New Shops in Dulwich / Peckham

[JohnL]

No tweets since August

That Unicorn's escaped.

[antantant]

New cafe for Nunhead...

http://peckhampeculiar.tumblr.com/post/130262886534/new-cafe-for-nunhead#

[girlelectric]

Has La Gaditana opened on North Cross Road yet?

[lisaloulou84]

more indications that the old Deli is to be a Cath Kidston....

[worldwiser]

From where?

[LondonMix]

Exactly, from where?

[Milhouse]

The DIY shop on the corner of Forest Hill Road and Dunstans Road has now closed.

That means four empty shops in a very small area. Laundrette, bookies, DIY shop and dentist. Will be very interesting to see what it all becomes.

[rorsome]

Dun Wrote:

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> Ate at Pedlers last night and we had a great meal.

> The team there are so friendly & enthusiastic. $

> of the 6 dishes were great, 1 was very good and 1

> was disappointing (but to be fair we decided

> afterwards that none of us was a big celeriac fan

> to start with so maybe not the best choice to have

> made!). The various gin drinks we tried were

> lovely. All in all a lovely time, well worth going

> to. Loved the cosy "snug" which is tucked in an

> alcove and all wallpapered/painted a dark green

> colour. Lovely place to sit if you are a party of

> 6.

Glad to hear that the dinner service is good. I went to Pedler for brunch a couple of weekends ago, and was not impressed. The kedgeree was good (although the portion could have been larger), but it was a constant struggle to get the attention of the staff and the food and drinks took a good while to come. Which was darkly funny, having been warned upon arrival that we needed to be done with the table after an hour and a half.

[Nigello]

The ex-launderette is going to be something organic, according to the bloke I spoke to in there a few weeks ago (reported above). Can the strip sustain any more coffe shops?

[Mugglesworth]

Norris and Knight on Forest Hill Road is highly recommended. The homemade carrot-and-beetroot cake with pumpkin seeds and the pork pies are worth a trip on their own. Friendly staff and happy to have dogs out the front or the back; the back yard is lovely and they keep their own chickens there for eggs.

[lisaloulou84]

Re Cath Kidston - From a friend that works at their Head Office. Don't think its been confirmed but the pop up just shut so I guess we'll see!

[Earl Aelfheah]

Had Dinner at Peddler the other night and really enjoyed it. Recommended.

[B&G]

Second the recommendation for Norris and Knight on FHR. Very nice place, good coffee, nice guys that run it and happy chickens in the garden. Re the closed down DIY shop, I heard from the chap there that it's apparently going to be a deli/ice cream shop? Be nice to have some more fresh produce on that strip (though the Turkish supermarket up the road is fab).

[indiepanda]

On the windows of the old DIY store on FHR it has painted "Potager, coming soon" and various pictures of veg etc.

Would be nice to have somewhere to buy on that strip other than the Co-op. They always have junk on sale by the entrance (discounted crisps / sweets etc.) and after a busy day at work no matter how good my intentions I seem to leave with a bag of stuff I wish I hadn't bought but will hoover up anyway.

[B&G]

Agree Indiepanda - too tempting. Looking forward to Potager. And the Hammam Spa has popped up this weekend by the Rose pub? Exciting stuff.

[vic.ham]

just passed by La Gaditana, still closed.

[goosey-goosey]

JNot sure I'm the first to post on this, but have you seen Brissi are setting up in the old East Dulwich Deli? Apparently, it's to be a clothes shop.

[a_m]

Goosey - Brissi have been on the EDD site for several months and are now closing down. Presumably something else coming there soon.

[goosey-goosey]

a_m, obviously I never looked up at Brissi's shop sign till it was too late. Thanks for clarifying. The builders definitely said it will be a clothes shop, whatever it's called.

[cordsm]

Hammam spa by the Rose pub? Can anyone tell me more!? I've tried googling but can't find anything...

[mancity68]

Tried two new Peckham places yesterday. First, the pop-up bar by Pedlar people in the railway arches behind Bar Story on Blenheim Grove. They have two arches: one seems a bit canteen like and has a hot dog chap selling his wares; the one next door is more bar like, with a slimmed down range of Pedlar cocktails, wine and beer. All based around the lovely Little Bird Gin. Lovely staff working there although I felt a bit sorry for them as they were clearly freezing! First time I've ever been offered a hot water bottle in a bar before.... Anyway, great place for a drink if you wrap up warm. Open noon - 6 Sat and Sun only.

Second, and after more gin at Rye Wax, we went to Flaming Mangal, the new Turkish ocakbasi place on Rye Lane. This has only been open since Thursday I think. Very very quiet but I guess no one knows it's there yet. It's got loads of seats and was very bright. Bit too bright for me but...staff were again smashing, food was solid (collectively we had variety of starters,shish and veggie dishes) and all left happy and full. Not as good as FM Mangal for me, but perfectly fine and not as far to walk! BYOB too.

[Peckhamrye]

Oh, didn't realise Flaming Mangal was BYOB, had assumed it wasn't licensed at all. Popped in late Thursday and really enjoyed the food - it is VERY bright though ;)

[mancity68]

Ah. To be honest, we didn't ask. We might already have had one or two. But they were kind enough to bring us ice so didn't seem bothered!

[KrackersMaracas]

Just seen the following article on Hot Dinners about the next team to take over at Platform 1, Perilla.

http://www.hot-dinners.com/Gastroblog/Latest-news/perilla-kicks-off-a-four-month-long-residency-at-platform-1-in-east-dulwich

[Baroness Millhaven]

Let me guess - you were on Twitter looking for a siege update and stumbled on it? (That's what happened to me!)

Very exciting. The boy and I shall no doubt partake of a graze there.