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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - October 2012

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Badgers said:
Anyone had pizza at Agile Rabbit yet? They were (are?) claiming to be the best pizza in Brixton which is a pretty big shout. The place looks pretty good though, live music and such.
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They've been there for quite a while. I like their pizza a lot, have only been to Franco Manca once and didn't rate that at all, thought the Agile Rabbit was much better. Their music nights are fun.
 
I'm almost glad that they've put the real ale out of its misery. A friend with cast iron stomach used to brave the Deuchars and Doombar in there,murky pints that made me shiver inwardly slightly. Hell, they can barely serve a quaffable pint of lager in there.

Still my favourite boozer in Brixton mind, for all its many flaws. Prefer it in the daytimes than the weekend gigs,when the clientele changes markedly.
 
RubyToogood said:
They've been there for quite a long time. I like their pizza a lot, have only been to Franco Manca once and didn't rate that at all, thought the Agile Rabbit was much better. Their music nights are fun.
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I must go and try. When I strolled past they did not look that great. I think FM are great, had a dozen or so there and always been happy :)
 
Badgers said:
I must go and try. When I strolled past they did not look that great. I think FM are great, had a dozen or so there and always been happy :)
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I've always enjoyed the FM pizzas too and would always take them over the AR ones. Not into seeing live bands in Granville Arcade any more.
 
RubyToogood said:
They've been there for quite a while. I like their pizza a lot, have only been to Franco Manca once and didn't rate that at all, thought the Agile Rabbit was much better. Their music nights are fun.
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With respect I think you must have had an olfactory bypass
 
Well if anyone wants to take me to Franco Manca and show me the error of my ways, they're welcome to. I wouldn't pay for another of their pizzas after the last one.
 
would love to ruby but not on my budgetary horizon for quite some time I'm afraid. had only one in the last year and it was one of my most memorable meals. I really think they're very good, justified hype & popularity for once. agile rabbit are very edible and convenient, even quite nice but nowhere near as good (imho etc etc)
 
Brixton Hatter said:
Yeah I agree...although they put some decent bands on, I rarely stay late into the evening. It's been my local for 15 years and I regularly drink there after work with mates and watch the football at the weekends, but the nights aren't like they used to be and I can't fucking abide pints in a plastic glass, no real beer/cider and security/bouncers throwing their weight around after 10pm :(
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If I'm in the right frame of mind I quite enjoy the hoot when it's busy. Usually loads of randoms to chat to, and plenty of our local Europeans - French and Spanish in particular.

Can't say I've seen any bad stuff from the bouncers myself, just pat downs. Ideally the venue wouldn't need to do that, but I can understand the reasons why. Bad shit can happen - saw someone nearly get glassed in the Albert the other week. If bouncers dissuade that kind of thing, fair play.
 
The hoot was dangerously overcrowded on saturday, with both inside and outside packed by 11 when they start charging to get in - they continued to let people in and there were at least 2 violent scuffles. My instinct is that they are exceeding capacity regualarly and the security cannot cope. I have also heard stories of fairly widespread corruption amongst security, from disparate sources
 
so, what happened? a jumper? weird station to choose if so. the trains crawl into brixton usually.

delightful journey into work on the northern line though. gotta love the smell of armpits in the morning. mmmm.
 
leanderman said:
Not a good strip for restaurants. Even the soon-to-be occupied corner site would be better
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You say that, but back in the mists of time, the Dawn of the Raj did OK for years, and the current Indian at the corner is mystifyingly popular. The problem is that the new food outlets have been opened with an eye on catering for late-night drinkers, rather than just being good. Also, I understand that the rents on some of those places are so high that you need a lot of customers to make any money.
 
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