'Le Chardon' changing hands/being sold

[Fitzgeraldo]

What is happening? Does anyone know of plans for this restaurant? I love the tired old menu and the lazy waiters. I shall miss the place if the rumour is true.

[bawdy-nan]

it will be a vegetable focused restaurant called Spinach

edited to say - that's wrong of course. spinach is further down the lane ...

[steveo]

There was a couple I didn't recognise in there on Saturday: him French, her Anglais. Are they the new people?

Anyway, it was the same old menu and jolly nice too

[Penguin68]

I think Spinach is replacing Le Chandelier - which I assume can now be mentioned on the forum!

[bawdy-nan]

Yes, I got my French eatery names mixed up

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> I think Spinach is replacing Le Chandelier - which

> I assume can now be mentioned on the forum!

[Louisa]

steveo Wrote:

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> There was a couple I didn't recognise in there on

> Saturday: him French, her Anglais. Are they the

> new people?

>

> Anyway, it was the same old menu and jolly nice

> too

Not Eric and Margaret? Have they come out of retirement to re-open Le Moulin?!

Louisa.

[Sue]

Well if it is changing, I really hope it will be improved.

Admittedly this opinion is based on only eating there once in about a decade, but the meal was mediocre to say the least.

Which was a shame, because I like the decor.

[worldwiser]

http://spinach.london

[Jeremy]

worldwiser Wrote:

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> http://spinach.london

I think we're already established, that's a different site...

[steveo]

I'd have recognised E&M

Anyway, he's Austrian

Louisa Wrote:

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> steveo Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > There was a couple I didn't recognise in there

> on

> > Saturday: him French, her Anglais. Are they the

> > new people?

> >

> > Anyway, it was the same old menu and jolly nice

> > too

>

> Not Eric and Margaret? Have they come out of

> retirement to re-open Le Moulin?!

>

> Louisa.

[kimp]

Service is horrible at Le Chardon- hope it improves because the food wasn't bad.

[Earl Aelfheah]

The food wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly good either. It was average, at slightly higher than average prices.

[Curmudgeon]

Good

Went once ..it was terrible

[LondonMix]

I've been 3 times in 9 years. Its always been at best mediocre and at times bad. Glad something is changing there

[Jah Lush]

I think the name of this thread should be changed to reflect that its Le Chandelier that is changing hands and not Le Chardon just to avoid further confusion.

[edcam]

I love Le Chardon as it is/was.

[Townleygreen]

I find Le Chardon fine - mind you I've only been at lunch time

[Curmudgeon]

I forgot, we actually went twice

Terrible both times...average food, awful service

It's a shame it isn't changing hands TBH

[steveo]

Thank Jah for that . I thought my favourite brasserie (in Dulwich) was going to be converted into a Free range asparagus, socks and bike shop

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> I think the name of this thread should be changed

> to reflect that its Le Chandelier that is changing

> hands and not Le Chardon just to avoid further

> confusion.

[DulwichFox]

Spinach are advertising for a Deputy Manager..

Foxy

[Cedges]

From what I understand, both places are changing hands so the title is right but the discussion is confused!

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> I think the name of this thread should be changed

> to reflect that its Le Chandelier that is changing

> hands and not Le Chardon just to avoid further

> confusion.

[teddyboy23]

I've been told a burger chain will take over .

[Mick Mac]

I have always liked Le Chardon. Maybe i've been lucky but its generally been good when I have been there. I know others have not been so lucky.

[Jeremy]

Le Chardon... eaten there three times I think. It's been a bit of a mixed bag... lovely food one time, a tough-as-leather steak another time, and a completely uninterested waitress another time (some people strangely find this endearingly "authentic" in a French restaurant, a clich? which IMO doesn't ring true).

But hope it stays, and that there's no substance in these rumours. I love the interior, I love hearty French bistro food... they just need to iron out some creases. It's part of the furniture on LL, it should be a local institution like Franklins.

[Mick Mac]

When I came to East Dulwich, Franklins, Tandoori Nights and Le Chardon were pretty much the only places we ate in. I'd like to use it more often but there are a lot of other options now.