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Thanks to the Ivy House for keeping shareholders so well informed - and huge congratulations on this:



http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/angel-awards/vote2013/best-rescue-of-any-other-type-of-historic-building-or-place/


ETA: You can vote for the Ivy House here (in the "readers' favourite" category):



https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9DDJ8HS



EDITED 21 October to say - IT WON AN AWARD!

The Ivy House was on Newsnight yesterday (13/08/13) as part of a feature on the decline of the British pub and what's being done to slow it. You can see it here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23691156?SThisFB


If you're quick about it you can also see the pub on The One Show, available on iPlayer till 8PM on 14/08/13. It was included in a story about localism (around 50 minutes into the programme).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b038bj2n/The_One_Show_07_08_2013/

  • 3 weeks later...
Not really, shareholders were invited to 2 preview nights before the bank holiday opening. The actual launch was soft, eg no fanfare or grand opening. I assume this is to allow them to get establised. I understand there are already some events booked for later this month.
we went last friday night for a swift pint before going on elsewhere for dinner. it was certainly busier than i'd ever seen it outside a "pull the other one" night. it's such a big space that it's difficult to say how full it was, but there were definitely people waiting for tables and a really nice buzz about the place with a good mix of people. the food looked nice enough too. not jaw-droppingly amazing but then they aren't claiming to be doing anything other than pub grub so i'd say they seem to have it bang on.

If all East Dulwich pubs were about to be turned into flats, but you could save just three of them as pubs for heritage reasons, which three would you choose (I'm ignoring what I think of them as current drinking establishments)?


I would choose:

The EDT - flagship pub as you enter the area;

The Plough - ditto, and it used to be a bus route destination; and

Great Exhibition, despite its change of name.

Jeremy Wrote:

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> TBH if you're going out primarily for a drink,

> well priced, simple pub grub is exactly what I'd

> want. Good luck to the Ivy House, hope to make the

> journey over there one day soon...



Quite right..


Too many E.D. Pubs/Bars Pretending to sell Posh Nosh and getting Wrong.


DulwichFox.

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Jeremy Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > TBH if you're going out primarily for a drink,

> > well priced, simple pub grub is exactly what

> I'd

> > want. Good luck to the Ivy House, hope to make

> the

> > journey over there one day soon...

>

>

> Quite right..

>

> Too many E.D. Pubs/Bars Pretending to sell Posh

> Nosh and getting Wrong.

>

> DulwichFox.



Well, exactly. Nice, chunky, honest to goodness pub grub. Not a jus or truffle in sight.....

We went last night. Really friendly staff, excellent choice of beers and good burger with nice crispy chips; they also do great pieminister pies. Such a great pub! It was nicely busy but easy to get a table. They seem to be having live music on sunday afternoons.

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