Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2014

[Nedrop]

You really get what you pay for at Express Cafe...

 

[Onket]

You really get what you pay for at Express Cafe...

It's standard greasy spoon prices, tbf.

 

[Nedrop]

The green space of Myatts Field Park is only two minutes away...

http://www.woosterstock.co.uk/details/11022

Yours for £85,000

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

The green space of Myatts Field Park is only two minutes away...

http://www.woosterstock.co.uk/details/11022

Yours for £85,000

Is that just one box room? No room to swing a cat
The pictures of the park are lovely.

 

[TruXta]

Is that just one box room? No room to swing a cat
The pictures of the park are lovely.

Looks like it. About 10 meters square. Fuck all.

 

[quimcunx]

Is that just one box room? No room to swing a cat
The pictures of the park are lovely.

It's ok because it's only a crash pad for when you've missed the last train back to your substantial 4 bed and Stepford wife in Godalming.

 

[TruXta]

 

[editor]

An immense amount of police cars just hurtled around the back of the Moorlands Estate.

 

[EastEnder]

Looks like it. About 10 meters square. Fuck all.

"Reception"

 

[TruXta]

Where's the bed?

 

[quimcunx]

Where's the bed?

Just get a custom-made mattress that covers the whole floor. Funtimes for you and your crashpad mates.

 

[Rushy]

To be fair - it's going to have a coat of paint and a new carpet.

 

[el-ahrairah]

To be fair - it's going to have a coat of paint and a new carpet.

is it a magic carpet?

 

[Rushy]

is it a magic carpet?

It doesn't say.

 

[editor]

This may be of interest to some: Radio King Online is offering free places on a ten week radio production course to young people in Lambeth

Local online radio station Radio King Online is currently offering limited free places on a ten week radio production course for Lambeth’s leading young peoples creative hub Raw Materials: Incubate and Innovate Project.

The project is aimed at Lambeth based young people aged between 16 and 25 with a keen interest in radio production, music and broadcast journalism.

Participants will gain hands on experience of radio production with assistance from radio production mentors preparing them for a master class live show.

 

[bosie]

"Reception"

With a 10% deposit and based on a mortgage at 4x income, the 'lucky' owner of this flat would 'only' have to earn £19,125 per year.

 

[leanderman]

Just get a custom-made mattress that covers the whole floor. Funtimes for you and your crashpad mates.

A regular super-king bed would fill it up.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

re: the Phoenix, I preferred the old setting, but the tea, toast and cheese omelette & chips still taste the same. GOOD. Yeah the old building was better, but to be honest when I'm hungover and half asleep on a Saturday morning, I'm generally only looking at the plate in front of me, not the walls. The jury is still out for me….though I'm looking forward to sitting on that outside terrace in the summer. Maybe it will grow on us...

 

[editor]

The Phoenix food is better than SEM but they are a whole load cheaper and they don't serve tea in poncey designer mugs with pointless saucers.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I wonder whether the Phonenix's trade has been hit by the Duck Egg cafe (and other local food places) and S has gone slightly upmarket to attract some new punters in?

 

[madolesance]

S has always been on the look out for a profit where ever it happens. The old 'Pheonix' is dead. He's just moving with the times that's occurring around Brixton. Shame really as he always really milked the fact that the 'Pheonix' was a 'classic' cafe but is more than willing to throw it all away and tap fully into the future of Brixton.

I wonder whether the Phonenix's trade has been hit by the Duck Egg cafe (and other local food places) and S has gone slightly upmarket to attract some new punters in?[/quote

I wonder whether the Phonenix's trade has been hit by the Duck Egg cafe (and other local food places) and S has gone slightly upmarket to attract some new punters in?

 

[happyshopper]

S has always been on the look out for a profit where ever it happens. The old 'Pheonix' is dead. He's just moving with the times that's occurring around Brixton. Shame really as he always really milked the fact that the 'Pheonix' was a 'classic' cafe but is more than willing to throw it all away and tap fully into the future of Brixton.

You mean he runs a small business and is trying to make a good living.

 

[Winot]

You mean he runs a small business and is trying to make a good living.

Outrageous. What about the community etc.

 

[Ms T]

I think the new look is a mistake. Neither pleasingly old Skool nor trendy nor retro.

 

[leanderman]

I think the new look is a mistake. Neither pleasingly old Skool nor trendy nor retro.

Is it no longer a temporary move?

 

[Onket]

Is it no longer a temporary move?

When I was In there a few weeks ago he said they 'hoped' to move back, but 'if' they did it would at least take a couple of years.

 

[editor]

You mean he runs a small business and is trying to make a good living.

I hope the business thrives, but he's already lost a few very long term customers, so I'd say that it's good that people are offering feedback.

 

[Dan U]

not really Brixton but don't know where else to put it, took the boy to the Horniman Museum yesterday. Was child related bedlam but how great is that park now with a bit of a spruce up. Admittedly the sun finally came out and the views were gorgeous but its a great place to take a kid

eta - oh and they have Alpacas. The home counties 'what shall i put in my field' animal of the year.

 

[Belushi]

10 square metres!

 

[leanderman]

10 square metres!

110sq ft!

Actually less. You don't count bathrooms.