Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

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

Only just seen this thread.

The Crown is in my patch, and I live close by. It was a bit of an 'old man's pub', but wasn't as rough as you might think. The landlady there (a Geordie called Jean) didn't take prisoners and had a tough looking dog, and she seemed to keep most people in line. Its vibe wasn't helped by the fact that you couldn't see through any of the windows into the pub. I doubt many would walk into a bar round there without knowing what kind of place they were entering.

Anyways - good news that it's remaining as a pub. Slade Gardens has a masterplan now for redevelopment, starting this Winter with new children's play space, and there are also plans/hopes to improve that random little cul-de-sac (Ingleton Rd) beside The Crown. A third of the shops along that parade between Lorn Rd and Robsart St are currently vacant, so hopefully the pub can come back into use again quickly and help lift the look and feel of the area.

On a related point, it looks like The Grosvenor on Sidney Rd will probably close down at some point. That is a proper boozer that it would be a real shame to lose, and it has the most perfectly sound-proofed function room I've ever seen/heard.
 
Thanks for the info. I've never been in due to frosted glass - I do like to know where I'm going to drink! It'll be great to see it stay as a working pub.

So why do you think the Grosvenor will go? It's one of my favourite pubs.
 
stevebradley said:
On a related point, it looks like The Grosvenor on Sidney Rd will probably close down at some point. That is a proper boozer that it would be a real shame to lose, and it has the most perfectly sound-proofed function room I've ever seen/heard.
Click to expand...
I know the folks at the Grosvenor very well - I've put club nights on there too - and this is the first I've heard of this. Why do you think it will "probably close"?
 
stevebradley said:
<snip>
On a related point, it looks like The Grosvenor on Sidney Rd will probably close down at some point. That is a proper boozer that it would be a real shame to lose, and it has the most perfectly sound-proofed function room I've ever seen/heard.
Click to expand...
I haven't heard about this...
I'd like to know the source for this :)
The pubco might well want to sell the building but they'd have to sell it with the lease running and it has quite a few years left on it, so no plans for it to close as far as I'm aware .
Then again we did receive an email enquiring about the pub being available for take over before we'd heard the pubco might be selling it, so we're obviously not the first to get informed about this.
 
Some good news for Brixton, I was chatting to the owner of my favourite pub, The Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington, and he has bought a pub in BRIXTON! It's on Brixton Road, opposite Jamm? The Crown and Anchor I think it was called, currently boarded up and squatted, the squatters are due to leave in about a week. When he opens - probably Jan/Feb - there will be a MASSIVE selection of ale, plus other foreign beer, Belgium, Dutch, American, etc, plus wine, pretty good grub too. He's a lovely fellah, loves beer, loves pubs, owns a couple of others, The Rose and Crown in Stoke Newington, and the Wrestlers? in Highgate. Stig and Rich know him too and were chatting to him about Brixton as well.
 
marty21 said:
Some good news for Brixton, I was chatting to the owner of my favourite pub, The Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington, and he has bought a pub in BRIXTON! It's on Brixton Road, opposite Jamm? The Crown and Anchor I think it was called, currently boarded up and squatted, the squatters are due to leave in about a week. When he opens - probably Jan/Feb - there will be a MASSIVE selection of ale, plus other foreign beer, Belgium, Dutch, American, etc, plus wine, pretty good grub too. He's a lovely fellah, loves beer, loves pubs, owns a couple of others, The Rose and Crown in Stoke Newington, and the Wrestlers? in Highgate. Stig and Rich know him too and were chatting to him about Brixton as well.
Click to expand...
That's fantastic news!

Thread on the pub here - it was the 'first rock n roll club in Britain.'
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/crown-and-anchor-pub-brixton-road.166030/

Photo feature here:
crown-and-anchor.jpg

http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/crown-and-anchor.html

*new thread started
 
marty21 said:
Some good news for Brixton, I was chatting to the owner of my favourite pub, The Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington, and he has bought a pub in BRIXTON! It's on Brixton Road, opposite Jamm? The Crown and Anchor I think it was called, currently boarded up and squatted, the squatters are due to leave in about a week. When he opens - probably Jan/Feb - there will be a MASSIVE selection of ale, plus other foreign beer, Belgium, Dutch, American, etc, plus wine, pretty good grub too. He's a lovely fellah, loves beer, loves pubs, owns a couple of others, The Rose and Crown in Stoke Newington, and the Wrestlers? in Highgate. Stig and Rich know him too and were chatting to him about Brixton as well.
Click to expand...

That's great news. It was a dive of a pub but who cares. Better it stays a pub than becomes yuppy flats/another place of worship
 
excellent news - it'll pretty much be my local. Its not a great spot for a pub at the moment though - there's not huge amounts of passing trade and that part of Brixton Road isn't pretty. There's a reason it shut down! I guess they will pick up some trade via Jamm though. And early next year the next swathe of "luxury flats" being built on Robsart Street will be for sale and suddenly lots of wealthy young'uns will appear from nowhere to patronise the pub, as often seems to be the case when somewhere like this gets a makeover.

Still, good night in there last weekend....
 
So some squatters are being evicted so that a businessman can make more money? Typical exploitative capitalists! These people have no shame . . .etc etc
 
Excellent news. In light of the recent Sun & Doves thread, what sort of pubco/brewery relationship is he going with?
 
Crispy said:
Excellent news. In light of the recent Sun & Doves thread, what sort of pubco/brewery relationship is he going with?
Click to expand...
not sure tbh, the Jolly Butchers is a freehouse - and that's the sort of pub he likes - he gets a load of local brewers to supply an ever changing menu of beers - Darkstar, Camden, Redemption, plus others - he has Brewdog on tap as well (a 9% beer iirc) Stig will know more about the brewers he uses - doesn't have any mainstream lagers - no fosters, carling, stella, kronenburg, etc - there are some lagers, but I never feel the need to try them when I'm there - He will try out any local brewers and if he likes them, he'll put them on

The place needs a new roof, so the January opening is 'flexible'
 
The Jolly Brewers in Stokie is an exceptional boozer, imo. For range of booze, deliciousness of food (four sausage platter! 6 cheese platter!) and friendly, knowlegeable staff. Lucky Brixton :)

Mart - The Camel down my way is starting to have selections from Redchurch Brewery

bethnal_pale_ale_a.png
 
Crispy said:
Excellent news. In light of the recent Sun & Doves thread, what sort of pubco/brewery relationship is he going with?
Click to expand...
from overhearing conversations it could be he just bought it, I'd heard something about a "small pubco" which could just be someone who has a few pubs.
I guess there won't be any more punk dos in there then.
 
The pubco own a couple of pubs on Church St in Stokie, I think that's it.

I was talking to him last night and we were discussing what he called "the offering". I said the worst night that I could remember in there, all they had I wanted to drink was Dark Star APA. He fell about laughing, pointing out that for many a boozer that would be manna from the gods.

Might well be down there for the opening, whenever that happens to be...
 
Brixton Hatter said:
excellent news.

Its not a great spot for a pub at the moment though - there's not huge amounts of passing trade and that part of Brixton Road isn't pretty. There's a reason it shut down! I guess they will pick up some trade via Jamm though. And early next year the next swathe of "luxury flats" being built on Robsart Street will be for sale and suddenly lots of wealthy young'uns will appear from nowhere to patronise the pub, as often seems to be the case when somewhere like this gets a makeover.
Click to expand...

Pretty much spot on, that^

I'm hoping to be ablke to pop in from time to time but it's pretty much out of my way since I moved to Peckham. Used to go past twice a day when I lived near Kennington Park.
 
anyone know what's happening to this pub please - last time i went by it looked like they were getting ready to demolish it?

thanks
 
kr236rk said:
thanks - there are so many pubs shutting i've noticed - hard times or a shift in alcohol intake, to off licences & supermarkets?
Click to expand...
the property owners can generally make more money by converting the pubs to flats. Selling beer often just doesnt cut it anymore :(
 
editor said:
It's reopening soon!
Click to expand...
there is another thread on this somewhere - as you know it has been bought by the bloke who owns my fave pub - The Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington - he also owns The Brownswood Park Tavern near Finsbury Park, and the Wrestlers in Highgate - he's a beer nut - so you are in for a treat - a rotating selection of about 8 real ales, plus a few ciders, and continental beers - a real beer heaven. He reckons it'll be open In February - I think works are just about ready to start.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

editor
Cyclist killed in Brixton
2
Replies
32
Views
1K
T & P
T & P
blameless77
After work pint in Brixton?
Replies
8
Views
512
story
story
editor
Homophobia in Brixton
2
Replies
38
Views
5K
Tulster218
T
editor
Where to watch England vs Spain Euro 2024 final in Brixton
Replies
6
Views
475
madolesance
M
story
Palestine support action in Brixton
Replies
23
Views
2K
8ball
8ball
Back
Top Bottom