ED Deli closing

[onefifty]

I was shocked to stop in the ED deli tonight for our usual treats only to see the place bare. The man behind the counter said today was their last day. :-(

[harperama]

Shame but I'm not surprised - its the only place I have been to in London that is more expensive than Whole Foods!

[DulwichFox]

So what's it going to be or not to be. ?

DulwichFox

[SteveUK1978]

It is a shame, their sausage rolls were magnificent. But the place had been on the wane for a while and it had got a bit lazy. I think an equivalent, with some new blood and some new momentum in a smaller space would still do very well.

[lane lover]

Sometimes it's nice to make the effort to search before posting:

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1325117,1325117#msg-1325117

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1301156,page=1

[se15mum]

But what's it going to be?

[Zebedee Tring]

Food Standards Agency - East Dulwich Deli inspection 1 July 2013. Food hygiene rating 1 - "major improvement needed". This might have something to do with its closure; on the other hand it may not:

http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/364609/East-dulwich-deli-Lordship-Lane

[85volga]

Well I hope whomever takes over the site, cracks on and doesn't leave the building boarded up and empty for months like the pizza place on the draft house site..

[Freddy1929]

What a shame, though it has changed over resent years, when it first opened it was a real local treasure, their coleslaw was the best.Also I would often buy a whole quiche, when having friends round in the Summer, I never let on I had not made it myself!!

[the-e-dealer]

The deli before them used to due moldy falafels.

[Beej]

They were literally the moodiest, dour and sour-faced customer facing people I have ever come across besides, I don't know, Roullier Whites possibly..

[worldwiser]

We used them constantly in spite of the manager's absolute and utter lack of warmth and spirit of customer service. I often waited until when one of his assistants was alone before venturing in. They had way too much space for the number of product lines - they only really had stock for half the space. May have been ok in the past but makes no sense with current rents. And as for the jibe about FM, give them a chance! They had to wait for planning and now have to reconfigure a pub into a pizza restaurant. Can't you hold your horses for 5 minutes before whinging about its being boarded up?!

[NewWave]

Beej Wrote:

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> They were literally the moodiest, dour and

> sour-faced customer facing people I have ever come

> across besides, I don't know, Roullier Whites

> possibly..

I do agree about ED Deli..went there a few times and gave up..I stood around ages being ignored by the staff once while 3 of them stood 'doing their thing' and chatting behind the counter...made me feel they thought they were doing me a favour by bothering to serve me at all. I shop at Wholefoods and found ED Deli more expensive for sub-standard product.

Roulier White suffers from over pushy staff..you can't step foot in the place without being pounced on..I used to buy a lot of perfume there when the older woman worked there..now I seldom go in as I feel bombarded by the sales staff

[edcam]

I've never had problems like the above in Roullier White. Never once encountered pushy staff and have been in there countless times (and also hate pushy sales assts.)

ED Deli was once nice but the miserable git working there eventually put us off, despite the great sausage rolls.

[jimbo1964]

I've only ever had nice experiences of Roulier White. I never really used the ED Deli.. Mainly because the woman on Northcross Road does amazing sausage rolls.

[Sue]

jimbo1964 Wrote:

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> I've only ever had nice experiences of Roulier

> White. I never really used the ED Deli.. Mainly

> because the woman on Northcross Road does amazing

> sausage rolls.

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Do you mean the woman with the van, on a Saturday?

If so, I completely agree - don't usually eat sausage rolls but had one of hers on Saturday and it was delicious :)

[SteveUK1978]

The Kiwi lady? Yes, they do a nice sausage roll, although I am not convinced it is as good as the ED Deli.

That said, there is another stall on the market (further down towards the Londis, next to the posh bread stall) that does a very fine and rather large scotch egg and that will now be my guilty pleasure of choice on a Saturday now.

[NewWave]

Yes..That stall does AMAZING scotch eggs, and superb salads too.

[Sue]

NewWave Wrote:

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> Yes..That stall does AMAZING scotch eggs, and

> superb salads too.

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And very nice fish cakes :)

[CARLOS THE JACKAL]

I've heard it's going to be a pizza express.

[Jah Lush]

Oh really? With Franco Manca opening just a few doors up. Yeah, right.

[StraferJack]

Last week Carlos told us it was going to be a dominoes

[CARLOS THE JACKAL]

Ah maybe I did get told it was going to be a pizza place,

[StraferJack]

Whoever is doing the telling Carlos, I suspect they mean the pizza place opening a few doors up to the deli ( Franca manca)

[CocoC]

Maybe that's why Franco Manca are spending such a long time having a think...!