The Green

[Darwin]

Does anybody know what is happening to the 'The Green' restaurant now it has shut down and is being refurbished!? ta

[mockney piers]

Ay.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,105983

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,101970,page=1

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,102617,page=1

Italian

[Mark]

this one sums it up (taken from http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,102617,page=1)

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

[Darwin]

Hello Mark,

How fantastic! Sounds really lovely!

I live opposite - so i will be sure to come in as soon as you open. What date will that be?

[Mark]

that message wasn't from me originally, it was by one of the guys opening it. You really would not want to pay to experience my cooking.

[hibbs]

Classic! :)

[monica]

Looks like the local italian contigent( me, my Bro my mum and dad, my cousin mimmo, the current chef from mon petit chou) will

have to go along and make sure it is the real italian deal.

If mark and the boys give us a table at the front, give us a lot of food with sauces, napkins to use as bibs, bread we can break and eat and throw at each other, we can can make it look like the real deal and dont forget the candle waxed bottles and the red n white tablecloth. By the way Mimmo looks like an extra from once upon a time in america>:D<

[Rach]

Fab - just what is needed.

I would come and eat if you don't make it to 'poncey' (horrid word but you know what I mean - decent prices) whilst still serving a lovely ice-cold bellini. And if you welcome children (high chairs, bottle warmer and a decent baby change room) but make it clear when they are welcome and when not - I will want to be able to pop in for a quick coffee / lunch with mummy friends during the day but will want to get drunk without little munchkins running around the rest of the time).

When will it be opened?

[Rolo Tomasi]

24th April