Petitou (more baby friendly cafe's needed)

[Alan Dale]

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[Cassius]

Mmmm - what about the CPT and the Castle?

[jumpinjackflash]

That little French place - 'Mon Petit something or other - on Lordship Lane is lovely although probably just as busy. Petitou's menu is SOOOOOOOOOOO monotonous.

[benjaminty]

sorry but where is petitou? are you not talking about the same place?

[Alan Dale]

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[macroban]

It's an attractive little snack bar in Bellenden Village.

When it opened I misread and thought it was a little cabbage.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Alan has put this in the ED section SOLELY with the purpose of seeing if it gets lounged - if it does there will be some wibbling about how Nunhead thread don't get lounged. Or something

[AllforNun]

Don't be such a bunch of ******* petitou rocks always has, long before you emigrated from your parents houses.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Petitou is ok if you don't smoke, don't shave, don't crave meat and you have a high tolerance for wingeing weans.

[benjaminty]

hmmmm 2 outa 4 ain't bad .... maybe I'll give it a bash... thanks pgc

[woodie]

Petitou

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.

[Nero]

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

[Bellenden Belle]

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.

[mightyroar]

it's true the place rocks.

But there shouldn't be an apostrophe in the title of this thread. That's why it should be lounged. for grammatical reasons.

[macroban]

Grammar looks OK to me as a contraction of cafeterias.

[Nero]

It's cafes. As in CDs and '80s. And Petitou could open a branch somewhere else, to keep it on thread? Nero

[Bellenden Belle]

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.

[macroban]

Do you mean caffs?

Perhaps it's better to stick to the English term "snack bar" to avoid solecisms?

[macroban]

Pleased you noticed the missing accute (which rather supports my analysis).

Whatever. It is a very nice snack bar.

[woodie]

was easy to get table lunchtime today. low on squeal.

[Moos]

Not to nitpick, but if it comes to staying on thread, note that the title was 'more baby-friendly caf?s needed', not 'let's complain about babies in caf?s'

(moderated by me to reduce strength of expression... sorry... can't take the red wine no more)

[bald marauder]

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.

[woodie]

dj dereck on in wishing well soon (march). should be fun.just noticed that yesterday. just sayin'.