Comments on: Like a great big onion

By: Lord Henry

Lord Henry — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:01:59 +0000

Copeywolf — I have a plan for the local youth and it does involve a form of mucking out. Haw haw!

The whiskey sours in the Dark Horse are quite lovely.

By: Hannah M

Hannah M — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:19:09 +0000

Signs are that the Redstar is sort of open — well there were posters up saying it was now open most nights –However i’m not sure who owns it or how it is run. I am assuming it must have a license as often i go past there late at night and they seem to be running some events.

However people are right it is a shame if it goes to waste — it’s a great venue — it could become a venue/nightclub for local bands, DJ’s etc .… — sor of like the barfly in Camden but more Urban (isn’t that the catch all term these days for hiphop, grime, drum and bass, etc.. etc..?)

By: copeywolf

copeywolf — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:34:45 +0000

No, I mean HARD BOOM BOOM stuff. With adequate sound proofing, and maybe a skiffle alley.

I don’t go to such places often. Not my cup of tea. But there aren’t many of them — I’m not talking Annabella’s discotheques with spacious car parks for scrapping here. Or the kind of place that hosts gun battles.

The Redstar looks v.grotty. And I’m assuming it will one day reopen as a drinking hole of sorts. So why not a special drinking hole that will get known for all the right reasons across London? Maybe until something gets done with it Lord H could use some of his inherited wealth to transform it into stabling? Local youths could do the mucking out.

By: Lord Henry

Lord Henry — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:58:56 +0000

Given that so-called “urban music venues” are bloody everywhere these days, and a blight on every neighbourhood within which they exist, I assume that what you mean by “cutting edge” would be an old-time dancehall with skiffle bands and variety acts compered by Val Doonican and Vera Lynn? If that’s what you had in mind for the Redstar I, for one, would propose such a move.

By: copeywolf

copeywolf — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:37:48 +0000

I wish Basement Jaxx would do something with the Redstar. Turn it into a cutting edge urban music venue.

As for the buses. I REALLY miss the Routemasters. They were perfect (except perhaps when the poor conductors had to fend off grumpy hordes of workers first thing in the morning). Unlike the bendy road trains that replaced them they were safer to ride on (and ride around), more fun, nicer to look at, more sociable, enabled you to get on and off (with great care of course) when it suited and they didn’t make random, explosive farty noises. Oh, and they got you into town about 30% quicker on average.

I keep hearing that they’re going to get rid of the bendy buses. Can anyone make my day by confirming this?

By: Louie

Louie — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:35:57 +0000

The people behind the Lock Tavern have recently (couple of weeks ago) opened a major new bar in Bournemouth, so not sure they’d have the capacity to be branching out further at the mo. I like the Lock Tavern, and the new Bournemouth place is apparently very good, so if they were it might be a good addition.

By: The Eyechild

The Eyechild — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:56:33 +0000

The Dark Horse looks alright though I haven’t yet been in..

Awful signage mind. Looks a bit like Comic Sans.

I heard Camberwell nearly got another decent boozer/venue in the form of the Redstar getting bought by the people who own The Lock Tavern in Camden.

I hear the deal’s off though, so it’s peeling paint, cracked windows and bins there for the forseeable future.

By: Southmark

Southmark — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:46:20 +0000

The Dark Horse was probably busy Monday due to people using their £10 for three courses deal.They’ve got to be used up by the end of August and are valid Mon — Wed . Tried it last week and it was very good, and fortunate to get home last Friday and find they’d put another voucher through my door. Yum Yum !

By: Amanda Fuller

Amanda Fuller — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:53:48 +0000

I like the fact that we hadn’t been for nearly a year but the waiters recognised and enthusiastically welcomed us and gave us a complimentary glass of wine with our meal and a liqueur at the end…And I loved my dolcelatte mushrooms and venison steak (specials). Our bottle of chianti was the best red wine I’ve had all year and the white chocolate gateau we shared at the end was totally worth giving up my diet for…

All I can say is every time we’ve eaten there we’ve had a wonderful meal and a wonderful time. I absolutely love the place.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:40:08 +0000

I’ve only eaten at M&P once; while there was nothing wrong with it, it never made me want to go back.