Crown and Greyhound (Dog)

[JohnL]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote:

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> > "If this was a government project, heads would

> > roll."

> >

> > Har de har har. Do you read Private Eye?

> > Government procurement is legendarily awful.

>

> I suspect if it were a government project, it

> would probably still be stuck in cycles of

> feasibility studies. Perhaps a few junior PwC

> consultants would be buzzing around, working on a

> "business transformation and streamlining"

> project.

It is - they're building a listening station underneath.

It's to spy on Trump.

[dc]

From the Dulwich Society website (http://dulwichsociety.com)

The Crown & Greyhound

There is still no confirmation of an opening date. There have been further delays on the handover of the base building and we now expect the pub to re-open sometime in June. The continuing delays reflect very badly on the Dulwich Estate.

[Mick Mac]

June.

I'm hoping for 2017. But I think I'd probably accept 2018.

[Jah Lush]

I think we can readily assume it won't be worth the wait.

[Mick Mac]

Yep - nothing could be that good.

[Abe_froeman]

"@crowngreyhound on Twitter

Dulwich.... It's been emotional!

915 days ago"

[Louisa]

It's going to be a typical chain middle of the road job serving up average food at expensive prices, which will trump anything drinker/pub related. So we end up with a crap restaurant and a small below average boozer on one side, probably smaller in area and drinks available.

Louisa.

[Mick Mac]

Just the norm for the Village then.

[Jah Lush]

One thing's for certain it won't be as good as The Half Moon.

[DulwichFox]

Both are far enough away not to qualify as my local..

Anything further than the G.G. roundabout is too far..

The sort of distance I would consider popping back home from if I had forgot something.

Foxy

[Jah Lush]

So adventurous.

[JohnL]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Both are far enough away not to qualify as my

> local..

>

> Anything further than the G.G. roundabout is too

> far..

> The sort of distance I would consider popping

> back home from if I had forgot something.

>

> Foxy

or pop back to the pub if you forget all your stuff

I've done it :)

[Louisa]

It's nice in summer to go for a walk to somewhere you wouldn't usually go very often. The Dog falls into this category from my side of East Dulwich, with a nice garden out the front to enjoy a drink on a long walk. That option has been removed and very much missed the last few summers. Half Moon can fill that gap now.

Louisa.

[DulwichFox]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> So adventurous.

I've lived in Peckham and Dulwich all my life...

Most of my drinking life I drank in Blackheath.. Lee.. Bromley.. Chislehurst... Beckenham..

Greenwich... Charlton... Deptford... Brockley..

More adventurous than you may think.. I'm done with all that now..

Fox

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Dulwich Estate is shocking. Allowed Shepherds to close without a successor, pubs all closed for years at a time...

Louisa Wrote:

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> It's going to be a typical chain middle of the

> road job serving up average food at expensive

> prices, which will trump anything drinker/pub

> related. So we end up with a crap restaurant and a

> small below average boozer on one side, probably

> smaller in area and drinks available.

>

> Louisa.

Does that mean you won't go?

[Louisa]

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote:

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> Dulwich Estate is shocking. Allowed Shepherds to

> close without a successor, pubs all closed for

> years at a time...

>

> Louisa Wrote:

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> > It's going to be a typical chain middle of the

> > road job serving up average food at expensive

> > prices, which will trump anything drinker/pub

> > related. So we end up with a crap restaurant and

> a

> > small below average boozer on one side,

> probably

> > smaller in area and drinks available.

> >

> > Louisa.

>

> Does that mean you won't go?

I'll still stop by for a drink on a long walk, why not? Presumably they'll keep the beer garden out the front.

Louisa.

[Jah Lush]

I think you'll find the beer garden is out the back Louisa. There is however, seating out the front which is a proper sun trap in the summer and a very pleasant place to have a drink and watch the world go by. Hopefully, that will continue.

[murphy]

Latest projected opening date is early June but that's still not confirmed. Can someone remind me what date it closed?

[rendelharris]

murphy Wrote:

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> Latest projected opening date is early June but

> that's still not confirmed. Can someone remind me

> what date it closed?

Late summer 2014, wasn't it?

[Jah Lush]

September 2014.

[Louisa]

I was so desperate for a drink last summer I popped in Rocca and had a bottle of wine on my walk. Was decent. Nice people they are in there too. I'd sooner give them my business than wait around for a bloody Berni Inn light to open.

Louisa.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Dulwich estate are bar stewards. They just don't have a bar.

[Anniecat]

I second Rocca! Each time i've been in there the staff have been wonderful, We've been for Christmas the last two years and the food and atmosphere both times were great.

[kbabes]

from this morning..

Good morning Kevin

We are hoping to handover the pub to our tenants on the 18 April to enable them to start their fit out. I anticipate that the pub will then be open in June.

The delay at the current time is a live electricity cable in the basement that needs disconnecting by UKPN and they have given us a date of the 11 April for this to take place.

Regards

Adrian

Director of Property

The Dulwich Estate

[Otta]

"to enable them to start their fit out"

Er, so what has been happening for the last couple of years?