Brixton news, rumour and general chat - July 2015

[SpamMisery]

is it?, i wonder what perspective you would need to percieve 1 vege, 12 meat main courses as not being meat orientated.

You can't move the goalposts to make your argument more palatable. I think you'll find you both said it's "all about meat". Almost all restaurants are meat orientated.

But, seeing as you asked, a restaurant that serves nothing but meat and a bit of garnish for decoration is "all about meat" to me. A restaurant that serves one veggie option is just a restaurant to me. You can't imply my subjective opinion on personal believes is wrong ffs!

 

[editor]

You can't move the goalposts to make your argument more palatable. I think you'll find you both said it's "all about meat". Almost all restaurants are meat orientated.

But, seeing as you asked, a restaurant that serves nothing but meat and a bit of garnish for decoration is "all about meat" to me. A restaurant that serves one veggie option is just a restaurant to me. You can't imply my subjective opinion on personal believes is wrong ffs!

 

[SpamMisery]

Can we have less of these disruptive personal attacks please

 

[Lucy Fur]

You can't move the goalposts to make your argument more palatable. I think you'll find you both said it's "all about meat". Almost all restaurants are meat orientated.

But, seeing as you asked, a restaurant that serves nothing but meat and a bit of garnish for decoration is "all about meat" to me. A restaurant that serves one veggie option is just a restaurant to me. You can't imply my subjective opinion on personal believes is wrong ffs!

it is far to hot to be drawn into your tomfuckery. noones moved goal posts, you are just being an arse.
and for clarity, what i said was a personal attack, this is not

 

[brixtonblade]

Mushroom risotto or vegetable lasgane, please! Again! Yumyum!

To stick to topic though, for non-meater eaters (and those who don't fear their masculinity is compromised by eating plant based food) I certainly recommend VegBar on Tulse Hill (old Brazas), now 100% vegan and bloody delicious.

Have to say I thought it was a bit underwhelming. Only had the set breakfast/all day brunch thing at the weekend but I thought it was pretty steep (£15 ish?) and was ok but certainly didnt blow my socks off.

 

[editor]

Have to say I thought it was a bit underwhelming. Only had the set breakfast/all day brunch thing at the weekend but I thought it was pretty steep (£15 ish?) and was ok but certainly didnt blow my socks off.

That is pricey. I like what the Veg Bar is doing and wish it every success but I think they're going to have to fine tune their formula a fair bit, particularly with their club ideas.

 

[brixtonblade]

That is pricey. I like what the Veg Bar is doing and wish it every success but I think they're going to have to fine tune their formula a fair bit, particularly with their club ideas.

Hadn't heard the club ideas - what are they?

I think it's a nice idea to do a big set brunch at a weekend but I wasnt that hungry and it makes it a pain trying to take a toddler - would be good to have a few smaller plates to pick from.

 

[CH1]

The new grass never looks very green - don't think it ever gets to recover between all the many events and vehicles on it.

There is some kind of fault with the irrigation mechanism. No doubt it is now out of guarantee.

 

[editor]

Hadn't heard the club ideas - what are they?

This one was particularly niche and sparingly advertised - and pulled a correspondingly tiny crowd.

I love the idea of it though and wish them well.

 

[elmpp]

Probably because google's marketing people hijacked the last traders meeting to sell this service as an essential for getting custom.

Why do people paint the addition of a wholly beneficial technological thing as some voodoo bad force. We've just idly used streetview to give more insight into brixton's evolution re. Windrush.

 

[uk benzo]

On another note, has anyone noticed the smell of spunk coming from a certain tree that is currently in bloom around most London parks (particularly strong when I cycle past Kennington park)? What species is this spunky tree?

 

[cuppa tee]

Why do people paint the addition of a wholly beneficial technological thing as some voodoo bad force. We've just idly used streetview to give more insight into brixton's evolution re. Windrush.

distrust of corporate mind control fuckeries perhaps, me I stay well clear of that shit if at all possible". . .. .

 

[cuppa tee]

On another note, has anyone noticed the smell of spunk coming from a certain tree that is currently in bloom around most London parks (particularly strong when I cycle past Kennington park)? What species is this spunky tree?

the rowan/mountain ash and yes...... it is rank

 

[peterkro]

the rowan/mountain ash and yes...... it is rank

"the bonnie Rowan tree".

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Why do people paint the addition of a wholly beneficial technological thing as some voodoo bad force. We've just idly used streetview to give more insight into brixton's evolution re. Windrush.

It was a bit of a niche, personal gripe really, about them being brought in by management to do a sales pitch when there's far more pressing issues to tackle.

 

[David Clapson]

Outside Market House there's a bouquet on a lamp post. I'm told it's an annual thing to commemorate the pedestrian killed by a motorcyclist doing stunts on Coldharbour Lane on May 31 2007. It was mentioned here on urban at the time. Apparently the motorcyclist was jailed. I've googled for ages trying to find the court case, but no luck. Does anyone know more?

 

[teuchter]

"the bonnie Rowan tree".

Good for keeping witches away.

 

[BigMoaner]

wow, i didn't knwo we have been talking about this for a LONG long time

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/who-is-at-fault-for-the-gentrification-of-brixton.5914/

 

[BigMoaner]

to think 30 year olds now were twenty back then, 40 year olds were 30, etc. boy to man. that's how long this chatter has been chatted.

 

[Rushy]

Outside Market House there's a bouquet on a lamp post. I'm told it's an annual thing to commemorate the pedestrian killed by a motorcyclist doing stunts on Coldharbour Lane on May 31 2007. It was mentioned here on urban at the time. Apparently the motorcyclist was jailed. I've googled for ages trying to find the court case, but no luck. Does anyone know more?

I spotted that last night and wondered what it was about. Cheers.

 

[CH1]

to think 30 year olds now were twenty back then, 40 year olds were 30, etc. boy to man. that's how long this chatter has been chatted.

The fact that the thread died out within the year suggests that the issue had not achieved the current nuclear alert status.

Maybe property prices were only 5 times the median wage, as opposed to the present 10. But I see some felt marginalised in a racist way. So that is the same.

 

[Mr Retro]

The main course menus are over 92.3% meat dishes. I'd say that makes for an extremely meaty menu from whatever perspective you choose. It certainly isn't the sort of place a veggie like me would want to eat.

I like the accuracy of the figures there. No rounding down to 90%. No sir. It's 92.3%

 

[leanderman]

The 7.7 per cent is seriously good.

They changed the veg burger recipe a couple of years back and I lobbied for a return to the original, which happened - perhaps coincidentally.

I am not a vegetarian.

 

[editor]

They changed the veg burger recipe a couple of years back and I lobbied for a return to the original, which happened - perhaps coincidentally.

I'm sure it is. But I'd wager most veggies would - given the choice - prefer to eat somewhere where the sole, single veggie option didn't find itself isolated amongst a herd of meat-tastic meals (and smells).

Which was the point I was making.

 

[editor]

Outside Market House there's a bouquet on a lamp post. I'm told it's an annual thing to commemorate the pedestrian killed by a motorcyclist doing stunts on Coldharbour Lane on May 31 2007. It was mentioned here on urban at the time. Apparently the motorcyclist was jailed. I've googled for ages trying to find the court case, but no luck. Does anyone know more?

I remember it well. One of the twat motorcyclists got away but I've heard nothing more.

...
with the brixton end of coldharbour lane incident there were two motorcyclists who were doing stunts,ie wheelies and speeding. One of them hit a pedistrian who was immediately killed. The motorcyclist was unable to stand after the collision. The other motorcyclist left the scene.#

terrible and tragic.

 

[Smick]

I'm sure it is. But I'd wager most veggies would - given the choice - prefer to eat somewhere where the sole, single veggie option didn't find itself isolated amongst a herd of meat-tastic meals (and smells).

Which was the point I was making.

I'd say you're right. The veggie burger is for meat eaters who fancy a change, rather than vegetarians looking for a dinner. I've known my wife to order a veggie burger with bacon on top.

 

[Winot]

I'd say you're right. The veggie burger is for meat eaters who fancy a change, rather than vegetarians looking for a dinner. I've known my wife to order a veggie burger with bacon on top.

Genius! Does she drink non-alcoholic beer with a chaser too?

 

[innit]

I've only been to bukowski once, when it opened, and at the time there was a note in the menu to say that they had originally planned not to serve any vegetarian main courses but had added the vege burger under pressure from the owner or chef's vegetarian girlfriend. It's one of the reasons I haven't been back as I don't eat a lot of meat and prefer to go places with a choice of veggie options (also it seemed kind of rude and put me off).

 

[Smick]

Genius! Does she drink non-alcoholic beer with a chaser too?

That would be funny. She just likes veggie burgers but isn't a veggie.

Apparently the best veggie burger she has had has been in the Duke of York in Belfast.

 

[steeeve]

The 7.7 per cent is seriously good.

They changed the veg burger recipe a couple of years back and I lobbied for a return to the original, which happened - perhaps coincidentally.

I am not a vegetarian.

Percentage of UK veggies 3% according to Food Standards Agency in 2007. 7.7% is generous!