Time Out's local award winners in SE22 / SE21

[BrandNewGuy]

The winners

RESTAURANT: Franklins

CAFE OR COFFEE SHOP: Blue Mountain

SHOP: The Cheese Block

PUB OR BAR: The Great Exhibition

The runners-up

RESTAURANT: Toasted

CAFE OR COFFEE SHOP: Blackbird Bakery

SHOP: Mrs Robinson

PUB OR BAR: Crown & Greyhound

http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/dulwich-and-east-dulwich-a-locals-guide

[Earl Aelfheah]

Good choices, bar (excuse the pun) the Dog, which is closed.

[BrandNewGuy]

It's maybe interesting that three of the four winners are not recent arrivals.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Yeah, that's true actually. The old guard holding their own.

[ruffers]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> The runners-up

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> PUB OR BAR: Crown & Greyhound

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> http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/dulwich

> -and-east-dulwich-a-locals-guide

Impressive all things considered.

[Cedges]

IS the dog actually closed? I got an email from them a couple of days ago encouraging me to book their festive menu...bit odd!

[tfwsoll]

It's interesting that the winner and runner up in the 'cafe or coffee shop' don't serve particularly good coffee!

[Sue]

Do you have the SE15 winners, BNG??

[Penguin68]

They are on the link

[Sue]

Sorry, DUH.

The Ivy House won best pub/bar in Peckham!! Hooray!!!

[Jah Lush]

Which is odd, coz it's in Nunhead.

And The Dog's been shut since the end of September.

[njc97]

tfwsoll - but where in Dulwich does do good coffee? (nearest places I can think of are Bambuni and Anderson in Nunhead/Peckham).

Jah Lush - I think Nunhead was lumped in with Peckham, much as Deptford and New Cross were together, and bizarrely, Blackheath and Brockley were.

[LouiseC]

Yay, the lovely people at the Crooked Well won best pub in Camberwell.

[KikiMac]

njc97 Wrote:

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> tfwsoll - but where in Dulwich does do good

> coffee? (nearest places I can think of are Bambuni

> and Anderson in Nunhead/Peckham).

>

Too right! Sorry - I know I've moaned about it before but I still despair at the absence of decent coffee in ED. Blue Mountain's is singularly unimpressive to be the winner in the category. Guess I'll just have to stick to Nunhead and Peckham. My current top tip is Lerryn's at the bottom of Rye Lane - gorgeous.

[Sue]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Which is odd, coz it's in Nunhead.

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It's SE15. I guess they couldn't have a separate category for every London area, it would be totally unmanageable :)

[dimples]

Aneto cafe next to the flying pig , east dulwich road , Fantastic coffee !

[Mustard]

Toasted's is pretty good.

[ed_pete]

Sorry but who voted for these and what are the criteria by which they were judged "the best" ?

[tfwsoll]

Njc97 and KikiMac -Best coffee in East Dulwich is at Toast. La Scala has good Italian Illy coffee. My morning haunt is usually FCB at Denmark Hill Station - speciality coffee locally roasted at Volcano Coffee Works. Must check our Lerryn's.

[Sue]

ed_pete Wrote:

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> Sorry but who voted for these and what are the

> criteria by which they were judged "the best" ?

Anybody could vote for them via Time Out's website.

I don't think there were any specific criteria.

[Jeremy]

ed_pete Wrote:

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> Sorry but who voted for these and what are the

> criteria by which they were judged "the best" ?

Sounds like you're taking it a little too seriously...

[njc97]

tfwsoll - I like FCB's espressos although I had one of the worst americanos ever there. Bambuni in nunhead uses Volcano beans as well. I've only had toasted's once and wasnt especially impressed.

I want to try Lerryn's. Otherwise mousetail by Peckham library are good. But my regular haunt is Alchemy by City Thameslink station. mmmm.

[Rolo Tomasi]

Lerryn's is very very good.

Also has anyone tried Fowlds Caf? in Addington Sq. off the Walworth Road? Highly recommended, do give it a go.

[ed_pete]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> ed_pete Wrote:

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> > Sorry but who voted for these and what are the

> > criteria by which they were judged "the best" ?

>

> Sounds like you're taking it a little too

> seriously...

No - just the way the OP presented them almost made it seem like it's a undispitable fact.

[Jeremy]

Well... it IS undisputable that they are Time Out's winners. I don't see anyone claiming that they're everyone's favourite.