STOP PRESS - Italian restaurant coming to SE22

[Nero]

Buongiorno a tutti! I have HOT NEWS. Lorenzo's of Crystal Palace is to open a second branch at 32 Forest Hill Rd, next to the Coop. Just been talking to Mr Lorenzo and his son. They had been reading the posts about SE22 needing a good Italian eatery, and decided to take the plunge. They are aiming for a June 1 opening. Pizza, pasta, sea food and an outside terrace. F Hill Rd has been looking up recently with the new barber's and the revamped beautician's place. Hopefully this will be a welcome arrival. A presto, amici! Nero

[Quaywe]

Shame it's not on Lordship Lane...

[trinity]

Fantastic - just opposite the park.

[Parker's Folly]

There's more to East Dulwich than Lordship Lane

[Ma]

Like what Parker's Folly, like what?

[Doodles]

Another plus for the upper East Side. And it replaces the truly awful two trees. Knew they weren?t going to last when I ask if the orange juice was fresh squeezed to be told 'sort of, it isn't squash'

[spadetownboy]

Ma Wrote:

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> Like what Parker's Folly, like what?

like nc road, grove vale,melbourne grove,goose green,barry road,crystal palace road,east dulwich grove/road and now forest hill road,branch out ma branch out,ll is not the centre of the uni,theres more to ed than what meets the eye.you,ll find gems hidden all over the place if you care to look.

[panda boy]

Is it going to be where the Two Trees Lounge used to be?

(RIP Two Trees...)

[Jah Lush]

Rejoice! I love Lorenzo's in Crystal Palace and a second one on Forest Hill Road is just what East Dulwich needs, a proper family run Italian restaurant. Yee Ha! I am delirously happy about this and can't wait for it to open. And within a short walking distance to home too. Marvellous.

[Nero]

I never went to 2 Trees. What was it like, apart from awful. Also, what about the Turkish place? It looks quite nice, and it was where Boris Karloff was born, I think. Nero

[panda boy]

"I never went to 2 Trees. What was it like, apart from awful."

Nero.

How can you say two trees was 'awful' when you say you never went there??

Doesn't really make any sense.

Personally i loved it;

Inexpensive.

Not a chain.

Individual.

Friendly...

... and good food.

Ok the atmosphere was a little 'quiet', but that was ok if you just want an intimate quiet night out, especially when you don't want to be surrounded by people with pushchairs, born again non-smokers, and people who talk with excessive volume about property prices or how much money they've made that day...

(oops almost on to a rant there...)

I can't be alone in missing it?

[panda boy]

(Thats not to say i'll be sad about Lorenzo's appearing there. I'll certainly go along as soon as possible to test their authentic Italian cooking...)

[Nero]

Point taken. I should've said 'looked awful'. By that I meant scruffy, grafitti'd, dying plants. All that put me off. Nero

[karter]

Nero

You should try the food in MPC on LL.

Great italian food great italian chef.

K

[vicksg]

Mon Petit Chou (as rightly recommended by Karter)- looks a bit like a greasy spoon from outside. Inside it's lovely - great service and mouth-watering food. Only recently discovered it, but will be going back regularly! They do take-away too.

[karter]

Vicks

their pizzas are amazing and good value

was in there last night, nice wine too.

[panda boy]

Nero,

Ahh, well appearances would have been deceptive!

Shame i can't try and convince you to go there now...!

Will have to try MPC though, sounds good.

By the way Karter, can you compare their pizzas to the ones served in The Gowlet? Those are damn fine pizzas...

[karter]

Dear panda

Have tried Gowletts pizzas,fine indeed, the difference is that mpc has authentic recipe and ingredients, perfect, the pizza melts in your mouth, try it and see

K

[panda boy]

I'll certainly give them a try then.

Ta for the recommendation...

Should i mention to them that you put in the good word?

PB

[Huguenot]

Karter ol' thing - are you failing to declare an interest here?? ;-) It seems almost 20% of your 100+ posts recommend MPT! Hmmm... landlord, trader and resident on LL?? :))

I'm looking forward to tasting the evening chef. I regularly eat during the day as it has a good value/quality balance (and the sarnies are varied and reasonable quality bread) - but I never found it exceptional, just good straightforward cooking!