Brixton news, rumours and general chat - April 2013

[leanderman]

Flier from Cafe on the (Brixton) Hill shows they offer an incredible 140 dishes . Must get around to trying at least one.

 

[pissflaps]

i like to think that if you default on an extortionate repayment, they send that kangaroo round to kneecap your kids.

 

[pissflaps]

Flier from Cafe on the (Brixton) Hill shows they offer an incredible 140 dishes View attachment 31789. Must get around to trying at least one.

and nearly as many fonts.

 

[editor]

I've no idea why small food places think it's a good idea to offer such an immense menu because the compromises involved usually end up with punters getting sub standard food, almost all of it cooked from frozen.

 

[pissflaps]

112 - 'bacon sarnie with brown sauce'
113 - 'bacon sarnie with red sauce'
114 - 'bacon sarnie with yellow sauce'
115 - 'bacon sarnie with no sauce'

 

[Badgers]

In other exciting news The Albert has new tables in the back garden.

I understand they were imported from Canada and designed by Philippe Couture, the world renowned expert in bespoke outdoor furnishings. This is probably why we could not afford the matching chairs.

 

[leanderman]

Exactly. And we are tyrannised by choice.

 

[Rushy]

Pocketing poor families' cash.

I don't know, but I doubt many people choose to take out a payday loan on the basis of marketing like this. This kind of marketing probably has more to do with convincing people who have already decided that they need a pay day loan to take a loan out with a particular company.

Problem is, no one else is filling this small value, short term lending gap. If banks would offer small monthly OD facilities at reasonable rates - even credit card level rates - on the condition, for instance, that the borrower only has an overdraft for two weeks of the month, it would kill the payday loan lenders off. I don't imagine it would be all that risky. Of course, those who did not meet the conditions would soon find themselves being charged fees.

 

[colacubes]

In other exciting news The Albert has new tables in the back garden.

I understand they were imported from Canada and designed by Philippe Couture, the world renowned expert in bespoke outdoor furnishings. This is probably why we could not afford the matching chairs.

If only Phillippe Couture would sort out the decking

 

[editor]

If only Phillippe Couture would sort out the decking

The decking is there to make you feel uncertain about how many beers you've had and to feel uncertain about life itself.
Why is the earth moving beneath my feet?
Why are my feet shifting in uncertain directions - is it a metaphor for the shifting sands of destiny?
Why can I not walk a straight path?

Etc etc.

 

[colacubes]

The decking is there to make you feel uncertain about how many beers you've had and to feel uncertain about life itself.
Why is the earth moving beneath my feet?
Why are my feet shifting in uncertain directions - is it a metaphor for the shifting sands of destiny?
Why can I not walk a straight path?

Etc etc.

It's amazing how many times I've asked myself those questions in The Albert. I would never have thought to put it down to the decking

 

[editor]

It's amazing how many times I've asked myself those questions in The Albert. I would never have thought to put it down to the decking

Psy-decking.

 

[Chilavert]

In other exciting news The Albert has new tables in the back garden.

I understand they were imported from Canada and designed by Philippe Couture, the world renowned expert in bespoke outdoor furnishings. This is probably why we could not afford the matching chairs.

I might come in and tag them on the way home this evening.

Not really.....

 

[Brixton Hatter]

In other exciting news The Albert has new tables in the back garden.

I understand they were imported from Canada and designed by Philippe Couture, the world renowned expert in bespoke outdoor furnishings. This is probably why we could not afford the matching chairs.

Are the high tables under the cover still there?

 

[EastEnder]

In other exciting news The Albert has new tables in the back garden.

I understand they were imported from Canada and designed by Philippe Couture, the world renowned expert in bespoke outdoor furnishings. This is probably why we could not afford the matching chairs.

The tables look quite small, is that in an attempt to make the already massive chairs look even more gargantuan?

 

[editor]

I might need to inspect these personally later on tonight. Anyone else out?

 

[Badgers]

Are the high tables under the cover still there?

Yes. The VIP section is still there

The tables look quite small, is that in an attempt to make the already massive chairs look even more gargantuan?

The tables are actually larger than the old ones. In other shocking news the pub WILL be getting new chairs to match the tables. These will be in place for all to see tomorrow.

I might need to inspect these personally later on tonight. Anyone else out?

Albert was fairly full. The chat was racy but never overstepped the mark.

 

[editor]

I may indeed examine them forthwith.

 

[EastEnder]

The tables are actually larger than the old ones. In other shocking news the pub WILL be getting new chairs to match the tables. These will be in place for all to see tomorrow.

<prays to the Gods of garden furniture for chairs of a more appropriate girth for a compact, often crowded, inner London boozer's outsidey bit>

 

[Badgers]

Looking at the tables. You would think that some wood treatment would have been a fair and reasonable investment. The old ones were hanging by a thread (for the last year) and these look cheaper made.

 

[editor]

I did examine the tables and noted that there's a lot more standing room in the back now.

 

[Badgers]

When did 'Entertainment Exchange' open on Brixton Road?

 

[Crispy]

When did 'Entertainment Exchange' open on Brixton Road?

You mean the used videogames place? Ages ago. Years maybe, even.

 

[cuppa tee]

When did 'Entertainment Exchange' open on Brixton Road?

the new one with the red shopfront opened sometime in the last week strangely right next to the one with the blue shopfront that's been there a while (as the post above said).
there has been a small crowd clocking the window display every time I have passed so if they get an equivalent number of punters they should do alright.

 

[Badgers]

You mean the used videogames place? Ages ago. Years maybe, even.

Yeah maybe they just have a new sign.

 

[Badgers]

the new one with the red shopfront opened sometime in the last week strangely right next to the one with the blue shopfront that's been there a while (as the post above said).
there has been a small crowd clocking the window display every time I have passed so if they get an equivalent number of punters they should do alright.

That is the one I am not going mad then

 

[colacubes]

I saw a rumour on twitter last night that Megasports up by the police station is becoming a Sainsburys Local. I hope it's bollocks I really do

 

[editor]

I saw a rumour on twitter last night that Megasports up by the police station is becoming a Sainsburys Local. I hope it's bollocks I really do

No. That can't be true. Surely not. Please no.

 

[el-ahrairah]

I've no idea why small food places think it's a good idea to offer such an immense menu because the compromises involved usually end up with punters getting sub standard food, almost all of it cooked from frozen.

i regularly eat in cafe on the hill and have generally been happy with their food.

 

[editor]

i regularly eat in cafe on the hill and have generally been happy with their food.

But what Lord Jay Rayner think?