Best old skool cafe locally?

[DovertheRoad]

Where is currently the best old skool cafe* locally? Or are they like curry houses and all much the same if we're honest?

Before it became a vegetarian joint I really liked the Blue Brick. Big hand cut diamond shaped British chips...skin off....decent sausages and a hand made feel yet traditional.

Recent experiences and opinions please.

*Gentrified offerings like Franklins middle class breakfast excluded. It has to be a place you'd find proper builders, fluoro vests etc

[alice]

caf? opposite Peckham park exit near dunstans rd.

[Alan Medic]

TOP DEFINITION

skool

A different way to spell school. This spelling is for the idiots that dropped out of "skool"

I hate "skool."

I was just curious why anyone would spell it that way.

[TheCat]

I've not been in myself, but The Plough Cafe next to little Sainsbury's on Lordship lane is always full of tradies (a few coppers in there too) in the morning. I know because I usually drop in at Little Sainsbury's about 7:45am, and its a mission to park anywhere around all the tradies trucks and vans.

[TheCat]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> TOP DEFINITION

> skool

> A different way to spell school. This spelling is

> for the idiots that dropped out of "skool"

> I hate "skool."

>

> I was just curious why anyone would spell it that

> way.

it's what all the kool kids are doing....

[DovertheRoad]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> TOP DEFINITION

> skool

> A different way to spell school. This spelling is

> for the idiots that dropped out of "skool"

> I hate "skool."

>

> I was just curious why anyone would spell it that

> way.

I'm going to keep it like that just to bug you Declan.

[JohnL]

TheCat Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> > TOP DEFINITION

> > skool

> > A different way to spell school. This spelling

> is

> > for the idiots that dropped out of "skool"

> > I hate "skool."

> >

> > I was just curious why anyone would spell it

> that

> > way.

>

> it's what all the kool kids are doing....

The cOol kids have movEd on to random capitAlization

As in "I've got some ScHoolboy Q on my iPhone".

[titch juicy]

In my experience All the Old Sch(k)ool cafes serve the same nasty cheap as possible stuff. Horrible sausages, cheap watery baked beans, value ketchup and brown sauce that basically just tastes like vinegar but disguised in old Heinz and HP bottles.

But, unless you want to pay a tenner for a full english, that's what you'll get.

I'd love to know of a middle ground option if there is one.

Duck Egg Cafe do a good range of brekkies and their full english isn't bad value, but same again with the sauces.

Oooh, just dawned on me, i know of a decent one! The Park Cafe on Peckham Rye common. Proper cumberland sausages, really good bubble and squeak, genuine HP sauce and about ?6.

There's your answer! As long as you can deal with 'modern hands off parenting' (a.k.a. kids running around being a pain the arse and doing exactly what they want).

[Seabag]

The one in Honour Oak does it for me

On the left past the station entrance side

And I'm near Jasmine's on Kirkdale, that's good enough

[numbers]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> In my experience All the Old Sch(k)ool cafes serve

> the same nasty cheap as possible stuff. Horrible

> sausages, cheap watery baked beans, value ketchup

> and brown sauce that basically just tastes like

> vinegar but disguised in old Heinz and HP

> bottles.

My guilty secret is that I quite like that vinegary cheap ketchup (at times, not always).

> I'd love to know of a middle ground option if

> there is one.

This! I thought I was the only one.

Sometimes you don't want too cheap, old-skool, dubious quality yet the full on farrow & ball artisan hand reared locally sourced shtick is too far on the other end of the scale at others.

[Phlox]

A friend rates the cafe at 21 Upland Rd, used to be called Uplands Cafe.

Always meant to try the one on Grove Vale, they do bubble and squeak, but haven't yet

[KidKruger]

Years back the cafe on Upland was called Ideal since the 40s, it's the one I'd go to if I wanted a greasy but not the absolute cheapest ingredients (which the one by Plough, next to Palmerston, use).

[Brulysses]

Crossroads Cafe on Bellenden Road, very old-school but decent with it, great service, good food and always a smile and a kind word from lovely Fatma when she takes your order...you're welcome!

[Alan Medic]

DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> -----

> > TOP DEFINITION

> > skool

> > A different way to spell school. This spelling

> is

> > for the idiots that dropped out of "skool"

> > I hate "skool."

> >

> > I was just curious why anyone would spell it

> that

> > way.

>

> I'm going to keep it like that just to bug you

> Declan.

Eh? How do you know Declan and what's it got to do with him? I never said it bugged me, just that I was curious.

[DovertheRoad]

Back on topic please Mr Medic....where do you like your sausages?

[DulwichFox]

Cafe 325 next to Sema's Fish and Chips and owned by same people..

325 Underhill Road. East Dulwich SE22 9EA.

Really good value and has REAL HP. sauce...

DulwichFox

[Alan Medic]

Doesn't seem to do much business though which isn't a good sign for a new place.

[midivydale]

Uplands Caf?, Upland Road, ED

Cheltenham caf?, 124 Cheltenham Road, Nunhead

Crossroads Cafe on Bellenden Road

[jacks09]

Had an awful breakfast in 325......was cheap though.....

[Seabag]

I'm over cheap/crap breakfast

Unless I'm very hung over, then just about anything will do

[JohnL]

Suppose breakfast like/dislike depends on what type of breakfast you are used to.

I like black pudding, fried bread etc. - so probably the unhealthy type.

[malumbu]

This is a great site but not sure how searchable

http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/

I want to try the place on Herne Hill Road near to the taxi garage.

Otherwise Forest Hill is pretty good.

[brezzo]

Do you mean the one just off Herne Hill Road SEM? Awesome place with fantastic coffee, lovely staff and free newspapers (not always today"s edition). And comfortable seats

[malumbu]

Yes in deed.

[Jah Lush]

Locally the The Uplands Caf? is the best by a long shot but a little further afield The Electric Caf? in Tulse Hill takes one hell of a beating.