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

[Chilavert]

Cheers.

It certainly looks like somewhere that'd have wifi.

I'm sure all the cool kids will be on their ipads.

 

[editor]

Does look very 'Loud,' and incongruous with the area. Not that I have a problem with that. Anywhere that does Brooklyn ale is cool with me.

Seeing as that pub reportedly housed Britain's first rock'n'roll club, I'd say it's going to be pretty tame compared to how it used to be!

(the pub has no TVs or juke box, btw).

 

[editor]

I was planning to try one of those Kernal ales, and probably a scrumpy.

Good call. The Kernal was lush as was the sparking scrumpy I tried.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Anyone else feeling thirsty? I'm positively parched. Can't wait to get down there and have a scumpy for Onket...

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

It was early doors round my way.

I always assumed Fat Ron made that phrase up tbh.

 

[Chilavert]

Anyone else feeling thirsty? I'm positively parched. Can't wait to get down there and have a scumpy for Onket...

I'm leaving Westminster now. Depending on the buses I'll be there in 30 minutes....

 

[editor]

I'll be there to night around 8.30 I reckon.

There's been loads of interest in the piece I wrote on my blog too, with over 1,200 page views already.

 

[editor]

I'm leaving Westminster now. Depending on the buses I'll be there in 30 minutes....

Doesn't open till 5pm.

 

[marty21]

I'm leaving Westminster now. Depending on the buses I'll be there in 30 minutes....

opens at 5 afaik - so you might have to have some practice drinks before hand somewhere else

 

[Chilavert]

opens at 5 afaik - so you might have to have some practice drinks before hand somewhere else

Balls. I'm sure someone said it was 4 today.

Thanks both for saving me a wasted trip.

 

[London_Calling]

well at least you'll have wifi.

 

[boohoo]

Will they let in ladies with pushchairs? Will this be the next Florence for the Stockwell Park Road mummies?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Will they let in ladies with pushchairs?

Just leave the baby outside with a packet of crisps, it'll be fine.....

 

[Stig]

I'm in the area. Having a quick half in the Grosvenor round the corner - I bloody love this pub, why don't I make it down here more often?

Now that there's the Crown &Anchor too, it makes it worth the trip all the way across from Tottenham a lot more often.

 

[stevebradley]

To be honest, that looks like a major obstacle. The owner/tenants of that building are unlikely to want the road to be pedestrianised, imo.

Fear yee not ! I've met with the new owner of that shed to take him through the thinking, and he's keen to have the road pedestrianised. The street is currently such a dump, and pedestrianising it will make such an improvement to how it looks, that it'd be in his interests to have it done IMO.

He was originally going to apply for a garage in the new building, but upon hearing of the pedestrianisation plans he's changed that to a bedroom now instead.

So not only not an obstacle, but now actively supportive.

 

[London_Calling]

I should think an extra bedroom might be worth a few more bob that a garage, which might even have helped his thinking.

 

[stevebradley]

I should think an extra bedroom might be worth a few more bob that a garage, which might even have helped his thinking.

True. He probably thought the planners would insist on parking. Though the flip side is that a bedroom on ground level opposite a busy pub might be a tricky sell.

 

[gaijingirl]

True. He probably thought the planners would insist on parking. Though the flip side is that a bedroom on ground level opposite a busy pub might be a tricky sell.

Stig's Brixton pied a terre?

 

[London_Calling]

True. He probably thought the planners would insist on parking. Though the flip side is that a bedroom on ground level opposite a busy pub might be a tricky sell.

Esp. as the pub doesn't currently have soft furnishings. Or curtains.

 

[Belushi]

I need to pop out for some milk anyway, so may as well make a three mile detour to check the new place out.

*Will not be getting rat-arsed on scrumpy on a school night*

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm gonna come down if this rain lets up.
And I'm definitely having drinks there next Saturday now.
Anyone know if they take table bookings or will we have to scrum for it?

 

[nagapie]

Is that your birthday? Early please so both of us can come.

 

[Orang Utan]

how early? just sent out invites saying from 4, but can happily make it earlier

 

[nagapie]

4s ok, we'll be there on the dot!

 

[Stig]

Stig's Brixton pied a terre?

That's a great idea! Hope it'll be going for tuppence Ha'penny.

 

[gaijingirl]

That's a great idea! Hope it'll be going for tuppence Ha'penny.

or maybe a song and a dance?

 

[Crispy]

Rammed! Tasty beer. Side street to stand in when it's sunny. No music, no football, "this pub's for drinking and talking" says the landlord. I'll be back.

 

[editor]

Rammed! Tasty beer. Side street to stand in when it's sunny. No music, no football, "this pub's for drinking and talking" says the landlord. I'll be back.

How was the all important acoustics? Did you need to bring along your Convo-Cloak ™ ?

 

[Crispy]

It was very loud indoors, because everybody was talking and there were no soft surfaces to absorb the noise. Take the piss all you like, but its a fairly basic principle of acoustic design.

 

[editor]

The Crown, after Crispy's makeover: