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I've deleted my original post here as unfortunately I haven't gone on to have a great experience with the vet I was originally positive about on my initial visit, alas.

Believe this is a branch of (or from the same people as) Black Salt in West London, which got a great review from Jay Rayner in the Observer last year: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/jun/05/back-salt-london-a-thrilling-take-on-familiar-dishes The builders working there said it is going to be a bar and restaurant serving Indian food.

With the sad news that our longest-serving team member and local comedy legend Lewis is leaving the nest after more than seven years, we're looking for a new superstar to join us at Hop Burns & Black's East Dulwich Road store on a part-time basis. The role comprises 12-15 hours a week. Saturday and Sunday availability is essential, with the occasional weekday shift too, if desired. Barista experience in specialty coffee is required - while we'll provide training in how we do things at HB&B, you should be familiar with professional coffee machines (ours is a 2 Group La Marzocco Linea Classic) and ready to hit the ground running, confident of making great coffee every time in an often high-paced environment. Great customer service skills are also essential and we hope you'll have an interest in the products we sell, especially craft beer and wine. (We'll also teach you to love hot sauce if you don't already.) Our ideal candidate will be local to our SE London outlets. You'll need to work well as part of a team and be capable of opening the store in the mornings and working sole charge on occasion, so reliability is key. A friendly personality and great sense of humour is a given! The start date is ~23 September, although ideally you will have availability prior to this date for a (paid) training and induction session. We are a London Living Wage employer - our base rate for this position is £11.05, with a higher rate for sole charge supervisory shifts. We offer a generous staff discount and loads of opportunities to gain more knowledge in craft beer, natural wine and hot sauce through formal and informal tastings, festivals and other activities. You'll be joining a small, experienced, friendly team and a lot of fun is guaranteed. If you fit the above criteria, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us - joinus(at)hopburnsblack.co.uk - with your CV and a cover letter by Sunday 11th September.

Literally no one asked for this change. Likewise, literally no one has been asked about this change. Unbelievable.

We've also noticed a increase in suspicious behaviour in the past few days, with one attempted theft from our shop (a woman carrying bags of flowers with an accomplice waiting outside) and a number of sifty characters hanging about or walking past, appearing to case the various shops on East Dulwich Road. Please be aware and alert.

Just wanted to let you all know that, following the sad departure of both Aneto and Punk Me Up cafes on East Dulwich Road recently, we've stepped into the breach and are now serving takeaway coffee at HB&B (next to Balfe's Bikes on East Dulwich Road). Along with locally roasted coffee from Lomond, we're also serving pastries and sourdough from St John Bakery (including their world-famous doughnuts!). We'd love to see you soon - full opening hours etc at our website: hopburnsblack.co.uk :)

We're urgently seeking a high-quality carpenter to undertake some work for us, including what seems to be a slightly challenging job to change a non-opening timber window into an hatch-style opening window. Please drop me a DM if this sounds like you.

Hi there - our shops are not open for visiting but we're still delivering the good stuff (beer, wine, cider, hot sauce etc) at Hop Burns & Black, with free local delivery for orders over ?40 plus courier shipping across the UK, as well as Deliveroo from 4-6pm each weekday - shop.hopburnsblack.co.uk :)

A big fat glowing recommendation for Greg and his team who this week did some painting work for us at our shop HB&B on East Dulwich Road. His guys did a fantastic job, the finish was impeccable and they were tidy, polite and coped extremely well working around the demands of a busy shop! A++++, would trade again.

Pretty sure they were too but at some point the restrictions on the signs have been redacted - we'll be submitting a request to the council to reinstate them. The good news is that all of the offending cars received warning stickers threatening towing yesterday and have all been removed this morning. Apparently the majority belonged to the same person so assume they'll be receiving a fine.

Thanks everyone - some great advice here, will let you know how we get on.