Favourite Offy on LL

[????]

Mr Bossman

Really friendly

Wine cooler gadget thingy

Really decent selection of beers

...er.....Stella 6 for ?5

(ignore the typeface however)

[louisiana]

Quids you are trolling B)

I shall refrain from ranting against Bossman as they are not worth drawing breath for.

[HonaloochieB]

Best offy in ED - Barry Off Licence in Barry Rd presided over by the mensch that is Barry.

[Horsebox]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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'mensch'

This is my word of the month, HB.

Well done for dropping it into a thread with such wild abandon and double points as it's in a sentence alongside a triple 'Barry'.

I thought you were starting to lose your form - I see how wrong I was and for that I am thankful.

[Asset]

If you really want to know : Nicolas, yes I know it's a chain but hey ho decent French plonk at good prices and something a little better for special occasions.

[Sue]

Bossman, despite its appalling name - for a great range of real ales, and yes, Stella at a fiver for six - the Greek deli also does it, but further for me to carry it home :))

Edited to change it's to its - OMG I'm slipping, how did that happen :))

[TillieTrotter]

I like Bossman for the normal quaffables and the guy is really friendly. Nicholas for that certain something.

[????]

I have support...huzzah

[EDKiwi]

I've only been into Boss Man a couple of times but to have found them friendly and like their selection of imported beer (I have an unstoppable urge to buy and try new beers when I see them).....but I'm new here so what do I know ;)

Will have to check out Barry Off License sometime too, haven't ventured down that end of Barry rd much as yet.

[Luisa]

Nicholas

[lenk]

Bossman for prog beers with scarecrows and such on the label like 'Circle Master'.

Barry Road offie for a 6 for ?5 'bag of shame' deal.

24hr Offie next to Peckham Rye for 6am Marlboro and another 6 Red Stripes which will be your downfall later that day...

[dulmum]

I was very dubious of the bossman when he opened, now i think he's great for when the Majestic stash is drained dry. Just round the corner, good selection of workaday reds, not bad for ales, cheap bbq lager for the weekend. What more do you want? There are plenty of other places to get the posh stuff when your father-in-law is coming.

[Ants]

Barry Road offie, 8 for ?6... beat that!

[HellNoHellYeah]

TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> I like Bossman for the normal quaffables and the

> guy is really friendly. Nicholas for that certain

> something.

A tad too friendly if you catch my drift

:X

[matthew123]

is that the off licence which banned the infamous FeliticyNormal ?

[charliecharlie]

i go for combo of bossman and nicolas too

[ontheedge]

The very one but she seems to have gone very quietmatthew123 Wrote:

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> is that the off licence which banned the infamous

> FeliticyNormal ?

[matthew123]

Recognise the various patterns and you can always tell when likes of FelicityNormal reappear under new guise

[legalbeagle]

For those of you who have mentioned Nicholas as a place to buy something special, I would be interested to hear why you prefer them to Green & Blue. I ask only because it is always interesting to get feedback to see what we can do to improve our service. I am certainly not knocking Nicholas, who do a great job, but was more wondering just out of interest - we may well learn something that helps us run a better shop!

I'm not asking the same question of Bossman just because we don't really try and compete with them as they do more beer etc than we can.

Any thoughts or comments gratefully received though if this takes the subject off topic i don't want to make Admin cross, so feel free to PM me if necessary!

[lenk]

I must admit I'd been past Green and Blue thinking it was just a cafe for ages before I went in and realised you sold wine to take home.

Nicolas is pretty unmistakably an 'offie'

[legalbeagle]

Thanks Lenk - I think we do sometimes confuse people because its not that common to find a cafe that does takeaway alcohol, more often it's one or the other. Perhaps we can make our "off licence" part more obvious on the blackboards outside?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

legalbeagle, if you'd been served by a young hunk with a french accent, you really wouldn't need to ask.

[legalbeagle]

There's no arguing with that!

[Jeremy]

re G&B... whether it's true or not, I've always had the perception that it's a notch above Nicholas price-wise, so I might go into Nicholas instead for that reason.

And although I know it's a complete cop-out... for those of us who don't know much about wine, it can seem a little intimidating buying wine from a shop who specialise in small producers who you've almost certainly never heard of before.

[Brendan]

I find the opposite. I buy from Green and Blue because I don?t know much about wine. The staff/owners as well informed, the wines are well described and (because I suspect they are quite selective on what they put on the shelves) I have not yet been disappointed by any of their wines.