The Green - Goose Green - Closed Down.

[seanmlow]

This place was a disaster. It goes to show that if you provide shoddy service, poor food, and bad wine, even the best of locations cannot help you.

[James]

I am getting all excited now Tillie! Tell me more, please

[Louisa]

Another ponce hole thats gone - lol, I find it all very amsuing we are talking about places I told you were crap months and months ago! Yes Le Moulin needs a lick of paint, but guess what, it still remains open after all these years with a strong customer base and thats because the quality and value remain. All these poncey places aimed at wannabe yuppies end up down to earth within a few years. So predictable.

Louisa.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Louisa - we miss you when you're quiet but come on.. you remember the debate about this place and no-one had a good word to say about it.. so less of the "I told you so's" please!

[Asset]

Gosh, Yuppies. How quaint.

Less of the 'we' please Sean.

[harvey]

i went along once a few years ago and thought it was over priced and very poor service...

a vege restaurant would be great

[Billy]

Sad to hear it has closed down but we ate there once and it was a terrible meal and cost a fortune. Good bar area though.

Looking forward to a nice Italian restaurant if the rumours are to be believed. And incidentally, has anyone been to Lorenzos near Peckham Rye and how does it compare to the fabulous Crystal Palace branch?

[SeanMacGabhann]

Billy - a few varied opinions on this thread

Lorenzo

[TillieTrotter]

Cant say owt at the mo Jeremy but IF things come to fruition I will post as soon as I can. The Green was a going concern for quite a few years so must have suited some. I had good and bad experiences in there, mostly good it has to be said.

[snorky]

no cheap, but tolerated kids

made the Goose Gfreen playground stink in the summer tho'

[Michael Palaeologus]

"Chez Tillie"?

[seanmlow]

The waitor in there looked like he was a heroin addict. The waitress was slagging me off in French - too thick to realise that i could understand every word!

[United]

I had been told they were closing for refurbishment but now suspect this could be where the new Italian will be. There are also plans for a restaurant on Peckham Rye where the old electricial shop was!

[jctg]

United Wrote:

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> There are also plans for

> a restaurant on Peckham Rye where the old

> electricial shop was!

Tell me more!

[SeanMacGabhann]

it's the one by the 63 bus stop just after the Clock House I believe? Great building - I've always fancied living there

[citizenED]

Sad to see any cafe/restaurant close down. At least the Green was a place to grab a coffee if I was up by the Goose Green swings. Still, never much liked the place. It was confused about it's identity - was it a bar, a restaurant or a cafe. Seemed to get caught between stools.

[Asset]

messy!

[Michael Palaeologus]

There were people in there this afternoon clearing stuff out.

[cdonline]

I only went once, the service was not very good, they bought us a different bottle of wine than the one we ordered and it had no atmosphere.

It feels like a convenience store that's had all its shelves ripped out and a few sofas plonked here and there.

I will not miss it. If they are inept enough not to be able to sort their problems, I don't have much sympathy. Well maybe a little bit. A bit of imagination and solid customer care wouldn't go a miss. It's not as though they haven't been doing it for a while.

Hannah's was also terrible. What was that ingredient in the pasta I had, bovril, gravy granules, hp sauce? Not sure, but it tasted foul.

[EDOldie]

Chicken?

[Phil]

Will not miss it one bit, completely useless the lot of them. Total waste of money, lets hope someone with a brain takes over and makes the most of it.

[cdonline]

EDOldie Wrote:

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> Chicken?

Nope, but it did have what looked and tasted like the cheapest bog-standard sausage swimming in it.

[SteveT]

It sounds a great loss to the community, poor little sausage!

[mockney piers]

"a reliable sauce tells me that it is to be an Italian restaurant."

Bolognese perchance?

That's good though, I rather miss some good honest Italian food in the area.

[SeanMacGabhann]

cue many recommendations/non-recommendations for Si Manga, I'll wager