Croydon - nightlife, accommodation, things to do and general chat

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

loaned them £3m iirc.

quite a lot of food places have signed up tbf, plus Cronx brewery.

Yeah actually loads of food, I guess they all needed booze licences. Not much in the way of walking around and checking things out. . . Yet. Good location for lunch I suppose, though pretty much all the other restaurants and lunch venues in that area have gone under. What about the food court in centrale? That never got anywhere and is now empty along with most of the top level. The old beanos redevelopment was a nice area and less ambitious but only lasted a couple of weeks.

Maybe I should just wait and see though.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

We are now getting armed robberies of pedestrians in South Norwood!



VIDEO: Musician robbed at gunpoint in South Norwood on way home from gig

ETA - although this also begs the question as to why it is only being reported now, when it happened in May!!

Uh oh.

 

[Dan U]

Given all the flats going up nearby and the 2500 civil servants moving to Ruskin Square I guess they see it as a meanwhile site with a captive audience.

Will check it out if I am still working in Croydon if it ever opens but equally I like my sandwich bar near Surrey Street for lunch

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Given all the flats going up nearby and the 2500 civil servants moving to Ruskin Square I guess they see it as a meanwhile site with a captive audience.

Will check it out if I am still working in Croydon if it ever opens but equally I like my sandwich bar near Surrey Street for lunch

Supposedly the end of this month. I'm kind of guessing the food and drinks will be a bit pricey. I don't think I've ever really bothered with Croydon for lunch. Been here about 14 years and had lunch about five times.

 

[Dan U]

Can recommend stuffins for a good honest sandwich. Up the side of sainsburys at the top of Surrey Street.

Load of street food in Surrey Street now too esp at end of the week.

Not had it yet but the curried goat place is really popular

 

[Dan U]

Also the Vietnamese Cafe on Surrey Street is excellent.

 

[Hoss]

Also the Vietnamese Cafe on Surrey Street is excellent.

This is relevant to my interests.

Good tip, cheers Dan [emoji1360][emoji899][emoji501]


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[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Also the Vietnamese Cafe on Surrey Street is excellent.

I do go to the Vietnamese place on lower addiscome road quite a lot.

Vietnamese Restaurant in Croydon | Thanh's Bistro

 

[Hoss]

I do go to the Vietnamese place on lower addiscome road quite a lot.

Vietnamese Restaurant in Croydon | Thanh's Bistro

Another one? Excellent. I can collect from here with relative ease.


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[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Another one? Excellent. I can collect from here with relative ease.


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It's worth a sit down. It's not expensive and you bring your own booze. £70 for four of us when we went out on Saturday.

 

[Dan U]

This is relevant to my interests.

Good tip, cheers Dan [emoji1360][emoji899][emoji501]


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Finally made this connection I think Hoss

 

[bemused]

I have to say Boxpark is shaping up to be rather nice - REVEALED: The restaurants, bars and coffee shops that will make up Boxpark Croydon

East Croydon station has always been rather grime, nice to see it perking up. West Croydon needs some love as well.

 

[Maggot]

East Croydon station has always been rather grime, nice to see it perking up. West Croydon needs some love as well.

was that a deliberate typo?

 

[bemused]

was that a deliberate typo?

Yes, yes it was ...... well maybe not.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I have to say Boxpark is shaping up to be rather nice - REVEALED: The restaurants, bars and coffee shops that will make up Boxpark Croydon

East Croydon station has always been rather grime, nice to see it perking up. West Croydon needs some love as well.

Dosn't look that great. Better than the booze fest I thought it would be, but as a place to visit, well it's just a load of similar food shops, mostly of the top end lunch street food variety.
I hope there is more to it than that.

 

[bemused]

Dosn't look that great. Better than the booze fest I thought it would be, but as a place to visit, well it's just a load of similar food shops, mostly of the top end lunch street food variety.
I hope there is more to it than that.

I stopped going into Croydon town centre a few years ago when the plan seemed to jam as many bars and pubs as quickly as possible. Some variation in the town centre I hope will be nice and I like food so I'm happy

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I stopped going into Croydon town centre a few years ago when the plan seemed to jam as many bars and pubs as quickly as possible. Some variation in the town centre I hope will be nice and I like food so I'm happy

I never use the town centre for nightlife, but there are some decent places for food on southend (and other places). I'm not yet sure what this box park is bringing to the table. Can they really fill the place up with this kind of food every day and night when they can't keep any new lunch venues open in the centre for more than a couple of weeks. Is there going to be anything else to it?

 

[bemused]

I never use the town centre for nightlife, but there are some decent places for food on southend (and other places). I'm not yet sure what this box park is bringing to the table. Can they really fill the place up with this kind of food every day and night when they can't keep any new lunch venues open in the centre for more than a couple of weeks. Is there going to be anything else to it?

I don't know tbh, but they are putting lots of parking for cycles so that's cool.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I don't know tbh, but they are putting lots of parking for cycles so that's cool.

The empty ones across the road are not enough?
The cycling infrastructure in croydon is ridiculous. That area is no exception.
On the same subject, I notice they have got rid of a load of cycle lanes (that doubled as car parking spaces anyway) and they now have the cycle road print in the middle of the street. Not sure what it's about but I think it might at least raise awareness for cyclists on the road. So weird though.

Croydon is also the home of the 1meter cycle lane that runs into a lampost.

 

[bemused]

Croydon is also the home of the 1meter cycle lane that runs into a lampost.

Yeah I know

They missed a trick when they laid down the tram.

 

[Hoss]

I'm guessing boxpark are relying heavily on the commuter trade to make this viable. Haven't been through EC station during rush hour for years but judging by off peak use it's rarely quiet and so might rub off on boxpark.


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[bemused]

I'm guessing boxpark are relying heavily on the commuter trade to make this viable. Haven't been through EC station during rush hour for years but judging by off peak use it's rarely quiet and so might rub off on boxpark.


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I think it's only temporary until they build on it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think it's only temporary until they build on it.

FIve years and huge subsidies from the council when there have been massive massive cuts to public services. Pisses me off.
They are really trying to make this boxpark, which they admit looks very risky even with public subsidies, into something. Forgetting of course about long term businesses in the area that are struggling. I'm not sure it's fair to subsidize temporary out of town pop ups with public money, that will take business from elsewhere.
Also, (I've just looked), it's confirmed that it's just 'street food and entertainment' rather than any retail or any other reason to visit. The 'entertainment' appears to be drinking and chatting.

It's going to be bollocks.
I hope I am wrong.
The whole redevelopment and all those horrible sky scrapers are pissing me right off.

 

[Dan U]

I'm guessing boxpark are relying heavily on the commuter trade to make this viable. Haven't been through EC station during rush hour for years but judging by off peak use it's rarely quiet and so might rub off on boxpark.


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plus the shit loads of flats going up either side of the station + 2,500 HMRC workers moving in to Ruskin Square next year.

terrible time of year to open it though.

ATOMIC SUPLEX is it definitely a subsidy? I know they have loaned them £3m which is not quite the same, assuming they pay it back of course.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

plus the shit loads of flats going up either side of the station + 2,500 HMRC workers moving in to Ruskin Square next year.

terrible time of year to open it though.

ATOMIC SUPLEX is it definitely a subsidy? I know they have loaned them £3m which is not quite the same, assuming they pay it back of course.

It's what I read in the advertiser, I'll have to find the article. As I recall there is a payout for the opening and setting up and a monthly subsidy.

 

[Dan U]

It's what I read in the advertiser, I'll have to find the article. As I recall there is a payout for the opening and setting up and a monthly subsidy.

will have a look on insidecroydon

 

[Dan U]

not wrong ATOMIC SUPLEX

After £3m loan, now council lays on festival for Boxpark

quite a bit in this article

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

not wrong ATOMIC SUPLEX

After £3m loan, now council lays on festival for Boxpark

quite a bit in this article

Not seen that one. Quite damning, worse than I had read.

 

[bemused]

This caption in that article made me legit LOL

Council leader Tony Newman in discussion with Boxpark’s Roger Wade, Croydon’s most subsidised businessman

 

[ffsear]

I stopped going into Croydon town centre a few years ago when the plan seemed to jam as many bars and pubs as quickly as possible. Some variation in the town centre I hope will be nice and I like food so I'm happy

So did I, Croydon used to be a mecca for cheap boozing and a punch up on the weekend, dragging idiots in from far and wide. Good riddance I say!!