Brixton news, rumours and general chat - December 2012

[Minnie_the_Minx]

@Manter

Clicks

 

[TruXta]

Was in the Phoenix today. I like their graff/street art collage behind the counter. Good job they don't have toilets in there, that's all I'm saying.

Give it a rest already. Neither you nor Ed are coming out of this looking glorious.

 

[Manter]

I'm still here Minnie. I didn't go anywhere

 

[Onket]

Give it a rest already. Neither you nor Ed are coming out of this looking glorious.

We rarely look glorious, tbf.

 

[TruXta]

We rarely look glorious, tbf.

No, but this is a new low for both of you. It was funny for a while, now it's just a bit shit.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm still here Minnie. I didn't go anywhere

Just making sure. Don't you be wandering off with anyone else now

 

[Onket]

No, but this is a new low for both of you. It was funny for a while, now it's just a bit shit.

Ignore function? I'd be interested to know where you thought I went wrong, though. Should I have just allowed him to spout bollocks?

 

[Manter]

Wouldn't dare, sorry, dream of it

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wouldn't dare, sorry, dream of it

Excellent. You can have a break as you've been working so hard, unless you want to help me do my annual "rip empty boxes apart that will no longer be needed in the event of something breaking down within guarantee" clear out

 

[footballerslegs]

Timeout gives Wishbone a rave review this week...

I went to Wishbone on Saturday (on visiting friend's request). It was OK. Then had a full on Brixton night out (via Taboo, Craft Beer place and the Marquis). Was starving so went to fried chicken shop on Stockwell Road at 2am. It was absolutely delicious.

 

[TruXta]

Ignore function? I'd be interested to know where you thought I went wrong, though. Should I have just allowed him to spout bollocks?

It's not the facts of what either of you say, it's the pettiness behind it.

 

[Onket]

I can only assume you are misreading it, then.

 

[Manter]

Excellent. You can have a break as you've been working so hard, unless you want to help me do my annual "rip empty boxes apart that will no longer be needed in the event of something breaking down within guarantee" clear out

I need to do some billing

 

[editor]

Just walked through there now and it was almost eerily quiet. The Christmas decorations look lovely though.

 

[Casaubon]

Kwik Save possibly, maybe it was an Iceland before that

Before it was Kwik Save, it was Brixton's original Tesco, before they built the 'new' one on Acre Lane.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I need to do some billing

You can't bill me, you haven't done any work yet

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Was in the Phoenix today. I like their graff/street art collage behind the counter. Good job they don't have toilets in there, that's all I'm saying.

IIRC Sonner told me that when they do the refurb next year they will install toilets...

 

[TruXta]

IIRC Sonner told me that when they do the refurb next year they will install toilets...

Refurb? GENTRIFICATIONLEAVETHEPHOENIXALONEFUCKINGHIPSTERSCUM

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Refurb? GENTRIFICATIONLEAVETHEPHOENIXALONEFUCKINGHIPSTERSCUM

Nah, not at all. They're just gonna improve the upstairs and open up the downstairs bit so it's all one big room. They want to keep it as traditional as possible.

 

[TruXta]

Nah, not at all. They're just gonna improve the upstairs and open up the downstairs bit so it's all one big room. They want to keep it as traditional as possible.

I wasn't entirely serious.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I wasn't entirely serious.

 

[leanderman]

Astonished by the Time Out review of Wishbone.

I hated their food so much I threw it back up. As did my wife, she confessed later.

 

[editor]

Astonished by the Time Out review of Wishbone.

I hated their food so much I threw it back up. As did my wife, she confessed later.

I don't really think of Time Out as a particularly credible source these days.

 

[editor]

IIRC Sonner told me that when they do the refurb next year they will install toilets...

Yep - but they're keen to keep the character of the place so hopefully it won't turn into a new outpost of the Villaaage. Phoenix is the best cafe in Brixton as far as I'm concerned.

 

[leanderman]

I don't really think of Time Out as a particularly credible source these days.

The print review says: 'Not lucky enough to live near Wishbone? - then try these other gourmet chicken outlets'

 

[leanderman]

Cameron and Clegg visited Corpus Christi primary school on Brixton Hill today.

Carefully chosen because it is a faith school AND an academy!

 

[Orang Utan]

Nah, not at all. They're just gonna improve the upstairs and open up the downstairs bit so it's all one big room. They want to keep it as traditional as possible.

there's an upstairs? Why is there no toilet there?

 

[nagapie]

Cameron and Clegg visited Corpus Christi primary school on Brixton Hill today.

Carefully chosen because it is a faith school AND an academy!

So many pukes in this post I can barely keep my tea down.

 

[Onket]

there's an upstairs? Why is there no toilet there?

It's not for the public. I think it's a storeroom or something.

 

[editor]

there's an upstairs? Why is there no toilet there?

There is a loo but it's only for the staff, IIRC. The new one will be for customers and will be wheelchair friendly.

I saw the plans a while ago and I think they're extending the flat upstairs.