Petition for a Wetherspoons

[Loutwo]

I would like to gauge reaction to a proposed petition to J D Wetherspoon to take over and use one of the existing pubs in the local area, so that we have a more affordable option for local people.

All the recent threads about expensive meals and drinks with prices just continuing to rise seems to me ridiculous. For any sort of affordable pub option (with food as a side), we need to venture over the hill to Camberwell, down to Peckham, or upto Forest Hill.

What would local opinions be about a petition to get them to consider this area? I remember the power of the forum over getting M&S to open up, and I think with enough support we could encourage Wetherspoons to consider the neighbourhood.

Thoughts?

Louisa.

[seenbeen]

Is there a pub large enough? All the Wethers I have been to have been very large. The only one that seems to fit the bill is the Plough...count me in

[Siduhe]

If they?ll take over the Grove Tavern, I?m in.

[TheArtfulDogger]

Insecond siduhe on that, why take over an existing operating pub when there is the perfect one going begging

[KidKruger]

?An affordable option for local people? ?

I don?t get that.

Who are the local pubs being patronised by currently, if not local people ?

[teddyboy23]

Wetherspoons were looking at the cherry tree a couple of years ago . but changed their minds ,according to the previous landlord Gary . do Wetherspoons's do pizzas.

[Loutwo]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> ?An affordable option for local people? ?

> I don?t get that.

> Who are the local pubs being patronised by

> currently, if not local people ?

Most local options, are not affordable to everyone. We all know Wetherspoons tend to be affordable for a larger demographic.

Louisa.

[mrwb]

I recommend the Crown & Sceptre in SW2.

Was in there last week, 2 pints of pretty decent Adnams beer and packet of crisps for ?6.10. Easily accessible from ED on P13.

It used to be a spoons but is now a smaller chain.

Best value pub in London I think?

[malumbu]

Wetherspoons is a necessary evil. One of those places you want to hate and I avoided for years. But as the prices elsewhere go up it sort of breaks you down. There are times when it can be quite scummy and the beer feels like it is the barrel end, other times a better selection and you appreciate the wider demographic. Owner is still an rrsss though, and likes to publicise it too.

Just get on shank's pony or a bus and go up to the Fox or over to the Capitol (interestingly they were trying to sell this). Leave SE22 for those who like to pay %3 or ?6 for a drink and the ambiance. Althogh Antic seems to be a good half way house, irrespective of their agenda (essentially investing in real estate)

Youngs was always a good cheap alternative and Fullers now seem to be going this way too.

Finally if you want cheap beer the Canopy is great, if not a pub.

[malumbu]

Forgot you also have the Ivy and the best pub in London, the Blythe Hill Tavern not so far away

[Angelina]

Fully up for that

Two cokes for the kids in the pub in the Village - pennies short of ?10

I could almost live with a small bowl of chips for ?4.50 until that point. They'd added it up wrong, so my ?25 for three cups of chips, two cokes and two ciders became ?35.

Will not be going there again.

[tracymcdavis]

Some Whetherspoons have indeed started doing pizza...https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/food/pizza . Not in Peckham last time I was there but did have one down in Ramsgate

[Tosca]

I couldn't possibly support a Weatherspoons because the owner is fiercely pro-Brexit, and has financially and in publicity supported a dishonest (not to say lying) campaign which claims this country would be economically and legally better off outside the EU. The numbers don't stack up - listen to the City, read the material from the Inst. of Fiscal Studies, and listen to the majority of voters in the Labour Party. Ask the Weatherspoons' owner if he supports a no-deal Brexit, and/or Boris Johnson. They're the most relevant questions to answer in the debate about Weatherspoons.....

[uncleglen]

Tosca Wrote:

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> I couldn't possibly support a Weatherspoons

> because the owner is fiercely pro-Brexit, and has

> financially and in publicity supported a dishonest

> (not to say lying) campaign which claims this

> country would be economically and legally better

> off outside the EU. The numbers don't stack up -

> listen to the City, read the material from the

> Inst. of Fiscal Studies, and listen to the

> majority of voters in the Labour Party. Ask the

> Weatherspoons' owner if he supports a no-deal

> Brexit, and/or Boris Johnson. They're the most

> relevant questions to answer in the debate about

> Weatherspoons.....

It's refreshing to read Tim Martin's response to all the Remainiac scare stories. In the 'Spoons magazine he had various contributions from both sides- it was balanced- but you wouldn't have bothered reading that .....the majority of voters (i.e. the champagne socialists) in the labour party are doing very well out of the cheap labour, increased property prices etc etc...it is the POOR people of the UK who have been dispossessed...

[Alan Medic]

Tim Martin is an idiot. If you don't see it, you're an idiot too!

[Loutwo]

Regardless of the owner and his politics, the brand he owns offers a refreshing alternative to all the other pub co?s, especially the ones in London, who seem hell bent on dispossessing a huge chunk of the populace by overcharging for drinks and food. The great thing Wetherspoons offer is diversity in clientele as well as a menu which caters for most tastes.

Louisa.

[JohnL]

Who reads the Spoons Mag really :)

Cheap labour is solved by trade unions/workers councils (the German route) not banning immigrants.

[Angelina]

drinking an politics don't mix.

Let's focus on more people being able to get out and enjoy themselves.

[fishbiscuits]

Petition for a Wetherspoons. Haha. Very good. Because that's exactly how it works... pester them and they'll magically conjure up a suitable premises.

The Grove Tavern is a TERRIBLE location for a pub. Awful. Shite. It will never, ever be a pub again. Flats or a small Tesco seem like the likely future for that place.

[Angelina]

drunk people / main road - what could go wrong?

[DulwichFox]

fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> Petition for a Wetherspoons. Haha. Very good.

> Because that's exactly how it works... pester them

> and they'll magically conjure up a suitable

> premises.

>

> The Grove Tavern is a TERRIBLE location for a pub.

> Awful. Shite. It will never, ever be a pub again.

> Flats or a small Tesco seem like the likely future

> for that place.

It's a Terrible location for Flats. Who would want to live on that Junction ??

DulwichFox

[TheArtfulDogger]

Angelina Wrote:

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> drunk people / main road - what could go wrong?

A natural self culling of drunks perhaps ?

[womanofdulwich]

lidl??

[Loutwo]

A Lidl where the co-op is, and a Wetherspoons where The Grove formerly resided, may work. Although, I have to agree with others the location just isn?t right anymore for a public house. I have a few dream wish list locations for a Wetherspoons on LL, but it probably will raise some eyebrows on here no doubt.

Louisa.

[fishbiscuits]

Loutwo Wrote:

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> I have a few dream wish list locations

Are they vacant?