New Italian Restaurant Bellenden Rd

[Grotty]

I just heard a rumour that an Italian restaurant is going to open up in the old plumbing shop on Bellenden Road - apparently a chef who recently did a very successful pop-up in Peckham. Sounds good...

[StraferJack]

if the usual "I wish we had a nice Italian in ED" posts start popping up, I won't be responsible for my actions

[????]

*sits on hands*

[the-e-dealer]

Il Murto is lovely. And In East Dulwich as is Si Mangia.

[Knomester]

Heard that a while back too Grotty, not not sure who it is or how good their food is...

[maxxi]

Grotty Wrote:

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> I just heard a rumour that an Italian restaurant

> is going to open up in the old plumbing shop

Ah, that'll be Mario's new place.

[StraferJack]

maxxi is on FIRE at the moment. Good work

[cle]

Who is Mario?

The pop-up recently was by the Tinello folk (of Pimlico). If they opened something in SE15, that would be incredible.

[Dopamine1979]

cle Wrote:

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> Who is Mario?

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[ggcat]

mamma mia..

[greenwater]

Mario - when are you opening? In time for Christmas?

[woodrot]

meh.

weve had about 45,000 Italian resturants in the 'hood. How many survive ?

[david_carnell]

So according to the chaps in the Village Grocery (nee Payless), the old hairdressers, Chaz's, is to be the Italian cafe. But they have lots of building work to do and it won't be open for 6months!

[Annette Curtain]

Will they have giant pepper mills and swirly plaster walls

I do hope so, oh and pictures of mountains and old grannies with wrinkly faces and bullfighting and castanets and a sombrero gathering dust

And a waiter called Manuel

[Jah Lush]

Tut tut Annette, it's Italian, not Spanish.

Let's start again.

Giant pepper mills and swirly plaster walls.

A signed Italian football shirt.

Pictures from the Amalfi coast, Sophia Loren and La Dolca Vita.

And a waiter called Roberto.

[Jeremy]

I assume that nette was making a joke that I didn't really get...

[Annette Curtain]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Tut tut Annette, it's Italian, not Spanish.

>

> Let's start again.

>

> Giant pepper mills and swirly plaster walls.

> A signed Italian football shirt.

> Pictures from the Amalfi coast, Sophia Loren and

> La Dolca Vita.

> And a waiter called Roberto.

Tee hee

I was being deliberately off key (as usual) re stagnant El Vagueo mediterranean-stylee restaurants

*starts smashing plates/setting fire to Sambuca

[mancity68]

Walked past this space on Friday night and there is indeed a restaurant now in it - with people eating and all hat.... Couldn't see any sort of signage and it was too small and busy to pop head in to ask - anyone know any more?

[mancity68]

Answered my own question. It's called Artusi and opens on Tuesday so must have been some sort of trial night.

[jimmyraj]

It looks nice inside. Look forward to trying it out - they've made good use of the space and hope it'll be another good addition to Bellenden Road

[Chick]

Cheepest wine is ?18.00

[Seabag]

Chick Wrote:

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> Cheepest wine is ?18.00

How much is the most expensive ?

?18 seems about right in the general London area. Not cheap, but fairly average. Mind you, it's also depend who you do and don't want in your restaurant

What's on the menu

[Chick]

Dearest one was if I remember ?29.00. Bill for four came to ?80.00.

Food was ok but dont think I would go back. I wish them well though.

[Bellenden Belle]

Twenty pounds a head?

Sounds very reasonable to me. What didn't you like out of interest?

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> Dearest one was if I remember ?29.00. Bill for

> four came to ?80.00.

> Food was ok but dont think I would go back. I

> wish them well though.

[Fintan]

Went there last night. Really nice and actually really cheap. Staff were friendly. But damn the customers were an uptight bunch (with the obvious exception of me and my party). Lots of uncommunicative couples. It's creeping in on Bellenden Road now. These disapproving looks cos you're out with kids. Or because you have kids with you. I presume that's the problem. Or it might just be that being well-off has turned out to be less fun than they'd envisaged. I'm all love and peace and hands across the ocean and all that but I was here first and so were my (not especially noisy or badly behaved) brats. I mean I'm happy for these people that they can get a deposit together to be able to afford to move to Peckham but you can't come to a neighbourhood and sulk about the people who already live there.