Settle an argument - was there a Costa in Peckham before?!

[Rowanofski]

Hi, just a mild dispute going on in the Ofski household right now!

With the new Costa about to appear in Peckham, I said that there was another one before it, but I can't back this up with where or when and my wife swears there wasn't!

Long story short, can anyone confirm if there was a Costa coffee shop in Peckham before? (apparently petrol station ones don't count!)

There's a coffee resting on the outcome of this, though, rest assured we will both be claiming from an independent! ;-)

[titch juicy]

I don't remember one if there was.

[craigyboy71]

not that I know of either...

[Earl Aelfheah]

don't think there was, no.

[JohnL]

Not in my time (2007+)

"But there?s still a long way to go before Costa and Starbucks set up shop in Peckham, much to many locals? relief."

https://www.kfh.co.uk/londonpropertymarket/south-east/why-is-peckham-picking-up

[Earl Aelfheah]

There's hardly a dearth of coffee shops in Pecknarm

[Renata Hamvas]

No.

[Zelig]

Absolutely not.

[Louisa]

Never been a chain coffee shop in Peckham until now. No doubt Starbucks will follow.

Louisa.

[malumbu]

Didn't notice. There was a second hand furniture shop called Austins, a barbers (Desmonds) and a tower block (Mandella Towers).

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> There's hardly a dearth of coffee shops in

> Pecknarm

There is at that end

[stringvest]

No NO Costa!

There was a Boots, C&A, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury's, BHS, Times furniture, Fads decorating, Jones and Higgins Department Store, Red Records, Ravels Shoes, Zodiac Toys .... those were the days. Christmas shopping in peckham.

[mancity68]

There are two/three fewer indie coffee shops/cafes now. Corals (was Lerryns) has closed, as has Baba juice and, soon, Cafe Viva.

The chap who rounds Dewdrop - the little van under Peckham Arch - says his trade has improved since Costa opened, as more people now see he is there.

[Phlox]

Cafe Viva has already closed. There is Small White Elephant also.

[rendelharris]

mancity68 Wrote:

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> The chap who rounds Dewdrop - the little van under

> Peckham Arch - says his trade has improved since

> Costa opened, as more people now see he is there.

He's got a good imagination then, because it's not open yet!

[mancity68]

Er, it is? Certainly was this morning.

[rendelharris]

Apologies if I'm mistaken, I haven't seen it and Costa Coffee don't have it on their website!

ETA where is it then? I understood they were going to take over Blue Inc right by the lights?

[Renata Hamvas]

Yes, it is open and it's where Blue Inc was, right at the top of Rye Lane on the corner.

[rendelharris]

0/10 for observation for me then!

[Earl Aelfheah]

Why have so many independents shut? That's rather depressing. Is the Peckham renaissance over?

Have to say, I don't mind the coffee in Costa - but hate the identikit chain decor.

[titch juicy]

The problem with so many of these chains is not the coffee itself but how the baristas treat it. Essentially, without the patience and care it takes to make a decent espresso based drink.

[Louisa]

When I was last in Portugal I went to a small independent cafe and had the best coffee (no sugar or milk needed). I was so impressed, I attempted the same thing at a few of these chains and was left very disappointed. More expensive, and not even close when it came to quality and flavour. My biggest issue with coffee here is the bitterness, something I've never experienced abroad.

Louisa.

[JohnL]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> Why have so many independents shut? That's rather

> depressing. Is the Peckham renaissance over?

> Have to say, I don't mind the coffee in Costa -

> but hate the identikit chain decor.

Cafe Viva had an announcement that the owner was leaving the area

[Siduhe]

Brick House Bakery posted tonight they are opening a new shop at Peckham Rye train station, next to the Refreshment Rooms.

[Earl Aelfheah]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> The problem with so many of these chains is not

> the coffee itself but how the baristas treat it.

> Essentially, without the patience and care it

> takes to make a decent espresso based drink.

This, exactly. It varies so much from branch to branch. The one in the Imax Waterloo is generally good. The one in Camberwell is terrible (at least last time I visited them, which was a while ago admittedly, so could have changed).

I heard that Daily Goods is opening a new branch in Elephant & Castle - that's got to be a sign of changing times.