Nope, I've got nothing against them at all and the points I'm raising are more general ones, like: would I feel pressured to leave if I was sitting at an empty table 15 minutes after finishing my meal when there was a massive queue all looking for someone to eat their meal? Yep, I would.You just really don't like honest burger do you?
I don't think they even do food, do they?
Welcome to sit for hours...
Not everyone has the luxury of being able to go for lunch at an hour when it suits them, but that still doesn't alter the fact that if there is a massive queue for food - and this place clearly has them so big it even has its own queue management app! - then it would seem remarkably rude to just continue sitting there long after you've finished your meal when there are so many people wanting a seat for their meal.
So, I imagine for most people, they certainly would feel pressured to leave fairly swiftly if they were at Honest Burgers - and that's an uncomfortable pressure they're unlikely to feel in a pub or a less trendy - and most likely cheaper - restaurant.
It doesn't worry me in the slightest. If you want to spend £8.50 - £10 in a trendy burger bar in a traditional working class market, that's just fine with me.I'm struggling to feel concerned that £8.50 for burger and chips in a burger bar is too much because the general populace might at peak times feel uncomfortable not giving up their seats to waiting customers 15 minutes after finishing their meal. But if it really worries you to that extent, then fair enough.
Well thank you. And your preference for the authenticity of Brixton's Original Urban Retreat & Eaterie and its £8 veggie stack with fries has my blessing too.It doesn't worry me in the slightest. If you want to spend £8.50 - £10 in a trendy burger bar in a traditional working class market, that's just fine with me.
What desperately off-topic ad hominem point-scoring are you attempting now?Well thank you. And your preference for the authenticity of Brixton's Original Urban Retreat & Eaterie and its £8 veggie stack with fries has my blessing too.
That's all in your mind mate. If you suddenly leave the moment that you've finished eating, you're only adding to the perception (your perception) that it's the "right" thing to do....it would seem remarkably rude to just continue sitting there long after you've finished your meal when there are so many people wanting a seat for their meal.
So, I imagine for most people for most of the time, they certainly would feel pressured to leave fairly swiftly if they were at Honest Burgers - and that's an uncomfortable pressure they're unlikely to feel in a pub or a less trendy - and most likely cheaper - restaurant.
It is probably stretching the definition a little to suggest that using mutually recognisable comparisons to allude to what I consider holes in your hyperbole quite equates to ad hominem.What desperately off-topic ad hominem point-scoring are you attempting now?
Can you just stick to the topic please? Thanks.It is probably stretching the definition a little to suggest that using mutually recognisable comparisons to allude to what I consider holes in your hyperbole quite equates to ad hominem.
If I deliberately misquoted you in a desperate and unprovoked attempt to insinuate a random negative personal trait - that would probably count. Such dirty, vile, underhand behaviour would be damning proof of my being thoroughly rotten to the core and deserving of a 24hr ban, and no mistake.
I wasn't actually suggesting 'suddenly' exiting the 'moment' you've finished eating, but no matter.That's all in your mind mate. If you suddenly leave the moment that you've finished eating....
OK, I accept that you weren't proposing literally shovel-pay-and-leave, but anything less than sitting around comfortably digesting for a while until you're quite ready and happy to go is suddenly in my book.I wasn't actually suggesting 'suddenly' exiting the 'moment' you've finished eating, but no matter.
Oh sure, I'd agree with that, but I hate the feeling of being somewhere where's there's people all hovering around looking for a table.OK, I accept that you weren't proposing literally shovel-pay-and-leave, but anything less than sitting around comfortably digesting for a while until you're quite ready and happy to go is suddenly in my book.
It's the Roma Cafe I think. Just opposite San Marino if it's the one I'm thinking of. Lovely place, lovely staff, lovely food.Ooh that sounds good, uk benzo . What's the Moroccan place called?
Oh sure, I'd agree with that, but I hate the feeling of being somewhere where's there's people all hovering around looking for a table.
TruXta said:It's the Roma Cafe I think. Just opposite San Marino if it's the one I'm thinking of. Lovely place, lovely staff, lovely food.
Do! One of my favourite cafes in Brixton.Great - must try that.
or the Beehive late at night.Bought three packs of beef steak mince from the farmers market today. Man was doing a deal of three packs for a fiver, much cheaper and better quality than the super market equivalent
Did you find Noor? Bit of a tardis place between MR and Electric Ave. Both entrances are small so you could miss it.I had been observing this thread and didnt really intend to get involved - I have shopped at the market here and there for little bits, but I agreed with the poster who said it would be easier if they took card. Im terrible with cash! I find I stick to a budget better with my card, whereas with cash I just tend to...well, spend it faster. Anyway, today I had a proper nose around the market for the first time, and I finally get it. That market is BRILLIANT. I know you all know this, and I always agreed and thought it was pretty good, but somehow today when I took the time to really look through, I really began to appreciate it on a different level.
Don't get me wrong, I love BV and MR as well, I think they provide so many options for affordable good food. I just hope that some sort of balance can be kept so the street market doesn't turn into an extension of the high street...
Did you find Noor? Bit of a tardis place between MR and Electric Ave. Both entrances are small so you could miss it.
Did you find Noor? Bit of a tardis place between MR and Electric Ave. Both entrances are small so you could miss it.
Bumping this thread as The Artesian Well is no more! The place has been boarded up this week- though to be honest it might have been closed for longer. I just noticed the boards being put up this week........strangely Lambeth council have designated The Artesian Well as a local landmark as well as a cause of anti social behaviour.
http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=latest&id=7020