Camberwell news and chitter-chatter

[Maggot]

Using modern parlance, there appears to have been a 'pivot' here, with a trendy new restaurant opening in October. They're still raising money if you wanna be part of cool Camberwell https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikeandollie/mike-and-ollie-45-camberwell-church-street

I now know everything about Mike but nothing about ollie, he doesn't feature at all. Who is he?

 

[editor]

I now know everything about Mike but nothing about ollie, he doesn't feature at all. Who is he?

He's always too busy foraging.

 

[teuchter]

The kickstarter video appears to show him foraging for apples in the wildlife garden area of Ruskin Park

 

[Pickman's model]

The kickstarter video appears to show him foraging for apples in the wildlife garden area of Ruskin Park

if you were skint and living on stavation rations with only the occasional tin of beluga to see you through the day you'd be foraging in ruskin park too.

 

[editor]

Why doesn't someone launch an organic artisanal foraging clothing range?

Now there's a project I'd back on kickstarter.

 

[Maggot]

Thinking about going for a meal in Camberwell on Saturday. Where's good for vegetarians these days?

 

[3010]

Thinking about going for a meal in Camberwell on Saturday. Where's good for vegetarians these days?

Zeret Kitchen has a decent selection of vegetarian options: Zeret Kitchen

 

[golightly]

Zeret Kitchen has a decent selection of vegetarian options: Zeret Kitchen

Good call. We've had some really good meals here. Not all vegetarian by any means, but plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose. I was thinking of Caravaggio but Zeret Kitchen is much more interesting.

 

[mango5]

There was an Urban meal there last month and a return visit planned in January

 

[Maggot]

Zeret Kitchen has a decent selection of vegetarian options: Zeret Kitchen

Went there last night and it was ace. Had a massive veggie platter between us, and when it looked like we were getting close to finishing it, they brought us some more for free! Very reasonably priced and bumped into poptyping and Scutta there too!

 

[Thimble Queen]

Went there last night and it was ace. Had a massive veggie platter between us, and when it looked like we were getting close to finishing it, they brought us some more for free! Very reasonably priced and bumped into poptyping and Scutta there too!

They did the same for us too! Delicious.

 

[3010]

Went there last night and it was ace. Had a massive veggie platter between us, and when it looked like we were getting close to finishing it, they brought us some more for free! Very reasonably priced and bumped into poptyping and Scutta there too!

Glad to hear you all enjoyed it. Will have to pop in there again soon myself.

 

[3010]

According to this (Rightmove - Error) Pure Gym will be the ground floor tenant at the Triangle development going up on Camberwell New Road.

 

[mango5]

Half hour short film from 1963 "the changing face of Camberwell" Watch The Changing Face of Camberwell 1963

 

[Thimble Queen]

I just want to eat Wuli Wuli all the while x

 

[George & Bill]

I now know everything about Mike but nothing about ollie, he doesn't feature at all. Who is he?

I like how they are taking the name of the old, un-trendy business and applying it to their exciting startup. It's quite a bold move at this stage as nobody has really tried this before, but if it takes off, then in a decade or so we could see - who knows! - former textile wholesalers and import-export businesses on the Kingsland Road being converted into cool bars, but without bothering to take down the signage of their predecessors. (Though I guess Shoreditch will always be a few steps behind Camberwell.)

 

[editor]

I like how they are taking the name of the old, un-trendy business and applying it to their exciting startup. It's quite a bold move at this stage as nobody has really tried this before, but if it takes off, then in a decade or so we could see - who knows! - former textile wholesalers and import-export businesses on the Kingsland Road being converted into cool bars, but without bothering to take down the signage of their predecessors. (Though I guess Shoreditch will always be a few steps behind Camberwell.)

It's how those crazy dudes at Antic operate. Job Centre – 120-122 Deptford High St, SE8 4NS | 020 8692 6859

 

[mango5]

While I'm not a big fan of Antic I was pleased they decided to restore and rename The Tiger when they uncovered the original tiling underneath the Silver Buckle frontage. The original plan was to call it The Oberon and the marketing referred to 'the king of the fairies".

 

[friendofdorothy]

While I'm not a big fan of Antic I was pleased they decided to restore and rename The Tiger when they uncovered the original tiling underneath the Silver Buckle frontage. The original plan was to call it The Oberon and the marketing referred to 'the king of the fairies".

Silver Buckle was so horrible, when I used to live /work in Camberwell I used to be careful just walking past it.

I didn't realise the Tiger was Antic. Its a comfortable pub now and has nice beer.

 

[mango5]

A few bits of news:

• The new library will open in early November.
  
• Mike and Ollie achieved their target by a whisker (it looked like they brought in over 15k on the last day) and work has started.
  
• Camberwell Green is going to be closed from early October until next summer (the farmers' market will move to the newly pedestrianised Datchelor Place from Saturday 10 October, which should be good news for the Pigeon Hole).

 

[editor]

• Mike and Ollie achieved their target by a whisker (it looked like they brought in over 15k on the last day) and work has started.

How very Brixton Blog-esque.

 

[editor]

While I'm not a big fan of Antic I was pleased they decided to restore and rename The Tiger when they uncovered the original tiling underneath the Silver Buckle frontage. The original plan was to call it The Oberon and the marketing referred to 'the king of the fairies".

For all their sins, Antic are generally very good indeed at this 'making a pub work' thing, and fortunately for them, that model seems to involve minimum expenditure.

 

[mango5]

How very Brixton Blog-esque.

It's a common feature of successful crowdfunding campaigns. If they are well structured and planned they often have a big funder waiting in the wings to top up at the last moment (subject to what has already been pledged).

 

[editor]

It's a common feature of successful crowdfunding campaigns. If they are well structured and planned they often have a big funder waiting in the wings to top up at the last moment (subject to what has already been pledged).

<cynic>
Or Mummy/Daddy/Rich Pals who could have paid it all in the first place
</cynic>

 

[Get Involved]

Armani and Abercrombie and Fitch stores on their way to Camberwell Green...if the PR guff around the new 'Camberwell on the Green' development is to be believed: The Art Of Living - Camberwell Green

 

[editor]

Armani and Abercrombie and Fitch stores on their way to Camberwell Green...if the PR guff around the new 'Camberwell on the Green' development is to be believed: The Art Of Living - Camberwell Green

Oh dear. Abercrombie and Fitch is a truly vile store.

 

[ska invita]

 

[mango5]

Guff is right. I think they're rather imaginative renderings for illustration purposes only.

 

[se5]

Guff is right. I think they're rather imaginative renderings for illustration purposes only.

yes they're 'aspirational' or whatever the buzzword is - most likely the shops will be Sainsburys/Tesco/other locals or off licences.

 

[mango5]

Not quite sure why anyone would aspire to these street-market knock-off outlets