The Patch

[tallulah71]

Oh! So sorry davidh. I'm not a snooty tosser, actually. And my IQ is average. If by the mail (luv) you mean The Daily Mail, I'd rather eat my own toenails.

Such eejits reading the Grauniad - who'd have thought it!

[tallulah71]

obviously your paltry IQ is below entry requirements for guardian,

what does that even mean? Do you know what IQ stands for?

[maxxi]

PandG Wrote:

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> The beer is ?4.00 from the makers in Cornwall +

> transport + the Patch costs = seems to be fair

> price ?

I suppose it is a fair price for an imported Cornish beer - but I was expecting (hoping for) more local beers (like the Crystal Palace Bitter the Draft House had a couple of weeks back for ?2.75 a pint).

[tallulah71]

I don't drink beer but I reckon nye on a fiver for a pint is a bit much...I went and had cocktail at House of Tippler the other day and it wasn't much more than that, and full of flavour. And alcohol ;)

[sedm]

If the number of people who claim they read the Guardian actually did read it, the circulation figures wouldn't be what they are. *ahem*

[fernado]

As oldsocks also discovered, the Doombar pricing is enthusiastic to say the least. ?4.20 for a pint of widely available bitter is just ridiculous.

[Jah Lush]

?4.20 for a pint of fecking Doombar! They're having a giraffe.

[BrandNewGuy]

sedm Wrote:

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> If the number of people who claim they read the

> Guardian actually did read it, the circulation

> figures wouldn't be what they are. *ahem*

Well maybe they do - online for free. Why buy the paper? The Guardian's continuing losses in the tens of millions a year are only sustained by the cash cow of the GMG's "Auto Trader" sell-off. Liberal eco-awareness being subsidised by the petroleum economy. Nice irony there.

[titch juicy]

Well, if they're serving their butter in an earthenware put, I'm DEFINITELY going. Butter served in earthenware is what the area's been crying out for.

[MrBen]

Mind crushingly dull debates on the merits of The Guardians funding model, stance and reason for being can be had on other threads. I'm wanting live chickens, warm bread and a pea garden. Roof grown rosemary and crane lifted cow.

And at least one pint of Bishops sock under ?4 to keep the old guard happy.

[Sue]

I understand they are tied to one brewery. Therefore they can't sell other

ales , only what that brewer has, and they have to pay that brewer's prices.

I think that's right but I

stand to be corrected.

Don't know if that applies to bottled ales as well.

The Mag always had Doombar, or sometimes Landlord, and sold it at a similar price.

It was always going to be an issue for The Patch, as discussed on here ad nauseam months ago

, at the time they were trying to raise community funding.

I agree it's a great pity for a self styled community pub not to sell local ales, if that is actually the case.

The Ivy House does.

Sorry for odd formatting am on my phone.

maxxi Wrote:

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> PandG Wrote:

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

> -----

> > The beer is ?4.00 from the makers in Cornwall +

> > transport + the Patch costs = seems to be fair

> > price ?

>

> I suppose it is a fair price for an imported

> Cornish beer - but I was expecting (hoping for)

> more local beers (like the Crystal Palace Bitter

> the Draft House had a couple of weeks back for

> ?2.75 a pint).

[StraferJack]

Very disappointing beer selection... After the selections at flying pig and ivy house, it's very much a step back

If sue is correct and they are brewery tied there isn't much they can do about it. They are probably as annoyed as the customers

That said, I did pay 3 pound something for a pint of lager which is cheaper than most places around here

[Curmudgeon]

The more I hear of The Patch, the less interested I am in going. It seems to have taken the less appealing, up-its-own-bum with pretention aspects of ED and gone a step further.

Which seems sad for a new place.

Hope I'm wrong - but the prices, the menu, the abysmal student style graffiti-art

[fernado]

I've only ever once paid over four quid for a pint of ale - and that was last night. First and last time.

[BrandNewGuy]

Well, aren't we all rays of f*cking sunshine?

[DulwichFox]

Went past for a nose last night at 20.30 ish. About 7-8 people in....

Went past about today 13.00 ish 3 people in.

So seems to be catching on..

Foxy

[Otta]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> Well, aren't we all rays of @#$%& sunshine?

Why would people rave about it if they've not been impressed?

[BrandNewGuy]

Not been impressed by an online copy of the menu and the price of a pint? You're right, we should judge it without even going through the door.

[MrBen]

I think the time to judge it will be when it opens properly. It hasn't yet.

[*Bob*]

The Actress managed a very well attended and entertaining 'opening night' (organised / ticketed via the EDF) which got them lots of goodwill credit in the bank - and got the place off to a good start.

I get the impression it isn't finished yet?

[maxxi]

If The Patch is still a tied house then my expectations of local beers etc are unrealistic - I think I was confused by their declaration of being

"Fully independent and self-sufficient,"

and that they were

"owned, supplied and managed by the local community".

[Sue]

maxxi Wrote:

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> If The Patch is still a tied house then my

> expectations of local beers etc are unrealistic -

> I think I was confused by their declaration of

> being

>

> "Fully independent and self-sufficient,"

>

> and that they were

>

> "owned, supplied and managed by the local

> community".

xxxxxxx

Yes, I too am confused by all of that.

Discussed ad nauseam on a long-ago thread.

I don't understand how they can make any of those claims, but hope to be enlightened in due course.

[DulwichFox]

The interior seems bright, bland and clinical.

..and is as inviting as your typical Dental Surgery.

DulwichFox

[jimbo1964]

Hey! Let's just all start moaning about something before it's even opened properly? Who needs enterprise anyway?

[womanofdulwich]

Absolutely agree.

Give them a chance and commend them for starting up.Jobs being created, a building being refurbished and a new place to eat/drink.All commendable.