which closed down ages ago. His ordinary coffee is Carraro Premium Blends , and it's good. So I no longer need to leave Brixton to get a coffee.

A fiver for a single espresso????

Fuck that.

 

[snowy_again]

It was £12 for three long coffees (of that type) and a doughnut the other day.

 

[David Clapson]

I think he increased the price of JBM from 4 to 5 today.

 

[pbsmooth]

Just for you? Ideal after a £100 dinner.

 

[David Clapson]

who's buying me that?

 

[editor]

Glorious slapdown from the Van Gogh café

 

[TopCat]

I was shocked to find my fav brixton pub landlord has been suspended and barred from his pub. My custom is definitely elsewhere now.

 

[nick]

I was shocked to find my fav brixton pub landlord has been suspended and barred from his pub. My custom is definitely elsewhere now.

Don't leave us hanging. Which pub?

 

[TopCat]

Don't leave us hanging. Which pub?

Albert.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

The young lad seemed to running things yesterday. Said they were very short staffed.

 

[TopCat]

The young lad seemed to running things yesterday. Said they were very short staffed.

Many punters?

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Many punters?

Not really. Largely empty inside, quite a few people in the garden, one group blasting their own music on portable speakers to the irritation of other, older drinkers.

Together with the above, and the manager being suspended, you wonder how long Greene King will put up with it before they make some big changes. They are a huge Pubco with profits to be made, after all.

 

[David Clapson]

Just been hearing about this from the suspended party. Well done to Greene King for living up to their reputation for ruthlessness. I'm sure they won't regret it.