Costa coffee opening at the old Homelook 460 Brixton Road, SW9

[quimcunx]

Are there more coffee outlets than nail bars and fried chicken places now?

I think so.

 

[TruXta]

Better than a boarded up bird poo collector.

Only just.

 

[Onket]

That's a 'yes', then.

 

[tim]

Better than a boarded up bird poo collector.

Those arches would have made it a perfect location for an urban bat roost.

 

[TruXta]

That's a 'yes', then.

A grudging one

 

[Brixton Hatter]

It'll be massive compared to starfucks opposite. Great if it could put them out of business.

 

[TruXta]

It'll be massive compared to starfucks opposite. Great if it could put them out of business.

Would you like plague or cholera, sir? TBH of the two I prefer Costa simply because their coffee is tastier.

 

[twistedAM]

Not if I'm only going to small independent coffee shops, no.

Is Costa still independent or is it part of some conglomerate now?
South London firm though innit.
Doubt I'd ever use it when San Marino is just across the street.

Oh and another thing, why the fuck is coffee so expensive in downtown Brixton? I get a proper black coffee (aka Americano) for a quid on Brixton Hill and in Crystal Palace I've sourced a decent Italian place for a quid as well. These places might not be quite as good as the niche Guardian reader shops but still a lot better tasting than Nero not to mention Shitbucks. Seems to be the small independents are pricing at the same level as the chains.

 

[editor]

Is Costa still independent or is it part of some conglomerate now?

Part of the enormo multinational Whitbread chain since 1995.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Coffee

 

[rover07]

Is Costa still independent or is it part of some conglomerate now?
South London firm though innit.
Doubt I'd ever use it when San Marino is just across the street.

Oh and another thing, why the fuck is coffee so expensive in downtown Brixton? I get a proper black coffee (aka Americano) for a quid on Brixton Hill and in Crystal Palace I've sourced a decent Italian place for a quid as well. These places might not be quite as good as the niche Guardian reader shops but still a lot better tasting than Nero not to mention Shitbucks. Seems to be the small independents are pricing at the same level as the chains.

You're paying for the surroundings not the coffee.

 

[twistedAM]

Part of the enormo multinational Whitbread chain since 1995.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Coffee

That figures. They fucked up beer, now they're fucking with coffee.

You're paying for the surroundings not the coffee.

Trouble is, those twee shops are exactly the type of surrounding I do not want to be in.
My preference is an Italian owned and operated one with lots of jabbering going on. Coffee is just black speed at the end of the day.

 

[TruXta]

Tasty black speed.

 

[Badgers]

It'll be massive compared to starfucks opposite. Great if it could put them out of business.

No chance. There are people who choose to go to Starbucks. Seriously.

 

[Onket]

Shit speed, tbf.

 

[twistedAM]

Shit speed, tbf.

True. Speed for older people. Can't handle the white stuff any more.

 

[paolo]

I will give costa some praise if they keep & restore the Sanders bit above. Not expecting they will though.

 

[wtfftw]

They kept wood panelling in my localturnedintoacosta and added more.

 

[colacubes]

Is Costa still independent or is it part of some conglomerate now?
South London firm though innit.
Doubt I'd ever use it when San Marino is just across the street.

Oh and another thing, why the fuck is coffee so expensive in downtown Brixton? I get a proper black coffee (aka Americano) for a quid on Brixton Hill and in Crystal Palace I've sourced a decent Italian place for a quid as well. These places might not be quite as good as the niche Guardian reader shops but still a lot better tasting than Nero not to mention Shitbucks. Seems to be the small independents are pricing at the same level as the chains.

Depends where you go innit. You can get a proper hardcore black coffee for just over a quid at Cafe Max on Station Road. Nice coffee it is too.

 

[editor]

I will give costa some praise if they keep & restore the Sanders bit above. Not expecting they will though.

They (or Railtrack) have cleaned it up a bit but I don't think it's ever going to be reliving past glories.

 

[paolo]

They (or Railtrack) have cleaned it up a bit but I don't think it's ever going to be reliving past glories.

Tbh I was expecting it to be torn off, so that's better than I expected.

 

[Chilavert]

Better than a boarded up bird poo collector.

Agreed.

 

[story]

Incidentally, that place where San Marino used to be: that little narrow filigreed building opposite FerndaleRoad, almost next to the Beehive: saw it's been scaffolded, anyone know what might be happening there? Hopefully it's being brought back from the dead.

 

[colacubes]

Incidentally, that place where San Marino used to be: that little narrow filigreed building opposite FerndaleRoad, almost next to the Beehive: saw it's been scaffolded, anyone know what might be happening there? Hopefully it's being brought back from the dead.

Don't know. There were a couple of notices on the scaffolding which I had a nose at in the hope of finding out, but they were just the TFL permission for the scaff to be up.

 

[editor]

Incidentally, that place where San Marino used to be: that little narrow filigreed building opposite FerndaleRoad, almost next to the Beehive: saw it's been scaffolded, anyone know what might be happening there? Hopefully it's being brought back from the dead.

Flats I think. They added a big extension around the back.

 

[twistedAM]

Depends where you go innit. You can get a proper hardcore black coffee for just over a quid at Cafe Max on Station Road. Nice coffee it is too.

Keep forgetting about that place. Yeah, I like the coffee there. Pretty hardcore.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

i've seen some photos of the inside of the costa place on some property website ages ago. Quite a nice space IIRC - sort of brick vaulted arches.

 

[Brix69]

Could see the arches when I went past yesterday, looked quite an interesting building inside.

 

[editor]

It's way bigger inside than I remember it.

 

[quimcunx]

I was about to have a go at Handpicked Brixton for using Ed's pic on their facebook update but I see the link leads to his blog here. So I won't.

 

[editor]

I was about to have a go at Handpicked Brixton for using Ed's pic on their facebook update but I see the link leads to his blog here. So I won't.

Hmmm. He's actually imported the photo into his Facebook photos page so it appears like his own work. In fact, there's loads of my photos in there.