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Hello East Dulwich,

East Dulwich needs a good Italian restaurant so that's what we intend to build on the site known as 'The Green'. We've been talking to Robert for 6 months about selling us the site. Me and my two business partners all hail from South London and have been in the restaurant business for 30 years and we think this is a lovely site in a great area. We want to build a vibrant busy restaurant, bar and function space but one very much a local for locals so we welcome your feedback. We'll be getting involved in some local activity too like the Goose Green Fair and the Dulwich Festival. For the foodies out there you'll be relived to know our chefs are Italian and our head chef lives just around the corner. He's a bit difficult and insists on everything being really Italian (no cabonara!) so we make everything fresh so yes, we bake own breads, make our own sauces and pastas and bring our flour, cheese and oils from Italy. We'll have a new bar too, but we'?ll be focused on cocktails and nice wines, not beer. We'll also have a private dining room for dinners and meetings. We change our menu and wine list 4 times a year. One more thing we spend our time working in the restaurant so if you decide to come along please say hi and we'll get you a Bellini! Proofs in the pudding really (in our in case our ragu sauce). Ciao. Mark, Mark and Douglas

Fear not, people! I'm sure there will be some beer.

If I had to guess, I'd say that the drinks menu will be something like (or even identical to) this:


DRINKS MENU


COCKTAILS

Bellini


The classic from Harry?s Bar in Venice. Peach puree topped with Prosecco

Peach Gin Fizz


A refreshing blend of peach puree, Tanqueray Gin and peach liqueur topped

with soda

Mojito


Fresh mint muddled with Appletons Gold Rum with a splash of soda

Gin Giardino


Elderflower and Hendrick's Gin muddled with cucumber

Italian Martini


The Italian Job. Ketel One Vodka infused with Galliano, Chambord and pineapple juice

Caipirinha


A modern classic from Brazil. Fresh limes crushed with brown cane sugar flooded with cachaca rum and crushed ice

Cosmopolitan


Made to the original recipe, Ketel One Vodka, Grand Marnier, cranberry

juice and egg white, shaken Sex In The City style

Classic Champagne Cocktail


A sugar cube steeped in Angostura, slacked with cognac and topped with champagne

Aperol Cooler


A blend of Aperol, Lemoncello and gin with grapefruit and orange juice

Espresso Martini


A great pick-me-up! With fresh espresso, Kahlua and vodka

Berry Bellini


A fruity play on the classic with a choice of blackberry or morello cherry

Bramble


Tanqueray Gin spiked with lemon and laced with mure, served frappe

Tutti Fruitti


A fresh mix of strawberries, passion fruit and apple juice with a kick of Pisco served over crushed ice

Amaretto Sour


An Italian twist on a classic theme Amaretto and lemon juice shaken with sugar and egg white

Margarita


Tequilla and Grand Marnier infused with fresh lime and lemon served straight up with a salt rim

Negroni


A bitter sweet blend of Campari, Martini Rosso and Bombay Gin

Vavavoom


Cointreau sharpened with lemon and sugar syrup charged with Prosecco

43 Martini


Hendrick's Gin shaken with Liqueur 43 and cranberry juice a dry alternative to the Cosmo

La Grand Pasione


Grand Marnier with fresh passion fruit

Amaretto Sour


An Italian twist on a classic theme Amaretto and lemon juice shaken with sugar and egg white

Tiramasu Martini


With white and dark chocolate liqueur, Patron coffee liqueur swirled with mascarpone cream

BEER

Peroni Nasto Azzuro 5.1% abv

Moretti 4.6% abv

Peroni Gran Reserva 6.6% abv

Cassius Wrote:

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> is that to the chain or to the no beer?


Oh the beer.


I have no problems with chains... Unless they pretend not to be chains.

Of course if a shop opens in ED first, then goes on to open 100 other stores UK wide, that doesn't count as a chain. ;-)

The facts are this place isnt special, it's a normal Italian restaurant trying to be different by buying 'fresh' and charging a wee bit more at the counter and offering a snobbed up menu to entice in those who see standard Italian's as being beneath them.


However Marco, after a few complimentary Grappa's I'm sure you could win me over.


Well it worked for Louisa!

Sounds fantastic.....


A tip from me - The Green had really bad acoustics (i.e noisy chairs, no soft furnishings for noise to be absorbed - all very tinny which I thought made an uncomfortable dining experience)


If you're currently doing the refurb can you consider whether your restaurant will 'sound' good as well as 'taste' good?!!

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