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neat people run it.like it. so they got popular? Been there quite a while now.dont bully! they deserve a thumbs up.

Can be a bit model mumsy sure. Took my liluns there one day, was a treat. They Loaded my cappu with pepper and salt. Waitress was in on it somehow.

Petitou is good, but it has upped its babby and buggie quotient over the past two years. It's not that great if you want a quietish sit down and a read of your paper. If you do, be prepared to sit outside! And the menu IS boring after a while. All in all, though, a good place. Nero

I always wanted to live in the Bellenden area - but hubby wasn't keen. I suspected that despite being "a working class hero", hubby had bourgeois tendencies.


We gave up househunting in Peckham Rye.


One day I took him to Petitou. We sat under a tree surrounded by beautiful children wearing Boden gear. The sun shone down on the lovely townhouses that line Choumert Grove. The food was delicious; the coffee great. Hubby's shoulders relaxed; a happy sigh.


And there he was. Sold. We found our house three months later.



It must be said we now go; get irritated waiting for a seat; flinch at the screaming children; wait forever for our rather expensive food; and moan about how pretentious it all is ....but the irony is not lost on me and I will always have a fondness for the place.

An excellent response Macroban but surely one must first determine the writer's intention? A cafeteria conjures up very different images and emotional reponses in a reader than a caf?.

Cafeteria - slop waiting to be doled out on some poor sod's plate, followed by chocolate custard (congealed)and sponge puddings.


Caf? - a place to relax, indulge, converse, peruse papers, eat fine food, served by charming staff....


And to keep on thread, Petitou can only ever be a caf?. But I don't want a chain of them thank you - its individual character is what counts.

Alan, have you not tried the Montpelier, just up the road? Their food is less snacky, granted, but they seem to be very happy for people just to stop in for a coffee. And it looks like the Wishing Well is selling its lease - you're soon going to be spoilt for choice in Bellenden.

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