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Roadkill said:
I saw that, on my way to Stokey a few days ago.

I've never been to a South American restaurant, and I wouldn't mind giving it a try - either that or the Bolivian one on the Old Kent Road.
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Went there on Friday - food was good and very reasonably priced, but unfortunately about 15 minutes after we got there the place was invaded by a big, noisy group of Hoxton wankers :mad: Service was very slow as a result, but the waitress was very apologetic. It was only her working and she said they weren't expecting so many people.
 
the sea cow, that upmarket fish and chippie in church street, was repossessed. went past there today, and whereas before they had a note saying "re-opening soon", now it has a bailiff's notice (from july, haven't looked at it for a while like)

they did good, but pricy fish and chips, surprised they couldn't make it pay, I'd guess it was something to do with high rents in the street, which are not sustainable i'd say, so the landlords will have to be more realistic about rents in that street, as a lot of businesses seem to be closing - mesclun, the restaurant closed a while ago, looks like there's some work being done on it at the moment, and one of the shamshuddins has closed (possibily both of them) a english/french bistro is opening on one of them
 
I never paid a visit to the Sea Cow but I notice that there is a new upmarket chipper on Stoke Newington Road which I must check out...
 
i've heard it thru the grapevine that one of the reasons that shop's gone tits up is cos they leaseholder was under the impression that the shop has an alcohol license when in fact it doesn't, meaning people have leased it on financial terms that don't make fiscal sense when they realise that they can only sell food and not booze. which is strange but true apparently. so would imagine leaseholders frantically trying to sell, in a buyer's marker, whilst property prices go thru the floor. whoops......
 
the cooler was there before wasn't it? that seemed to be there for years, although i heard towards the end , the owner might have been a little dodgy, and staff weren't paid at the end, and there might have been a runner of some kind , and financial shenanigans (allegedly of course)
 
Cafe Z on Stoke Newington High Street do a great breakfast. Sometimes have too que to get in on a Sunday morning. Its opposite the Tesco.
 
I remember when I went back to London after 4 years out of the UK. I went for a wander along the river lea, and saw this woman in posh jogging clothes, jogging at quite a fast speed whilst pushing along twins in this super-dooper buggy. I did pause to wonder whether she was real or just a made up character...
 
A warning to anyone who takes the 149 free bus - this morning van loads of coppers, TFL and community support types were hanging around the Forest Road stop on Kingsland Road (by Oxfam) on the side going south towards London Bridge.
 
Thora said:
A warning to anyone who takes the 149 free bus - this morning van loads of coppers, TFL and community support types were hanging around the Forest Road stop on Kingsland Road (by Oxfam) on the side going south towards London Bridge.
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thought you'd moved from beloved hackney...
 
marty21 said:
i never noticed anything in there :oops:
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i also find that hard to believe! :D was great for football/rugby .. always a screen in a corner they would switch for you to the game of your choice if you asked nice tbh i liked one of the brothers but my mates had an 'incident' with the other so it's kinda off limits
 
Thora said:
A warning to anyone who takes the 149 free bus - this morning van loads of coppers, TFL and community support types were hanging around the Forest Road stop on Kingsland Road (by Oxfam) on the side going south towards London Bridge.
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hey i got done there 2 years ago .. think it is one of their regular areas where they sting ..
 
pub in the park, london fields

is it about to be turned into flats? probably bollcks
but people keep saying it

anyone know
 
durruti02 said:
i also find that hard to believe! :D was great for football/rugby .. always a screen in a corner they would switch for you to the game of your choice if you asked nice tbh i liked one of the brothers but my mates had an 'incident' with the other so it's kinda off limits
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i know, but i never noticed anything in there :oops::D
 
feerd said:
is it about to be turned into flats? probably bollcks
but people keep saying it

anyone know
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Heard a rumour recently that it was about to change hands. Heard persistent rumours for a while now that the site has planning permission for flats of some kind (presumably planning dept at council would know about this?) Seems fairly obvious that the current landlord has invested fuck all in it for a number of years - the place is so run down as to be an embarrassment. Shit beer, shit food, shit toilets, shit service. Absolute waste of a golden location which is a licence to print money. Only reason it gets punters in the summer is its location, nothing else.

IMO, obv.

Has anyone ever heard of a "community buyout" of a pub?
 
Thora said:
A warning to anyone who takes the 149 free bus - this morning van loads of coppers, TFL and community support types were hanging around the Forest Road stop on Kingsland Road (by Oxfam) on the side going south towards London Bridge.
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I was on the 149 as it was raining (or it was raining the night before so left my bike at work, can't remember which) and couldn't belive how many people hadn't paid. When I don't pay I always stand near the Oyster thing and keep an eye for yellow jackets at bus stops.


Also, keep an eye out for pick pokets during rush hour. One of them nearly had my wifes phone on the 149 in Dalston a couple of weeks ago.
 
lighterthief said:
Heard a rumour recently that it was about to change hands. Heard persistent rumours for a while now that the site has planning permission for flats of some kind (presumably planning dept at council would know about this?) Seems fairly obvious that the current landlord has invested fuck all in it for a number of years - the place is so run down as to be an embarrassment. Shit beer, shit food, shit toilets, shit service. Absolute waste of a golden location which is a licence to print money. Only reason it gets punters in the summer is its location, nothing else.

IMO, obv.

Has anyone ever heard of a "community buyout" of a pub?
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start a campaign now! check this out www.savetheswan.com and on facebook ... jump in with as much publicity straight away! a pub like that will make tons of money as a free house or community run ..
 
The Stone Cave restraunt in Dalston has won an award from the Hackney Gazette for best themed restraunt or something. It probably has nothing to do with the fact that they have an advert in the paper every week. :hmm:

Anyone been?
 
lenny101 said:
The Stone Cave restraunt in Dalston has won an award from the Hackney Gazette for best themed restraunt or something. It probably has nothing to do with the fact that they have an advert in the paper every week. :hmm:

Anyone been?
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went there a few times when i worked in dalston, it's a funky looking place, like a cave :D food's alright
 
lighterthief said:
Yeah, I wonder if they'll close the one at the end of Well Street though? Always seemed a bit of an odd location.
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plenty of shops out that way though, i think the tescos there was the first tescos iirc (i wasn't there at the time like :D)
 
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