Crown and Anchor pub, Brixton Road, Brixton goes card-only

[Orang Utan]

Perhaps you were issued with an arbitrary divtax

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I have just returned. Twas nice. One of our friends got asked to leave He deserved it.

Already?? Wait 'till the locals go there lol

The locals are already going there. Opinion seems split. One guy who used to drink there said he'd "been waiting 33 years for a decent pub like this." Another was cautiously optimistic, though thought the beer was a bit expensive. Another guy I spoke to on Friday was proper kicking off about it being ponced up - but the main reason I think he was annoyed was cos he and his mates got told off for talking too loudly, which I thought was a bit out of order.

One of the many things that led to my friend being thrown out was him writing on the window 'PINTS 99P'.

They have a problem with condensation and air circulation. One of the former regulars is an air con engineer and offered to help the pub with it, but they didn't seem too interested. The owner did say he was gonna sort it out though.

A mate of mine (not gabi) got burned on the £8 pint this evening, and there was no prior warning of the price.

Apart from the blackboard directly behind the bar listing all the beers and prices

Those 'craft beers' at the left hand end of the bar seem to be normally sold by the half....and with many of them at 8%+ ABV that seems sensible to me. Which means a drink at about £4 is probably about right.

But obviously yes, £8 a pint is a bit high....so maybe drink something else instead. Like real beer for £3.50.

 

[kalibuzz]

That's the point, raise the prices by selling 'specialities' keep all the undesirables out, if they dare come in find some foolish reason to get rid of them and before you know it you have your middle class pub on the former front line, their enclave of safety. At this rate, Brixton will be more than gentrified in no time and former residents priced and bullied out of their area. not that this comes as big news anyway, but seems to have really accelerated.

 

[Badgers]

That's the point, raise the prices by selling 'specialities' keep all the undesirables out, if they dare come in find some foolish reason to get rid of them and before you know it you have your middle class pub on the former front line, their enclave of safety. At this rate, Brixton will be more than gentrified in no time and former residents priced and bullied out of their area. not that this comes as big news anyway, but seems to have really accelerated.

Or go to the Albert and have a pint, baguette and chips for a fiver? Brixton is changing but is not Kensington, nor will it be

 

[kalibuzz]

As someone else said earlier: the Beehive (and Albert) can only hold so many people, almost like pub ghettos, 'keep them in there' coz there is nowhere else left.. It's not Kensington, no, too many council estates that haven't been bought up yet, will be harder to get the tenants out, but apart from the old stock, all the newbuilt ones are housing trusts that are half social housing half private sector, so secure tenancies are already being phased out, so maybe not Kensington but Battersea-ish?

 

[Badgers]

Yup, things change. I like both types of pub though, as do many. A pint of Strongbow being £8 is hopefully a long way off

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm not sure if the intent is to drive people out, but it is an inevitable consequence of free market economics. Look at Brixton Village.

 

[kalibuzz]

of course, money talks. Good to have a diversity of pubs, but even better to have diversity inside the pubs

 

[discokermit]

i went past a pub in west bromwich today, £1.20 a pint.

 

[discokermit]

It would take less than 2 hours to walk it!!

the address google gave was wrong. the pub isn't on camberwell rd.

as i discovered after walking up and down that road for half an hour. in a hurricane.

 

[Orang Utan]

I hope you thought it was worth it. I was very pleased to see you!

 

[discokermit]

money talks.

but it don't sing and dance and it don't walk.

 

[discokermit]

I hope you thought it was worth it. I was very pleased to see you!

of course it was. backatcha.

did that feller swing you round like i asked him to?

 

[Ol Nick]

I went there last night. Some beers cost £8 a pint but the barmaid warned me before I bought them. It was full of people who looked like they might be from U75 so I kept a low profile. I stayed in the middle with the slightly older people.

 

[Orang Utan]

of course it was. backatcha.

did that feller swing you round like i asked him to?

Yes, many times. He also told me to pull myself together and get a fucking job

 

[Onket]

i went past a pub in west bromwich today, £1.20 a pint.

You went past?!!

 

[discokermit]

You went past?!!

the marksman, carters green. proper shithole. i got barred from there for calling the landlord a twat in '97.

m&b bitter, wasn't any good last time i drank it twenty years ago, doubt it's any better now. they shut the brewery down ages ago so fuck knows where they make it.

 

[discokermit]

Yes, many times.

i like him. is he on facebook?

 

[Orang Utan]

He is indeed!

 

[Onket]

the marksman, carters green. proper shithole. i got barred from there for calling the landlord a twat in '97.

m&b bitter, wasn't any good last time i drank it twenty years ago, doubt it's any better now. they shut the brewery down ages ago so fuck knows where they make it.

Worth £1.20 though, surely?

 

[discokermit]

Worth £1.20 though, surely?

 

[MAD-T-REX]

Apart from the blackboard directly behind the bar listing all the beers and prices

I've just checked; she's illiterate.

The berry cider is lethal - smells and tastes like slightly over-diluted juice and is nowhere near as sickening as Fruili, etc,, so knocking back several was piss easy.

 

[editor]

If folks want to talk about some horrible looking boozer in the far flung north, kindly discuss it in the appropriate forum. Ta.

 

[discokermit]

 

[gabi]

i think someone might have misunderstood the nature of conversation if they're objecting to things going slightly off-topic

 

[editor]

i think someone might have misunderstood the nature of conversation if they're objecting to things going slightly off-topic

Just doing my job, squire.

It seemed a bit of a waste to have so much important information about a little known northern pub - with exciting pictures an' all - hidden in a thread about a, err, Brixton real ale pub in the Brixton forum.

 

[kalibuzz]

Just doing my job, squire.

It seemed a bit of a waste to have so much important information about a little known northern pub - with exciting pictures an' all - hidden in a thread about a, err, Brixton real ale pub in the Brixton forum.

That looked exactly like the Marksman a couple of months ago - maybe there is hope for that pub,too?

 

[kalibuzz]

Install a rich mans kid as owner, then strip the floors, install wifi, an espresso machine, some retro stylee bar billiards, ensure plentiful supplies of coke are available and re name the pub the "Edge Bar" and then start moaning about all the horrible locals.

said in 2008 - psychic

 

[editor]

That looked exactly like the Marksman a couple of months ago - maybe there is hope for that pub,too?

It never, ever looked "exactly" like the Marksman. It's not even in the same area. Or city. Or part of the country.

 

[editor]

said in 2008 - psychic

It's not owned by a "rich mans kid," there's no bar billiards and the inclusion of Wi-Fi hardly implies rampant yuppification these days.