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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - April 2015

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299 old timer said:
What a shame the old pie and mash shop isn't there any more - they could have made a fortune with their retro vintage grub (and please hipsters, don't get any ideas, thank you)
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There's still two on Deptford High Street, though to my shame I never went in either in nearly three years living there. They didn't look that inviting.
 
There used to be one in Fulham with tanks of big fat live eels in the back. I had pie and mash with liquor, which was a watered down parsley sauce. The food was horrible but it was worth the trip to see the eels writhing around.
 
BigMoaner said:
The irony is is that Brixton will soon be seen as a bit shit as it becomes more and more boring.
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I think it's a long while off that yet though. We had our dinner at the Thai in Brixton village last night and it really was an enjoyable place to sit outside, drink and eat top quality food. Cheap too with the bring your own drink option. At the moment it's going to keep pulling people back because it's hopping there and far from boring.
 
It's not always easy to get half a dozen near naked men to agree on anything but the political temperature in the Rec sauna this evening was as welcome as that of recent days.
Gentrification was on the agenda, it just got slipped into the conversation :hmm:, and there were no dissenting voices among those that expressed an opinion. Everyone supports the businesses in the arches but few knew about Reclaim Brixton; they know now.

There was some talk of revolution, just talk but it's a start.
 
Dexter Deadwood said:
It's not always easy to get half a dozen near naked men to agree on anything but the political temperature in the Rec sauna this evening was as welcome as that of recent days.
Gentrification was on the agenda, it just got slipped into the conversation :hmm:, and there were no dissenting voices among those that expressed an opinion. Everyone supports the businesses in the arches but few knew about Reclaim Brixton; they know now.

There was some talk of revolution, just talk but it's a start.
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the same can be said of dog runs in parks this side of the borough too
except dog walkers are not normally near naked obvs....
 
Mr Retro said:
I think it's a long while off that yet though. We had our dinner at the Thai in Brixton village last night and it really was an enjoyable place to sit outside, drink and eat top quality food. Cheap too with the bring your own drink option. At the moment it's going to keep pulling people back because it's hopping there and far from boring.
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triffic.
 
my family have been eating pie and mash for generations and practically every millwall supporter on the planet has it before match days.

i'm pleased that foodies turn their noses up to it, that means it won't get over run by the type of people in the village!
 
I don't think its a case of foodies turning their nose up at it, I'm not I foodie but I know shit food when I eat it. And there is a reason they are a dying breed.

I was looking forward to trying pie and mash when I first moved to London and it was so disappointing. It was a place on the Roman Raod I think. Maybe I should give it another go somewhere else.
 
Mr Retro said:
I don't think its a case of foodies turning their nose up at it, I'm not I foodie but I know shit food when I eat it. And there is a reason they are a dying breed.

I was looking forward to trying pie and mash when I first moved to London and it was so disappointing. It was a place on the Roman Raod I think. Maybe I should give it another go somewhere else.
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Yeah i love pie and mash, it's just that the shops I have seen look rather squalid and dingy. Uninviting, as I said.
 
And another one bites the dust!

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Another set of street crossing lights become a cropper on Coldharbour Lane
 
Another casualty of the renovations to Brixton Town Hall will be that there will no longer be reggae sound system dances held there. It's been one of the last venues to allow a full sound system to set up and run til 6am and has hosted countless legendary sessions at least since the 1970's.

The penultimate session looks like being a real corker, I haven't managed to find out what the last one will be yet, so if anyone knows please post it up here.

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Orang Utan said:
There's still two on Deptford High Street, though to my shame I never went in either in nearly three years living there. They didn't look that inviting.
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I can't think of a single pie 'n' mash shop I've ever been in (a couple of dozen in Greater London and Medway) that did "inviting". I think it's a lot to do with them being "you get what you see" and having a very limited menu.
As for posters branding what you can get there as "vile", it's only vile if it's badly-cooked, and pie 'n' mash shops that cook badly don't last. The one in Balham market did the best pies and the best mash (they only used Estimas) I've had, but most of the others were good and (importantly, as it's cheap w/c food) filling.More so than a pie and chips, IMO.
 
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