Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

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

quimcunx said:
Are there more coffee outlets than nail bars and fried chicken places now?
Click to expand...

1661 - London
Samuel Pepys: Evelyn, after the infernal potato fad of the last 50 years, is it possible that this coffee drink will replace it in the nation's affections?
John Evelyn (for it is he): Unlikely Sam. The smart money is on infusions of the newly-discovered Jerusalem artichoke sweeping all before it.

And that is how Arti-U-Like took over late Stuart London until the Great Fire wiped them out in enormous balls of methane.
 
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.
Click to expand...

I honestly thought Handpicked Brixton was Editors day job.
 
Brixton Hatter said:
just had a look at handpicked brixton facebook page - it's basically all nicked from here.
Click to expand...

You'd have to check timings and twitter and other blogs. There's a lot of crossover. Like a post on here of a mystery claw which was I think posted here first and then there, but I think it was on twitter too and that might have been first and got from there to here and there to handpicked separately. It might have started on another blog. And so on.
 
quimcunx said:
You'd have to check timings and twitter and other blogs. There's a lot of crossover. Like a post on here of a mystery claw which was I think posted here first and then there, but I think it was on twitter too and that might have been first and got from there to here and there to handpicked separately. It might have started on another blog. And so on.
Click to expand...
But the photos of mine currently sitting in his Facebook photo collection are absolutely purloined! Oh well.

Loads of stories do get sourced from here and appear on other Brixton blogs/Facebook thingies without a credit.
 
editor said:
But the photos of mine currently sitting in his Facebook photo collection are absolutely purloined! Oh well.

Loads of stories do get sourced from here and appear on other Brixton blogs/Facebook thingies without a credit.
Click to expand...

Isn't Handpicked a company or some kind of corporate blog? There's Handpicked pages for lots of other areas too.
 
editor said:
But the photos of mine currently sitting in his Facebook photo collection are absolutely purloined! Oh well.

Loads of stories do get sourced from here and appear on other Brixton blogs/Facebook thingies without a credit.
Click to expand...

How do you know the owner of Handpicked Brixton is a he? And out of curiosity, do you feel that Handpicked Brixton has brought you more web traffic?
 
editor said:
But the photos of mine currently sitting in his Facebook photo collection are absolutely purloined! Oh well.

Loads of stories do get sourced from here and appear on other Brixton blogs/Facebook thingies without a credit.
Click to expand...

Yeah, was just saying generally. Might be worth having a word. Dunno. That costa one links to the blog so if people click on the link rather than just post on the pic it brings them to urban which is not a bad thing.
 
uk benzo said:
How do you know the owner of Handpicked Brixton is a he? And out of curiosity, do you feel that Handpicked Brixton has brought you more web traffic?
Click to expand...
Nothing noticeable showing in my logs, although my work has undeniably brought him more traffic.
 
Ah I was thinking about this place a while ago after walking past and looking at the red door on the side. I used to go there when I was a kid and they used to sell random bricabrac, etc . It seems all of my family forgot this store even existed.
 
Only one solution to this if you really love Brixton and don't want it to get homogenised like every British town: step outside, go support your local shops and cafes, San Marino to the tiny Portuguese cafes, to buying some veg in the market to the fishmongers. Costa Coffee is fatty, milky and flavourless - why would you ever choose this over a proper European coffee up the road is beyond me. Don't go to Costa Coffee! Rant over.
 
mizfick said:
Only one solution to this if you really love Brixton and don't want it to get homogenised like every British town: step outside, go support your local shops and cafes, San Marino to the tiny Portuguese cafes, to buying some veg in the market to the fishmongers. Costa Coffee is fatty, milky and flavourless - why would you ever choose this over a proper European coffee up the road is beyond me. Don't go to Costa Coffee! Rant over.
Click to expand...
I don't think many people on these boards were planning on going to Costa anyway :)
 
I've had their coffee as a freebie with breakfast, and it's not as dire as it used to be.

But to go there *for* a coffee? I'd do that as soon as I'd pop into KFC for a pint.
 
I went in there this morning for a cup of tea. It's a beautiful (and really large) space. Original brick arches, red and yellow chairs, two different levels.
 
I'm going to go in just to have a look around.

They do service pints in Speedy Noodle, by the way. Cheaper than The Albert.
 
Stuck my head round the door yesterday. They've done a really good job on making the place look beautiful, and left exposed the fantastic brickwork of the railway arches. All it needs now is a window. I won't be going there, but it looks nice.
 
Shame the frontage looks so crap. The black tiling looks nice, but most of the front looks like a big billboard.
 
editor said:
Shame the frontage looks so crap. The black tiling looks nice, but most of the front looks like a big billboard.
Click to expand...

I don't get the frontage, it's weird.

On balance, I'm pleased an empty and prominent site has been taken over - even if by a corporate.
 
leanderman said:
I don't get the frontage, it's weird.

On balance, I'm pleased an empty and prominent site has been taken over - even if by a corporate.
Click to expand...
It is weird - I assumed it hadn't opened yet until I saw the open door and popped in to have a look. It's nice inside, but I will be sticking to local businesses like the Feds or Cafe Sitifis for my coffee fix.
 
editor said:
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.
Click to expand...
Just have a quiet word if you're not happy. I think it would be pretty unwise of them to really piss you off.

I don't really understand what it is they're trying to do - it does come across like it's trying to be some kind of business but there can't be any money in it and they spend a fair bit of time doing it.

Their FB page says "We are not necessarily affiliated with any of the websites that we link to nor do we have a website at this time. However, if you have any queries or enquiries please email us at: info@likely.co." [sic]
 
PS there only seems to be a Handpicked London and a Handpicked Brixton on FB, so I'm guessing it's the same person, who lives in Brixton.

E2A I take this back as there are quite a few others on Twitter: Dalston, Clapham, Soho, Peckham, Notting Hill, Greenwich, Hackney and Camden.

MUST be some kind of business, with an inexplicable business model.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

editor
Cyclist killed in Brixton
2
Replies
32
Views
2K
T & P
T & P
blameless77
After work pint in Brixton?
Replies
12
Views
873
editor
editor
N
Major fire at waste depot on Shakespeare Road, Brixton, Friday 8th Sept 2023
2 3
Replies
67
Views
6K
wemakeyousoundb
wemakeyousoundb
editor
The depressing growth of people with substance dependency on the streets of Brixton
2 3
Replies
74
Views
6K
DietCokeGirl
DietCokeGirl
editor
Homophobia in Brixton
2
Replies
38
Views
5K
Tulster218
T
Back
Top Bottom