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June 3rd will be the last day of The Palmerston

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Loutwo

Loutwo

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This hasn?t been a decent pub for years. I appreciate some people enjoy the food side of things, but let?s face it it?s not a place to go and enjoy a few swift ones IMHO. Maybe whoever takes it over can turn it back into a less food orientated venue again. Fingers crossed.


Louisa.

DovertheRoad

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Went to pay my farewell with a lunch on Saturday - food was excellent. Shows there's a quality chef maintaining standards right to the bitter end - a class touch and not something I've found elsewhere. I'm keen to see where Jamie and team land next - they'll no doubt take a stack of goodwill and customer loyalty with them.


Thanks Palmerston staff for all the good times we had over the years. Much missed and see you for the next one...

DulwichFox

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Spoke with the New owner Dave this afternoon. Very pleasant fellow.


Pub will be under The Old Spot Brewery and not Youngs.


Old Spot offers 5 - 6 beers. But Dave will be getting Guest beers inc. London Pride Fullers


Food will be available but Beer will be main Priority.


Hopes to be open in 2 1/2 weeks. Pending removal of asbestos. ?? so could be delayed


Also big Clean-up and Decorating job,, Painting, New Toilets..


Well needed in my opinion


Look forward to having an Old Pub back open after 15 years..


Just my opinion but I have a good feeling about this.

EDT needs some decent competition. Good Pub but They are getting a bit complacent


DulwichFox

EDOldie

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Well, this is the delightful parent company. https://www.eigroupplc.com/en/index.html As you can see a proper Pubco with about four and a half thousand 'pubs'. The complete antithesis of what a local pub is and should be. It?s phoney, false and designed to fleece you rather than provide any sort of local amenity. So, another bland pub to join the ranks of the Dog, the Plough, sadly now the Cherry Tree as well. The EDT may be part of a group, but they do have local small brewers on tap and do make a real effort to be a local boozer. It?s my pub of choice now within walking distance of home and the foods good too.
Humdinger

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Sounds good to me. I have little interest in pubs that are more bothered about serving people expensive lunch and dinners, than enjoying drinks.


As you said EDT seems to be the only one in the LL stretch that attracts people mostly there for drinking.


Great it will not be a Youngs either, who are the biggest money grabbers going.

Humdinger

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i had a look at their food menu for another one of their pubs in Limehouse, where i would assume will be similar pricing as the Palmerston. A cheeseburger with chips is ?13.50. A meat feast pizza is ?14.


these are high prices for basic pub food, so im not holding my breath for the pints to be well priced.

derwentgrove

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Whilst I too mourn the loss of the outgoing Palmerston, why the rush to judgment here? There seem to be seven pubs in the Old Spot group and on-line research suggests that no two menus are alike. I agree that the Limehouse menu isn't inspiring, but is that necessarily the best comparator? (I say that as someone who bought his first house in E14 and lived there for nine years before moving to ED). I will be keeping an open mind: on the basis of DF's intel it doesn't sound as if we will have too long to wait.
Humdinger

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derwentgrove Wrote:

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> Whilst I too mourn the loss of the outgoing

> Palmerston, why the rush to judgment here? There

> seem to be seven pubs in the Old Spot group and

> on-line research suggests that no two menus are

> alike. I agree that the Limehouse menu isn't

> inspiring, but is that necessarily the best

> comparator? (I say that as someone who bought his

> first house in E14 and lived there for nine years

> before moving to ED). I will be keeping an open

> mind: on the basis of DF's intel it doesn't sound

> as if we will have too long to wait.



true, if anything the prices will be higher than their site in Limehouse.

tiddles

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It's the principal....


local business grafted to build up a gastropub before Lordship lane was a 'destination'

not everyone's cup of tea but something different at the time.


Having built up a good business and reputation - rug pulled from underthem so that the brewery can ride the wave of their success with a 'chain' which supposedly gives the locals a pub after a business has been failing there.


so much that is not right about this whole business. Also suspect the Palmerston have been very diplomatic in not reporting the shenanigans that have been going on with the dealings with Enterprise....

Hemingway

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Sephiroth Wrote:

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> Nowt to do with the forum in this instance

>

> Try and think of an enterprise inns related refurb

> anywhere in recent years where you thought ?ahhhh

> proper pub?


yup, "but 'This time' it will be alright* "


*see also socialism :)

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