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My Fathers Place on Coldharbour Lane to become a cocktail bar
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teuchter
je suis teuchter
Did you remember to urinate/vomit on the streets at a couple of points too? It's easy to forget seeing as it's only been introduced since gentrification.
Very, very good (and large) cocktails. £5 offer price. I expect they'll be £10 after soft launch.
Friendly. Awkward two-room space. Felt quite West London - not something I usually note or care about.
Very fancy list....OTT and hipster looking though, and social network cocktail??
Bet the place really sucks.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Looks like I'd better change one of my avatars - or I'll be left out in the cold!
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I popped in after dinner last night. Not a hipster crowd. Quite a basic fit out. Very friendly if a bit chaotic service (it's mostly seated). We were given free cocktails when we arrived, and some little tapas dishes which was a nice touch. Weirdly, we had just decided what we were going to order when a waiter put down our exact order in front of us. Now that's service! Unfortunately they were for the people at the next table.
Tried two more - the Shrub and Shutter and the Av a Zombie & Bitch. I'd describe both as a bit challenging rather than particularly enjoyable - probably need some tweaking - one was too tart and the other a bit oily. I can't remember what my gf had but her first choice was very tasty.
Neither blown away nor put off by the place. A cocktail bar is never going to be a regular thing for me but I imagine that I'll give it another go once it has settled in.
Apparently the Brixton Water Lane site needed a lot more money spent to make it useable.
Tried two more - the Shrub and Shutter and the Av a Zombie & Bitch. I'd describe both as a bit challenging rather than particularly enjoyable - probably need some tweaking - one was too tart and the other a bit oily. I can't remember what my gf had but her first choice was very tasty.
Neither blown away nor put off by the place. A cocktail bar is never going to be a regular thing for me but I imagine that I'll give it another go once it has settled in.
Apparently the Brixton Water Lane site needed a lot more money spent to make it useable.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Yeah - I think they were probably a bit too ambitious on the whole. For me, anyway.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Tried three cocktails in S&S and three in 328. Preferred the former each time. Though the later caipirinhas at Kaff were excellent.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Blimey! Did you have to be carried home? Excellent work though from some urbz on the market research.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Is leanderman trying to snatch the title of u75's no.1 Brixton nightlife denizen from our Dear Leader? 
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hiraethified
A friend of mine went on Saturday to this 'neighbourhood cocktail & snack bar' and she wasn't very impressed. She thought all the meat/cocktail stuff was confusing (was there meat in the cocktail?) and the 'social network' cocktail for £10 didn't wow her much either. She thought the layout was awkward, the vibe a bit 'uncomfortable' with the clientèle coming from a very, very narrow social demographic.
But this reviewer seemed to enjoy it: http://speakeasyfindhard.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/nanban-at-market-house-shrub-shutter.html
I'll give it a go if I ever get flush enough.
(If you can't be bothered to click on that link, I can summarise it for you: "Raa raa raa. We went to this amazing exclusive cocktail bar and spent a fortune on round after round of jolly artisan snacks and wacky hand-sculpted pricey cocktails. Then we went to another lovely cocktail bar and spent another fortune doing the same until we got a cab back to wherever the fuck we came from...")
But this reviewer seemed to enjoy it: http://speakeasyfindhard.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/nanban-at-market-house-shrub-shutter.html
I'll give it a go if I ever get flush enough.
(If you can't be bothered to click on that link, I can summarise it for you: "Raa raa raa. We went to this amazing exclusive cocktail bar and spent a fortune on round after round of jolly artisan snacks and wacky hand-sculpted pricey cocktails. Then we went to another lovely cocktail bar and spent another fortune doing the same until we got a cab back to wherever the fuck we came from...")
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hiraethified
Substantial difference in price too!
Yawn
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hiraethified
You should go back to bed if you're so tired. Or perhaps just not bother wasting everyone's time with pointless posts.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Do you train hard to be such a bit tedious wanker, or is it a natural talent?
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Exactly. Cocktails should be an inflation-proofed £7. Forever. Kaff is great value, especially with Brixton pound discount.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I can't find the reference to taking a cab home.
boohoo
No.
why is that being a tedious wanker?
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
There is a cocktail bar opened up like 20 meters from my door. On Friday already assways from celebrating the wives new job we gave it a go. We were asked did we have a reservation. I said no, but your jazz band does keep us awake each Thursday evening. We were admitted.
I had their "take" on a Moscow mule. It was served in a glass that had a screw top with a handle but nothing to screw onto it. I had to suck it through a length of macaroni. It was delicious. It was €14. The bar man was very nice. He was a hipster with a Boardwalk Empire thing going on. I'd go back but probably won't.
This time 2 months I'll be drinking in the Canterbury Brixton
I had their "take" on a Moscow mule. It was served in a glass that had a screw top with a handle but nothing to screw onto it. I had to suck it through a length of macaroni. It was delicious. It was €14. The bar man was very nice. He was a hipster with a Boardwalk Empire thing going on. I'd go back but probably won't.
This time 2 months I'll be drinking in the Canterbury Brixton
boohoo
No.
Reviewers don't tend to be too critical.
Peanut Monkey
Flea-Bit of CHL.
This time 2 months I'll be drinking in the Canterbury Brixton
Sadly not sure you will be mate. I've been away for a month so not sure if it's closed yet or not.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
Apparently it's going to be around until Christmas.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Why wouldn't it be the work of a tedious wanker? Posting the word "yawn" is tedium personified - it says so little as to not be worth saying, and I say that as someone guilty of posting it myself in the past - why not say what it is that causes you to yawn?
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Mind you, a lot of bloggers get free stuff, or so I've heard.
boohoo
No.
It's the language - it's aggressive. Why isn't there some challenging in a non-aggressive manner? For example: asking him what made him yawn- the review by the friend of the editor, the review by the blog, the editor post and if so why?
Because when posters start annoying each other, they start ignoring people and then miss out when those persons have something valid to say.
boohoo
No.
Mummy bloggers and fashion bloggers do so I'd be utterly surprised if all the other bloggers aren't getting something or at least offers.
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hiraethified
Apart from 'soft launch' deals (which are more generally available) we've never been offered discounts on cocktails anywhere, and Brixton Buzz is by far the biggest local site.
One of my pet hate phrases there, btw.
Kaff do excellent cocktails for £3 on Thursdays.
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