Pop Brixton (formerly Grow Brixton) Pope's Road development

[teuchter]

I'm wondering why they are all running off gas canisters instead of just being connected to the mains.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

This picture gets better with every viewing...

 

[T & P]

I'm wondering why they are all running off gas canisters instead of just being connected to the mains.

Mains = too mainstream.

 

[T & P]

This picture gets better with every viewing...

Is that what the much talked about security guards actually look like? Judging by various accounts here I had been lead to believe they'd look more like this...

 

[leanderman]

Is that what the much talked about security guards actually look like? Judging by various accounts here I had been lead to believe they'd look more like this...

He usually leans unobtrusively against the wall away to the right, a few yards inside the entrance.

You hardly notice him.

 

[teuchter]

Is that what the much talked about security guards actually look like?

He hasn't even got a tie on.

 

[editor]

They must have all gone off for a tea break when the artist's render was being created, mind.

 

[Spymaster]

^^^ That's what it looked like when I was there. The 2 guards were inside.

 

[editor]

^^^ That's what it looked like when I was there. The 2 guards were inside.

It looked almost completely devoid of people last night. The guards were aimlessly wandering around inside looked excessively bored.

 

[Mr Retro]

It got a big thumbs up review in Timeout today.

 

[Spymaster]

It looked almost completely devoid of people last night. The guards were aimlessly wandering around inside looked excessively bored.

Probably to be expected given it's mainly food and drink. Monday nights are unlikely to be banging. They're still finding their feet by the looks of things and it will take time. It's still half unoccupied after all.

 

[editor]

It got a big thumbs up review in Timeout today.

That's hardly a surprise. It's exactly the thing that Time Out likes to get excited about.

 

[Spymaster]

It's exactly the thing that Time Out likes to get excited about.

What's that then?

 

[Rushy]

It was very busy on Saturday. Friendly atmosphere. Had a great day and evening with good friends. We'd all call ourselves local but admittedly only one born and bred Brit amongst us, so perhaps not really local. We were there about 8hrs and concluded that, in the interest of public safety, they sorely need a decent session ale on tap.

 

[Winot]

We'd all call ourselves local but admittedly only one born and bred Brit amongst us, so perhaps not really local

As long as none of you are from New Zealand.

 

[Rushy]

As long as none of you are from New Zealand.

Only one of us. But I don't think anyone noticed.

 

[editor]

Here's how it looked around 9.30pm last night. We were going to go for a drink but it was too bleak.









The drinking lounge, sorry, growing area.

 

[editor]

This seems a fair comment (from Reclaim Brixton FB)

Having been denied entry soon after it opened because I was carrying a drink from 'outside the compound' I finally got a chance to look round PB just now.

There's no doubt in my mind it's been created to attract the same kind of consumer class that eventually cannibalised Shoreditch, however there are a couple of small businesses in there alongside the £8 *glasses* of wine and 'Eton Mess' ice cream stalls that I felt pretty sorry for, standing lonely in their shells while braying visitors walked straight past them.

However much the final concept stinks I think it's worth popping by to support those people occasionally, even though my heart remains with Brixton's older shops and stalls.

 

[teuchter]

Would be interesting to know which units specifically have been deemed worthy of support.

 

[Mr Retro]

I think people might think it's closed Monday like the village.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Last night was their first Monday.

 

[SpamMisery]

Nothing wrong with Eton Mess - a bloody fine pudding

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Below The River (south london's brand new cultural guide) review of Pop....

http://belowtheriver.co.uk/review-pop-brixton/

 

[ViolentPanda]

What's that then?

The new thing.
Once upon a time, Time Out were well-known for being critical when necessary (even though they did employ my arch-nemesis, Andrew Mosby).Toward the end of their "paid for" days and into the online era though, they've (IMO) lost a lot of their edge (and their advertising).

 

[editor]

Would be interesting to know which units specifically have been deemed worthy of support.

The ones "standing lonely in their shells while braying visitors walked straight past them," presumably.

 

[editor]

The new thing.
Once upon a time, Time Out were well-known for being critical when necessary (even though they did employ my arch-nemesis, Andrew Mosby).Toward the end of their "paid for" days and into the online era though, they've (IMO) lost a lot of their edge (and their advertising).

Time Out was once seen as a fairly left mag. Radical, even. Hard to relate that to a mag that then introduced a section called "Consume," and now runs with an editorial stance that mainly seems concerned with extolling the virtues of cash-spare 'lifestyle' living.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Time Out was once seen as a fairly left mag. Radical, even. Hard to relate that to a mag that then introduced a section called "Consume," and now runs with an editorial stance that mainly seems concerned with extolling the virtues of cash-spare 'lifestyle' living.

Yep. Quite sad.

 

[DietCokeGirl]

The time out article was odd, described Pop as 'supported by activists...' - eh? Who's that, then?

 

[editor]

Last night was their first Monday.

Are you sure? The sign on their door was saying that it was open on Mondays back at the beginning of the month.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

The time out article was odd, described Pop as 'supported by activists...' - eh? Who's that, then?

"Supported by local activists, a developer and an architect, and with backing from Lambeth Council, Pop has turned a disused space, leased from the council, into a vibrant, inexpensive eating destination."

That word 'vibrant' again.