Loughborough Junction chitter-chatter

[editor]

There's a new (and much needed) cafe/bar opening up soon in the area. Just waiting for them to send the full details to B Buzz...

 

[Nedrop]

Anyone know why there is always a police van parked in the turning down to the arches next to the Tesco Metro? There pretty much every day parked up

 

[CH1]

Anyone know why there is always a police van parked in the turning down to the arches next to the Tesco Metro? There pretty much every day parked up

There is a local police office between Save More and Dollar Chicken. Local police patrols are done from there.

 

[xsunnysuex]

Anyone know why there is always a police van parked in the turning down to the arches next to the Tesco Metro? There pretty much every day parked up

Funny you should ask this. My partner and I were taking about this over the weekend. I suggested that maybe there was a video cctv camera set up on one of the shops. But your right, that police van is always parked there.

 

[goldengraham]

There's a new (and much needed) cafe/bar opening up soon in the area. Just waiting for them to send the full details to B Buzz...

The cafe is tucked under the railway bridge where the Ghanaian takeaway used to be. Good luck to them - hopefully will encourage more regeneration of boarded-up shops round LJ

 

[teuchter]

The cafe is tucked under the railway bridge where the Ghanaian takeaway used to be. Good luck to them - hopefully will encourage more regeneration of boarded-up shops round LJ

I hope they have some good offers on cheese and champagne.

 

[ddraig]

hurhur

 

[editor]

I hope they have some good offers on cheese and champagne.

Is that what you'd like for the area?

Personally, I'd love to see a good community based cafe/bar - perhaps with occasional acoustic music and performance space for locals - with affordable prices. I miss some of the old bars of Loughborough Junction as they were as local to me as many Brixton bars.

 

[editor]

The cafe is tucked under the railway bridge where the Ghanaian takeaway used to be. Good luck to them - hopefully will encourage more regeneration of boarded-up shops round LJ

We've written to them (as Brixton Buzz) and offered to give them an early write up if they'd like. Be good to see a place do well in the area.

 

[goldengraham]

I hope they have some good offers on cheese and champagne.

you can head down to "the village" for that

 

[goldengraham]

Is that what you'd like for the area?

Personally, I'd love to see a good community based cafe/bar - perhaps with occasional acoustic music and performance space for locals - with affordable prices. I miss some of the old bars of Loughborough Junction as they were as local to me as many Brixton bars.

A cafe/bar would be great though it's hard to see what available premises wld be suitable - a railway arch maybe?

Has any mention been made on here of the LJ master plan by the way? There's a consultation process under way, the document can be found here
http://www.loughboroughjunction.org/masterplanning

 

[boohoo]

Have you been in the Sunshines International Arts cafe?

 

[editor]

Have you been in the Sunshines International Arts cafe?

I have, but it's not really set up as a bar/venue - it's more of a cafe. Nice people though.

 

[boohoo]

I have, but it's not really set up as a bar/venue - it's more of a cafe. Nice people though.

It is lovely in there and show what can be done with those spaces.

 

[teuchter]

you can head down to "the village" for that

Oh, really?

 

[goldengraham]

Oh, really?

I believe so, although I find SupaSaver Express more convenient

 

[ChrisSouth]

The cafe is tucked under the railway bridge where the Ghanaian takeaway used to be. Good luck to them - hopefully will encourage more regeneration of boarded-up shops round LJ

Which are the boarded up shops around LJ? There's only two isn't there?

 

[editor]

The Blue Turtle Oasis at 210 Coldharbour Lane has opened. I'll pay it a visit soon - and it's open Saturdays too, so I can pop in on the way to the Hamlet.

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/01/...he-blue-turtle-oasis-at-210-coldharbour-lane/

 

[goldengraham]

Which are the boarded up shops around LJ? There's only two isn't there?

Off the top of my head there's the White Horse pub (once rumoured to become a Sainsbury's)
The old junk shop opposite (admittedly not boarded up but empty for ages, rubbish stacked up outside)
The 'Loughborough House' shop opposite Herne Hill Rd
The old Futon Workshop
At the bottom of Milkwood Road, the old Chinese takeaway
I guess you could also say until v recently there was the Taste of Africa, pre coffee shop ...

It's not so much the number of disused shops as their general visibility to be honest - with the possible exception of the Chinese takeaway they're nearly all prime retail sites.

 

[Effrasurfer]

I have, but it's not really set up as a bar/venue - it's more of a cafe. Nice people though.

Lovely that Ray sees his new neighbour as an asset rather than a threat. I reckon up to a certain point, the more cafes there are, the more business they will all get.

 

[editor]

I think that's definitely true. The more reason people have to come to Loughborough Junction, the better all the businesses should do.

 

[editor]

Popped into the cafe today and had a lovely cup of coffee. Will post up some pics tomorrow.

It does look like a sex shop from the outside though

 

[editor]

Today:

LJAG@LJAGgers1
@brixtonbuzz @city_farmers. Planting an orchard in Wyck Gardens from 10.30am and cooking pizza at the farm from 1pm.
See you there.

 

[editor]

I really liked the new cafe. The coffee was really good - and great value too at £2.

It does look like a sex shop from the outside though

More: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/01/...e-210-coldharbour-lane-loughborough-junction/

 

[teuchter]

Alternatively it looks a bit like it could be a head shop or somewhere selling crystals to wizard types.

Good luck to them. Maybe they can capture some of the commuter trade that the Beanery misses when it's not open in the morning.

 

[editor]

Good luck to them. Maybe they can capture some of the commuter trade that the Beanery misses when it's not open in the morning.

It's certainly going to be a place I'll regularly pop into on my way to see Hamlet on Saturdays seeing as the Beanery is closed then - and, to be honest, the coffee is a whole load better at this new place.

 

[teuchter]

Has Brixton Buzz reviewed Sem Cafe on Padfield Road?

 

[mrs_madiba]

It's certainly going to be a place I'll regularly pop into on my way to see Hamlet on Saturdays seeing as the Beanery is closed then - and, to be honest, the coffee is a whole load better at this new place.

I'm so happy to see this place open, even though it does look a bit indigo. It's rubbish missing your train when the Beanery is closed and having to wander round in the rain for half an hour. Definitely going to pop in this week.

 

[editor]

Has Brixton Buzz reviewed Sem Cafe on Padfield Road?

Not yet, although I've been there a couple of times and quite liked the place. Want to write the review?

 

[editor]

I'm so happy to see this place open, even though it does look a bit indigo. It's rubbish missing your train when the Beanery is closed and having to wander round in the rain for half an hour. Definitely going to pop in this week.

I've never really understood why the Beanery keeps such relatively minimal hours as you would have thought they'd pick up a fair bit of trade on Saturdays. I certainly would have been a semi regular, although it'll be the new place for coffee for me from now on.