The Daily Mail being nice about Peckham

[Louisa]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-3927466/A-boutique-hotel-Peckham-Inside-gastro-pub-stylish-rooms-great-food-heart-s-one-south-London-s-hippest-spots.html

The review also includes many ED institutions hence why it's posted here. When the Mail is nice about somewhere, does that make it not 'cool' anymore?

Louisa.

[pablogrande]

Reminds me of a development we worked on years ago. A property writer for the Standard bought a flat in it. Strangely there were a huge amount of positive articles in the paper about the area for a while.

[Jeremy]

Did they pay for that "review"?

?90 a night.. sounds a bit steep for a pretty basic room in Peckham. It used to be a lot cheaper. But what do I know. Good that they've doing breakfast now, though.

[edhistory]

What does "artisanal" mean?

[ed_pete]

edhistory Wrote:

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> What does "artisanal" mean?

I'm sure that you sell dictionaries.

[edhistory]

Polite neologism?

[maxxi]

conflation of artist and...

[kford]

Three words without spacing?

[uncleglen]

Japanese band?

[Siduhe]

There are independent miners operating there?

[ruffers]

But what about the forks, the forks?!

"The food at Victoria Inn is cooked well and diners tackle it with enormous forks, Ted reveals"

OK, as you were.

[Jah Lush]

The Wishing Well was a perfectly good local boozer before it had its heart and soul ripped out and turned into The Victoria Inn.

It's a classic case of a pub completely ruined by new owners. It is so beige.... or grey judging by its latest lick of paint.

[Sue]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> The Wishing Well was a perfectly good local boozer

Jah, much as I loved the Wishing Well and spent many happy evenings there, not least the Kraftwerk Tribute Night complete with lasers, it was the only pub I've ever been to which more than once had no beer.

Yep - no beer at all.

And before it's demise, much of the time it was almost completely empty ...

So sadly, like the late lamented CPT, the writing was on the wall.

[northdulmum]

Genuinely thought the title of this thread was a dailymash article

[DulwichFox]

Used to use The Wishing Well occasionally back in the day.. mainly to meet friends.

.. but it was always a shite hole.

When it first become The Victoria Inn I was invited to the opening night which went down well.

I then won a Sunday Lunch from following on Twitter. which was excelent. Had several Sunday roasts there after that

and popped in for a few beers from time to time.

Have not been for a while and haven't seen the latest refub which judging by the amount of debris outside must of been extensive.

It used to be a Sunday lunch sort of place but I seldom drink daytimes these days and hardly ever on a Sunday.

Foxy

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Used to use The Wishing Well occasionally back in

> the day.. mainly to meet friends.

> .. but it was always a shite hole.

One person's shitehole is another person's pub with character, Fox.

I liked The Wishing Well, but I can see why it had to go.

Not very keen on the Victoria Inn though.

[rupert james]

Sue Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

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

> -----

> > Used to use The Wishing Well occasionally back

> in

> > the day.. mainly to meet friends.

> > .. but it was always a shite hole.

>

> One person's shitehole is another person's pub

> with character, Fox.

>

> I liked The Wishing Well, but I can see why it had

> to go.

>

> Not very keen on the Victoria Inn though.

The old Prince Albert had character but now gone. Semi cloned version of the Victoria. That is what the locals now want, cannot fight progress as they say. Unfortunately the clients also seem to be the same.

[Henry_17]

All,

When he states in his conclusion that some parts of Peckham may not be everyone's cup of tea because they are gritty, which parts is he referring to? Is he literally stating this because he believes some of his readers would not be comfortable in those parts of Peckham?

[Jah Lush]

Sue Wrote:

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> Jah Lush Wrote:

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

> -----

> > The Wishing Well was a perfectly good local

> boozer

>

> Jah, much as I loved the Wishing Well and spent

> many happy evenings there, not least the Kraftwerk

> Tribute Night complete with lasers, it was the

> only pub I've ever been to which more than once

> had no beer.

>

> Yep - no beer at all.

>

> And before it's demise, much of the time it was

> almost completely empty ...

>

> So sadly, like the late lamented CPT, the writing

> was on the wall.

I must have missed that and your reasoning is of course correct but I can only go on my experience of the place. It was a fairly regular haunt of mine in the 90s. Maybe the profits went down when I stopped using it so much. ;-)

[Jeremy]

The Wishing Well - indeed like the CPT - was a perfectly good pub, but rarely seemed busy.

The Victoria Inn (previous incarnation) was a good spot for lunch with kids (despite the revolting "play room"), but for going out drinking in the evening, it was never my first choice.

[Sue]

Jah Lush Wrote:

--------------------------------------------Maybe the profits went down when

> I stopped using it so much. ;-)

I'm sure that can't possibly be true :))

[Earl Aelfheah]

Still feels the need to mention Del Boy. Wonder if there will ever be a time when a journalist feels confident to mention Peckham without reference to only fools and horses?

[Ruffler]

The en-suite bathroom features nice hipster sideways tiling?

[Tuffstuff100]

I think we all could do with this:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/daily-mail-blocker/ghjadbffkapbnlbccfjoljfhgolbofhi

Nigel

[isnottropical]

Ruffler Wrote:

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> The en-suite bathroom features nice hipster

> sideways tiling?

Genuinely the strangest use of hipster as an adjective I've ever seen.