new coffee bar (was Fresh New Gossip for this Forum)

[karter]

Macroban

What exactly excites you then?

[Michael Palaeologus]

Sansbos shuts on the 20th and opens at 9am on the 28th ("Yippee" as there leaflet says).

That would seem to be the time to be there with your tin mug DM!

[Quaywe]

For those that were speculating that karters new "Mum" secret Coffee Bar is going to be a Monmouth I sadly have to tell you it's not. See below for confirmation:

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Hello EDKiwi,

Thanks for getting in touch, it?s so nice to hear you enjoy our coffee. Sorry to tell you the new East Dulwich caf? is not going to be a Monmouth shop. We are actually in the process of building a bigger roasting space so that in the future we may be able to open another site, at the moment we simply do not have the capacity to supply another.

I hope you?re able to pop into the Borough site with ease.

Kind regards,

Rosanna

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Wholesale, Mail Order & Administration

Monmouth Coffee Company

2 Park Street

London SE1 9AB

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tel 020 7064 4950

fax 020 7394 8581

[email protected]

www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk

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So for those of you keen on a Monmouth I would start petitioning them so they are well aware that we would like their next premises to be here in good ol' ED!

[Quaywe]

Of course for those of you not in-the-know the bestest of the best coffee can only be found in one London suburb and that is SoHo, the home of Flat White; a kiwi owned and operated coffee bar.

Kiwi Barista's have got coffee making down to a fine art. I don't know why but they do, just to go BMC to find out as they have a Kiwi whipping up the coffee's in there.

Oh what I wouldn't give to have Flat White open their doors on LL or NCR. Mmmmmmm......Flat White coffee.....[aaarrrrrggggllllhhh] :)-D

[Marmora Man]

jim_the_chin Wrote:

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> i would like a tea shop. i'd like to open one and

> call it The Tea Shop and sell a wide range of teas

> from around the world. I think it would be a very

> civilised place.

A new "chain" is hoping to establish just such a thing in London, but not, yet, ED - a tea shop serving hot buttered toast at breakfast time, cream teas in the afternoon and a huge selection of teas - all served in china teapots using loose (no teabags) tea. Mint teas, gunpowder teas, green teas and proper breakfast tea. First, of what the owner / inventor hopes will be many, is just off Paternoster Sq next to St Pauls. I found it by accident and had a very soothing 40 inutes between two stressful meetings in London. Recommended.

[TillieTrotter]

LL would be coming full circle if a Tea shop was established as tea producing companies like Horniman & Co were one of the original companies that helped to make LL the commercial thoroughfare that it is today!!

[karter]

Tillie

the tea shop should be opening next week.

[SimonM]

This being LL, I see the "Tea Shop" is naturally applying for a liquor and late-opening licence...

"More tea vicar? and a nice drop of amaretto too?" :))

[karter]

The tea shop will be alot more than just a tea shop, other goodies too.

No. 6 LL is currently being bought by our friendly local landlord/developer it seems ( sorry,not me this time).Any guesses who the developer is ???I wonder how much the rent will be if it gets a3 use over the retail use, astronomical I would say in order to cover the repayments.

Macroban, How much do you reckon the rent will be ?? The sale price is over ?1m and has offices above...

[Louisa]

DM have you not tried the starbucks Tulse Hill? Not very far to go from ED :)

[Jeremy]

Karter, wasn't it you who said that no. 6 was gonna be another branch of "Sugar Momma"?

[karter]

Jeremy

Sugar mamma is going in the old afro barbers at the roundabout. Big hindwoods board on it saying under offer.The story about no6 is spreading fast amongst the agents.

[macroban]

> Macroban, How much do you reckon the rent will be ?? The sale price is over ?1m and has offices above...

What would an old woman know about commercial rents?

[eccentric]

Karter,

Is this new coffee shop anything to do with the A3 planning application in on 5 North Cross Road?

[eccentric]

Oh and do you know anything about the A3 restaurant application in on the former warehouse behind Cafe Nero?

[wee quinnie]

according to the bible (se22 magazine), bombay bicycle club "are coming to the se22 (sic?)sometime next month." This isn't a "rumour", btw, it's listed under "coming soon"....so it must be true.;-)

[Michael Palaeologus]

Hurrah - another Curry House - just what we need.

[Keef]

I went up Lordship Lane on the bus yesterday, and for the first time I really noticed just how many food places there are. Now it's cool that you've got a bit of everything, and it's god to have healthy competition. Biut come on, another curry place?????

That said, they rarely look empty, so I guess there is still a need for more more more more morrrreeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem, sorry.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Tis only a delivery place s'far as i'm aware. And a *cough* chain to boot. But if anyone starts a 5 page thread on the place i may cry

[SimonM]

>>Hurrah - another Curry House - just what we need.<<

Actually we really could do with a quality Indian place - something like the Babur in Brockley - as distinct from yet another boil/steam rubbishy meat-and-pour-on-the-sauce sort of outfit...

[Jeremy]

Most of the curry places in ED are totally bog-standard (and I considered my one and only meal at the much-hyped Surma to be rather poor). Chain or not, if it offers improved quality it will be welcome!

[mamafeelgood]

*quick duck down* someone mentioned the word chain ... may the deluge begin as the rest of us fall asleep.

[AB]

Surely tandoori nights is far better than "bog-standard" - just wish it was a bit bigger.

[LostThePlot]

dulwichmum Wrote:

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> What a loss that was when it closed. I'll meet you all up there for a

> drink when it re-opens though.

You cleary do love the place, but don't seem to have spotted it's been open about 6 weeks now....

I think the point we are all objecting to here is that we don't want LL turning into the same sort of bland high street you see everywhere else. Bigger business mean high rents for the shops which pushes out the local businesses as prices rise. Economics, which sadly changes areas to change.

E

[Jeremy]

AB Wrote:

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> Surely tandoori nights is far better than

> "bog-standard" - just wish it was a bit bigger.

Yes - Tandoori Nights is the exception, the food there is very nice! Still not tried the Ganapti (sp?) over in Peckham though...