Cherry Tree

[Millhaven]

Out with old, in with the new. Looks like the owners have finally sold up.

[DulwichFox]

I got a text last night..

Taken over by Walkabout The Australian Pub Company. ??

End of January.. ??

DulwichFox

[DulwichFox]

Cocktails anyone...

What to expect. https://www.walkaboutbars.co.uk/

DulwichFox

[Horsebox]

Walkabout? A godawful chain of venues. Can you quote your source please, Fox? It seems like an odd choice of location. But what do I know about opening theme bars?

[Millhaven]

Talk about it being taken over by people that previously owned one of the bars on Lordship Lane.

[DulwichFox]

Horsebox Wrote:

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> Walkabout? A godawful chain of venues. Can you

> quote your source please, Fox? It seems like an

> odd choice of location. But what do I know about

> opening theme bars?

I got a text from an anonymous number.

I believe it may be from someone that used to be on EDF but no longer is.

Not sure how the got my number.

No idea why they thought I would be that interested. ?

Foxy.

[Mick Mac]

Walkabout must be a massive improvement on what has been there for 10 years. Will poss be a good venue for watching rugby 6 nations and world cup. We need a sports bar. Hope you are right foxy.

[Otta]

I've got nothing against walkabout, it's not like it would be anything like the ones in town.

Still can't see it though.

[Tradesman32]

The amount of 'abuse' the original cherry tree got over the last year, can you seriously be picky or objective over the company that takes over the premises... Unbelievable!!!

[????]

Stalkabout in East Dulwich?

[edcam]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Walkabout must be a massive improvement on what

> has been there for 10 years. Will poss be a good

> venue for watching rugby 6 nations and world cup.

> We need a sports bar. Hope you are right foxy.

We really DON'T need a sports bar. Walkabouts are awful.

[Mick Mac]

Don't be such a snob Edcam. Of course we need one, just the ticket mate.

[Louisa]

Walkabout sounds just the ticket to me. A successful chain that's inclusive and not aimed at pretentious foodies.

Louisa.

[El Pibe]

I think tradesman has it backwards, people were desperate to like the cherry tree, and the promise of 'new management' meant people flocked there and were cautiously optimistic that a new leaf had been turned.

But the age old problems resurfaced.

If this is true then i reckon whatever comes has the potential to be a massiv success as its a fantastic building and perfect location.

Walkabouts are admittedly a bit meh (to resurrect a dead meme) just a bit clinical and soulless, but I've had some great times in them watching the rugby with kiwi mates.

[Lowlander]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Walkabout sounds just the ticket to me. A

> successful chain that's inclusive and not aimed at

> pretentious foodies.

>

> Louisa.

They're far from inclusive!

[Otta]

How so?

[DulwichFox]

Walkabout Temple..

Foxy

[*Bob*]

They come into their own for a few weeks - every four years.

Otherwise, they're as sad a sight as a 'british pub' in Shagaluf.

[Sue]

Damn, was hoping for a Wetherspoons!

And I agree with El Pibe, people had high hopes for The Cherry Tree at one point, and those hopes lasted just a few months during which the food was excellent, the range of drinks was excellent and the chef and managers were lovely. And more and more people were sussing this out and going to eat/drink there.

Then the usual happened and it was back to its normal dismal empty self.

Any "abuse" (that's a bit of an exaggeration) subsequently directed towards the people responsible for the usual happening was based on facts and well deserved in view of their actions, in my opinion.

Anyway good luck to whatever replaces The Cherry Tree, it surely can't be worse than its most recent incarnations.

[BrandNewGuy]

Walkabout has been sold and 'refinanced' pending expansion. They're likely to be more sports bars than Aussie drinking holes. I don;t go into the Cherry Tree now, so I don't really care... Though a Wetherspoons would be welcome :-)

[Otta]

Wetherspoons would be great. Couple of cheap pints before the football at Dulwich Hamlet (yes I know they have some good beer at the bar, but the time to get served makes me lose the will to live).

[Jah Lush]

That because you never get there early, Otta. You're always late.

[Otta]

Mate it takes long enough to get served when you're the only one at the bar!

[????]

"I love all the chain pubs, they keep all the w*nkers out of the decent pubs" to resurrect one of my favourite quotes

[BrandNewGuy]

But a Wetherspoons breakfast is a joy to behold. And their beer festivals (?2.75 a pint) are worth a trip or two. As mentioned, I've hardly ever been into the Cherry Tree, so I'm not losing something I never had.

And Antic is a chain of 37 pubs (including EDT, The Tiger, The Sun of Camberwell, The Effra Social, Catford Constitutional, Westow House, Sylvan Post etc), while thw Walkabout has 32. So being a chain is not necessarily a mark of evil.