Moving to East Dulwich

[jamesb]

Evening fellow SE22ers. The wife & I are moving from D'Village into downtown East Dulwich next weekend and are very much looking forward to being in the mix of it. Where are the best & coolest places to eat, drink, chill, party, etc etc??

[citizenED]

Hi jamesb - welcome to the forum. Hope the move goes well.

Eat: Franklins

Drink: Inside 72 (sobs) Black Cherry?

Party: Liquorice

Coolest place: Chiller cabinet ailse in Sainsbos

[RosieH]

citizenEd has it pretty much sewn up there, although I would add that if you can bring yourself to venture a little further into SE15, then:

Lucky 7s on a Thursday at the Gowlett

Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar

both good for a party (and Frank's for a drink any time Thurs to Sun)

[Alec John Moore]

The Palmerston

The Clockhouse

Peckham Rye Park with the kids on a sunny afternoon

[Ramble66]

Is Franks open again this year then?

[jamesb]

Thanks peeps. Keep 'em coming!!

citizenED - where/what is Inside 72??

[Sue]

jamesb Wrote:

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where/what is Inside 72??

xxxxxxx

Sadly it doesn't exist any more and is now the Adventure Bar :-S

[RosieH]

Ramble66 - it surely is, and as magnificent as ever.

[jamesb]

Hmm... Have walked past the AB a few times though have never been tempted. Should I be?

[jamesb]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Ramble66 - it surely is, and as magnificent as

> ever.

Never heard of it. Ou est?

[KalamityKel]

James... just a Q... r u also considering a list of places to avoid?

I'm sure u'll find we r just as helpful :))

[jamesb]

KalamityKel Wrote:

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> James... just a Q... r u also considering a list

> of places to avoid?

>

> I'm sure u'll find we r just as helpful :))

Absolutely KK! :)

[TheArtfulDogger]

jamesb Wrote:

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> Evening fellow SE22ers. The wife & I are moving

> from D'Village into downtown East Dulwich next

> weekend and are very much looking forward to being

> in the mix of it. Where are the best & coolest

> places to eat, drink, chill, party, etc etc??

Hi James welcome to Downtown.... although not sure I like that expression.... sets the hairs on the back of my neck up on end that does...

[woofmarkthedog]

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> jamesb Wrote:

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> -----

> > Evening fellow SE22ers. The wife & I are

> moving

> > from D'Village into downtown East Dulwich next

> > weekend and are very much looking forward to

> being

> > in the mix of it. Where are the best & coolest

> > places to eat, drink, chill, party, etc etc??

>

>

> Hi James welcome to Downtown.... although not sure

> I like that expression.... sets the hairs on the

> back of my neck up on end that does...

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I agree Dogger...

James sounds like a "bit of a tool" ( as you said in your PM to me ) BUT

..PERSONALLY I'm prepared to cut him some slack

I'm sure Mrs B is an "Uptown Girl" eh...?

Anyway I'm "cool" here at "party central"

W**F

[jamesb]

RosieH Wrote:

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> citizenEd has it pretty much sewn up there,

> although I would add that if you can bring

> yourself to venture a little further into SE15,

> then:

>

> Lucky 7s on a Thursday at the Gowlett

> Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar

>

> both good for a party (and Frank's for a drink any

> time Thurs to Sun)

Ah - Frank's, as in the 'rooftop project'. I now recall reading about it last year in the Metro. So it's back for a 2nd season. I will certainly make the effort to check it out - thanks!

[jamesb]

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> jamesb Wrote:

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> -----

> > Evening fellow SE22ers. The wife & I are

> moving

> > from D'Village into downtown East Dulwich next

> > weekend and are very much looking forward to

> being

> > in the mix of it. Where are the best & coolest

> > places to eat, drink, chill, party, etc etc??

>

>

> Hi James welcome to Downtown.... although not sure

> I like that expression.... sets the hairs on the

> back of my neck up on end that does...

Thanks Dogger. Granted, 'downtown' probably isn't the fairest description of East Dulwich, though in the context of comparing it to the relatively narcoleptic Village, it was meant as a compliment. Down with those hairs!

[citizenED]

citizenED - where/what is Inside 72??

A much loved, but now defunct bar replaced by (shudders) Adventure Bar. You could try The Drum on Northcross Road. Ah, shit, that's closed down too.

[fairyuk24]

I recently moved here too, anyone got any suggestions on where to go in east dulwich?

[TheArtfulDogger]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> > jamesb Wrote:

> >

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>

> > -----

> > > Evening fellow SE22ers. The wife & I are

> > moving

> > > from D'Village into downtown East Dulwich

> next

> > > weekend and are very much looking forward to

> > being

> > > in the mix of it. Where are the best &

> coolest

> > > places to eat, drink, chill, party, etc etc??

> >

> >

> > Hi James welcome to Downtown.... although not

> sure

> > I like that expression.... sets the hairs on

> the

> > back of my neck up on end that does...

>

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> -------

>

> I agree Dogger...

>

>

> James sounds like a "bit of a tool" ( as you said

> in your PM to me ) BUT

>

> ..PERSONALLY I'm prepared to cut him some slack

>

> I'm sure Mrs B is an "Uptown Girl" eh...?

>

>

> Anyway I'm "cool" here at "party central"

>

>

> W**F

No No bad doggie, I said "James sounds a bit of a Noob" (as in newbie) not .... oh well I am sure you know what I meant

[woofmarkthedog]

NOOB...

OK we'll let it rest there

W**F

[rich_s]

What is so terrible about Adventure Bar? So long as you go for happy hour so it isn't ridiculously expensive, it's lively and the cocktails are decent. Little too loud for a place without a dance floor perhaps, but I usually have a good time.

I'm a relative ED noob, not having experienced this Inside 72 place, or the drum. What were so good about them?

[Brendan]

A lot of people dislike Adventure because it?s everything inside 72 wasn?t. Inside 72 was a dark dingy little place that sold interesting beer, had various rock memorabilia on the walls played good music, didn?t have any need for big burly visible bouncers etc.

Adventure replacing it was just a bit of a shock to the system.

The Drum too was individual in it s own way. It had personality. Granted that personality was sometimes grumpy, hungover and cantankerous but when it was on form it was quite sublime.

[Jeremy]

Inside 72 was a good little place... nice mix of music. Just the right amount of dinginess to keep out the wrong 'uns and the Clapham/rugby types.