Champagne & Fromage opening in Brixton soon

[Winot]

Oh FFS. We could do this all day - is it Soho, Covent Garden, West End? FWIW the shop this thread relates to is most certainly not based in Soho.

You need to chill - perhaps have a glass of bubbly?

 

[Manter]

Right. So Faiz have already moved and this is their new premises?

*mind jumbled up due to heat

yes I think so. But I could be wrong*

*Are you even allowed to admit to potential error on the internet?

 

[TruXta]

You need to chill - perhaps have a glass of bubbly?

 

[Manter]

You need to chill - perhaps have a glass of bubbly?

avec du fromage?

Still can't quite figure out that combo, tbh

 

[TruXta]

avec du fromage?

Still can't quite figure out that combo, tbh

It's because it's shit.

 

[pissflaps]

Oh FFS. We could do this all day - is it Soho, Covent Garden, West End? FWIW the shop this thread relates to is most certainly not based in Soho.

you fucking started it.

 

[leanderman]

I sure hope the Albert doesn't sell champagne.

 

[fredfelt]

Good luck to 'em.

Restaurants should be judged on the quality of their food & service, not by who you think it will appeal to.

I'm in agreement with you. However I'd add another criteria to that - judge them on their financial affairs. Chains with their careful tax planning, minimum wage and elaborate schemes where they cream off a percentage of the tips for the managers can fuck right off.

In these respects independents, like this place seems to be, generally perform way better.

 

[editor]

I sure hope the Albert doesn't sell champagne.

Just about every pub in Brixton has stocked champagne for years, but there's never been much call for a champagne and cheese-themed bar.

 

[leanderman]

Just about every pub in Brixton has stocked champagne for years, but there's never been much call for a champagne and cheese-themed bar.

Cheese straws are the thing with champagne.

 

[RubyToogood]

Good grief. I was joking with a friend just a few weeks ago about us opening a champagne booth in Market Row

 

[pissflaps]

I'm in agreement with you. However I'd add another criteria to that -

fair enough.

 

[leanderman]

It might just work, consider this:

A glass of wine in a pub costs say £4.50. You and mate have three each: £27.

And this new place just might charge £27 for a bottle of champagne drunk on the premises.

 

[TruXta]

It might just work, consider this:

A glass of wine in a pub costs say £4.50. You and mate have three each: £27.

And this new place just might charge £27 for a bottle of champagne drunk on the premises.

You have a bottle instead then, for 15-20 quid.

 

[Ms T]

Six glasses of wine is more than a bottle though - more like a bottle and a half.

 

[TruXta]

Six glasses of wine is more than a bottle though - more like a bottle and a half.

Depends on the serving. Six glasses at 125 ml (i.e. what used to be a normal serving) is a bottle.

 

[Ms T]

Depends on the serving. Six glasses at 125 ml is a bottle.

When was the last time you got a glass that size in a pub though, especially for £4.50. Unless you specifically ask for something smaller, the default size seems to be 250ml.

 

[editor]

Ah. So they operate in the 'Opera Quarter' of Covent Garden.
That's a new one on me!
http://www.operaquarter.co.uk/store-directory/champagne-fromage

Here's Mr French Bubbles.

http://www.frenchbubbles.co.uk/

We run monthly Champagne Tastings in different locations in London in association with our Foodie Partners, which are at the top of their sector and well renown by the public.
http://www.enternships.com/company/french-bubbles-ltd

 

[pissflaps]

ok.

 

[fortyplus]

Six glasses of wine is more than a bottle though - more like a bottle and a half.

That'll be one-unit-of-alcohol per glass ahem.


Six standard pub-sized 125ml glasses makes a bottle. Personally I think they're too big (don't get me started on the 250ml buckets of 14.5% stuff.... as bad as pints of strong lager); 90ml is about right which is eight to a bottle less the dregs. In a decent-sized glass to give room to get yr schnozz in for a good sniff without dunking it.

 

[Winot]

When was the last time you got a glass that size in a pub though, especially for £4.50. Unless you specifically ask for something smaller, the default size seems to be 250ml.

I don't drink wine in pubs but I'm sure you're right.

Champagne is about the only wine served in 125ml glasses these days (maybe sherry). Standard in restaurants for still wine seems to be 175ml.

 

[Ms T]

It might just work, consider this:

A glass of wine in a pub costs say £4.50. You and mate have three each: £27.

And this new place just might charge £27 for a bottle of champagne drunk on the premises.

If you look at their Covent Garden menu, the cheapest champagne they do is more than £50. Honestly, I can't see that working in Brixton even with its new demographic. They can't be THAT wealthy.

 

[Ms T]

I don't drink wine in pubs but I'm sure you're right.

Champagne is about the only wine served in 125ml glasses these days (maybe sherry). Standard in restaurants for still wine seems to be 175ml.

Exactly.

 

[cuppa tee]

I have just returned from a trip to soho/covent garden and if it wasnt for the fact you have to cross a busy road you wouldn't be able to tell one from the other, there was even one streetfood stall with yellow branding that was in both berwick and rupert street markets. And managing to do both Mexican burritos and Moroccan tagine !

 

[Ms T]

That'll be one-unit-of-alcohol per glass ahem.


Six standard pub-sized 125ml glasses makes a bottle. Personally I think they're too big (don't get me started on the 250ml buckets of 14.5% stuff.... as bad as pints of strong lager); 90ml is about right which is eight to a bottle less the dregs. In a decent-sized glass to give room to get yr schnozz in for a good sniff without dunking it.

When was the last time you drank wine in a pub? 1975?

175ml has been the standard for ages.

 

[TruXta]

When was the last time you got a glass that size in a pub though, especially for £4.50. Unless you specifically ask for something smaller, the default size seems to be 250ml.

It's been a while, admittedly, but I still see it around.

 

[el-ahrairah]

this thread has actually made me want to punch myself in the face repeatedly.

well done everyone.

 

[TruXta]

this thread has actually made me want to punch myself in the face repeatedly.

well done everyone.

Have you fallen foul of the cut-off date for Real Brixton citizenship?

 

[editor]

Have you fallen foul of the cut-off date for Real Brixton citizenship?

Some say 'Brixton' is an attitude not a date of arrival.

 

[Badgers]

I sure hope the Albert doesn't sell champagne.

Lanson £27.99

Beyoncé is currently on the jukebox and there are two people drinking Evian water, looking at properties on laptops and loudly calling estate agents.

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