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themaninblack Wrote:

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> Anybody got the inside track on when it is due to close?


It has been on the market for ages, obviously nobody has shown an interest yet... I imagine they will be there until they get a buyer.


Also don't rule out the possibility of someone buying the business and continuing to run it.

What I really don't understand is if someone dislikes so much about a place, why BE there. ED is not perfect - nowhere is, but I'd rather be in ED than in Dalston, or alternatively than in somewhere really chi chi like Richmond. There are lots of shops I don't go in on LL - some are too expensive, some sell products I don't like or are not interested in, but I'd rather there ARE shops rather than empty shop fronts. In Devon where I originate from, Torquay has 46% empty shops. Just be glad that we are not like that (yet)

Cassius, ED and a predominantly rural location in south Devon surely cannot be compared in terms of shopping? I mean Exeter for example is considered one of the biggest clone town shopping centres in the whole of the UK and yet the environment is just really amazing and buzzing - it isnt always about whether the shops are independent or chain, the state of the town centre and the people who frequent it make the big difference, along with decisions made by local councils and government. I agree though that I would rather see the shops in business than out of it.


Louisa.

Well actually Louisa until recently Torquay (being full of middle class snobs AND chavs !!!) had a huge variety of shops - from Greggs and Pound shops all the way to chi chi boutiques that would equal Mrs Robinson for range and price of clothes. I used the example merely to illustrate how lucky we are in LL to still have a busy and thriving shopping street (even if some of the shops are not to your particular liking)


I would suggest that Exeter is buzzing more because it has a very good University rather than anything else.

The square around the Cathedral in Exeter is really nice though on a warm summer day. Some lovely restaurants and tea rooms around there.


I was last in Torquay in 2007 and I found it to be really busy to be honest, I know that the collapse of Woolies did damage the high street recently though, unlike in a London street the death of Woolies meant that many local places went under too. Shame really.


Louisa.

Louisa Wrote:

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> Hardly a loss is it? Since Mr Yilmaz departed from

> here the place has not been upto scratch in my

> opinion. Getting rid of the take away as it was

> could possibly have been the biggest mistake ever

> made, although Kebab & Wine have certainly picked

> up on the passing trade now.

>

> Louisa.


xxxxxxx


The food in Hisar is delicious.


And they do still do takeaways, don't they?

Aren't you the same guy who didn't like Turkish food on the Forest Hill thread?

What's your game mate?

Are you really a local curry house owner or something?



Jeremy Wrote:

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> Tas is pretty average IMO. It's inexpensive and

> serves its purpose, but not somewhere I'd go out

> of my way for.

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