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PandG Wrote:

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> You are being negative again Sue - wait and see

> what they do when it's properly running and

> support local businesses - you and the other

> clique (curry club & sing alongers) are so

> negative!


xxxxx


OK.


If being negative is asking perfectly valid questions (and yes, I've asked them time and time again because I've yet to get an answer!) then OK, I'm negative.


If a business advertises themself as something, then they should be able to back it up.


What exactly is the "sing alongers" "clique"?


If you are referring to the Singaround which I co-run, then far from being a clique, it's a community Singaround to which anybody is welcome to come, and it has been going from strength to strength. As well as lots of local people, we have singers coming from as far afield as West Sussex and Cambridge.


And listeners are very welcome too.


http://www.thegooseisout.com/aboutus.html#evec


But I've got no idea what it has to do with The Patch.


Anyway, got to go now because I have a gig at The Old Nun's Head, so do feel free to discuss my "negativity" in my absence :)

Why not go and visit when they are up and running - then you'll be able to form a valid opinion on what they're doing (as opposed to relying on websites / twitter feeds / EDF etc). I'm sure that in the long time they have been trying to get this off the ground they have had to make some changes along the way.


That would also give you the opportunity to ask them some questions in person, and give them some feedback - I'm sure they would love to hear how they could improve things and encourage more people to go and eat.


I also think that its best they steer clear of this thread. Most of it isn't about The Patch anyway!


I really hope it is a success and wish them all the best.

mockney piers Wrote:

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> ok, ffs!!


Language please.......and who are you by the way?


Anyway,given this appears to be a discussion about something that hasn't happened yet, when the aliens arrive or make themselves known, what will it do to house prices in ED do you think?

Not had a chance yet MM. Sat after next hopefully give it a whirl. Popped head in before they opened for a nose but it was still under construction.


Hope they can make a go of it. The big shed out the back was getting cleared out. Can't fully remember what they were going to do with that space.


Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Have you been there yet HMB. Trust them to open in

> November.

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> From their Facebook page:


> "Big day today with lots of meetings but the

> restaurant opening date is now set in stone -

> there will be a star studded Press and VIP night

> on Monday the 11th November


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Did this happen?


I can't see anything about it any more on either their Facebook page or Twitter?


https://www.facebook.com/dulwichpatch




And if it did, who were the VIPs? Local VIPs (whoever they might be :) ) or nationally known VIPs??


ETA: Nothing at all now on their website, either, unless they've changed the website address?


http://www.patchindulwich.co.uk/



ETA: And sorry to those of you who say I am negative, but this is what is at the top of their Twitter page:



"Creating Dulwich/London's first 100% self-sustaining gastro-pub! Opening Very Soon!!!!"



How can they possibly be "100% self-sustaining"? Are they going to have fish ponds and pigs on the roof as well as the vertical vegetable growing apparatus? And a windfarm? Have I misunderstood the definition of "self-sustaining"?


ETA: I really am looking forward to eating my hat (I am preparing an edible hat as I type), especially as - as I previously fully admitted - I did not think The Patch would get this far, and I was wrong. So I will be only too happy to be proved wrong again.

It was listed in a Time Out article this morning, in an article about rejuvenating London's pubs (though The Ivy House was featured too, higher up) but I can't find the article on the TO website to post a link. But it mentions locally sourced food and a hydroponic growing system. Shame the website is down so they can't make the most of the publicity...

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Not Patch related but as regards whether the Patch

> is expensive I bought two pints of IPA in the

> Flying Pig on Sunday for ?11 !

>

> It was only after buying them that I was directed

> to the big blackboard price list.


I'm guessing it was a 7+ % imported draught IPA, in which case that's not outrageous. These are genuinely premium beers (unlike, say, draught Peroni) for which you're bound to pay more - they're imported in small quantities and are much stronger than ordinary domestic beers.


Without pointing the finger at you specifically, I get exasperated by people who can't or won't see that there are genuinely 'better' or more interesting beers for which a premium is (justifiably) charged. No-one walks into a wine shop, for instance, and goes, "?15 for a bottle of wine?! I can get a bottle of wine in Tesco for ?3.99!"


And I'm aware that there are rip-off 'craft beers' that don't deliver - much as there are overpriced wines - but the principle stands.


On a different note, I only drink strong IPAs in halves - or even thirds. Otherwise I'd get really pissed really quickly...

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