Comments on: Meeting the public http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meeting-the-public-2 Camberwell and my life in it Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:43:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mumu http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10678 Mumu Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:45:08 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10678 We went to the reopened S&D last night - as pleasant as ever. No major changes really, more evolution than revolution as far as the bar area is concerned but a very smart new bar. We went to the reopened S&D last night — as pleasant as ever. No major changes really, more evolution than revolution as far as the bar area is concerned but a very smart new bar.

]]> By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10590 Mark Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:03:29 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10590 We did get opn. Here's a little pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesunanddoves/313336347/ Regards We did get opn. Here’s a little pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesunanddoves/313336347/

Regards

]]> By: Stuart http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10582 Stuart Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:06:09 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10582 by the way, does anyone know when Angels & Gypsies opens? by the way, does anyone know when Angels & Gypsies opens?

]]> By: Stuart http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10580 Stuart Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:55:48 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10580 the Royal Oak is indeed a good, old skool boozer. The Roebuck is OK as well (Dover Street) and has a late licence. More disappointing is the 'new' Castle. I went there for Sunday Lunch today and since changing mangement, the food has gone drastically down hill. the Royal Oak is indeed a good, old skool boozer. The Roebuck is OK as well (Dover Street) and has a late licence.
More disappointing is the ‘new’ Castle. I went there for Sunday Lunch today and since changing mangement, the food has gone drastically down hill.

]]> By: Mushtimushta http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10574 Mushtimushta Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:01:42 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10574 @ eusebiovic - The Kings Arms is run by the same people that run both The Windmill in The Cut (near the Young Vic) and The Ring on the corner of The Cut & Blackfriars Rd. All three are OK and individual from eachother, but share the same identikit Thai menu, which is a bit boring. The fad for Thai food is, I believe, on the wane, so perhaps in time.......... There's a nice pub called The Royal Oak in Tabard Street in The Borough. If you find yourself in the area, check it out. The clientele are mixed and vary from one night to the next. It sells real ale, so there are a smattering of real ale bores most nights, insisting that they are entitled to have their glass topped up to the rim and that's what the law says........(yawn), but it's a nice place. They do standard pub food, which is good value and pretty good quality. @ eusebiovic — The Kings Arms is run by the same people that run both The Windmill in The Cut (near the Young Vic) and The Ring on the corner of The Cut & Blackfriars Rd. All three are OK and individual from eachother, but share the same identikit Thai menu, which is a bit boring. The fad for Thai food is, I believe, on the wane, so perhaps in time.….…..
There’s a nice pub called The Royal Oak in Tabard Street in The Borough. If you find yourself in the area, check it out. The clientele are mixed and vary from one night to the next. It sells real ale, so there are a smattering of real ale bores most nights, insisting that they are entitled to have their glass topped up to the rim and that’s what the law says.….…(yawn), but it’s a nice place. They do standard pub food, which is good value and pretty good quality.

]]> By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10564 Mark Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:11:39 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10564 We've been putting in the new bar over 18 & 20 hour days and will be open tomorr, er, today for lunch and live evening music... There's still a lot to be done over the next couple of months but the new bar looks good; I'm pretty happy with it really; an enormous relief after so much work and angst in the planning. We've improved some of the furniture - some is being repholstered and won't be with us for a few weeks. Banquette seating now lines the walls of the back room, booth seats and a stage for live performance will come soon and then refurb might finally be finished! We’ve been putting in the new bar over 18 & 20 hour days and will be open tomorr, er, today for lunch and live evening music…

There’s still a lot to be done over the next couple of months but the new bar looks good; I’m pretty happy with it really; an enormous relief after so much work and angst in the planning. We’ve improved some of the furniture — some is being repholstered and won’t be with us for a few weeks. Banquette seating now lines the walls of the back room, booth seats and a stage for live performance will come soon and then refurb might finally be finished!

]]> By: eusebiovic http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10562 eusebiovic Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:33:16 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10562 Speaking of Waterloo drinking dens - I rather enjoy the Dickensian splendour of Roupell Strreet and the magnificent Kings Arms Pub - Has anybody been there? Although I was rather dissapointed when they replaced the hearty British Pub Food with Thai - That was a mistake so they get an A minus... Speaking of Waterloo drinking dens — I rather enjoy the Dickensian splendour of Roupell Strreet and the magnificent Kings Arms Pub — Has anybody been there? Although I was rather dissapointed when they replaced the hearty British Pub Food with Thai — That was a mistake so they get an A minus…

]]> By: Regeneguru http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10560 Regeneguru Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:42:43 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10560 I have not darkened the arches of Waterloo bridge for some time, but the lovable green cartoon character Shklit used to ply her trade from that area, she who was befriended by the blind dark knight of Peckham, her staunch defender and also defender of a law suit from DC comics; she would retreat into a similar crevice. Has Shklit been evicted and her former abode expanded converted from residential to commercial? Most traffic is in the other direction. I have not darkened the arches of Waterloo bridge for some time, but the lovable green cartoon character Shklit used to ply her trade from that area, she who was befriended by the blind dark knight of Peckham, her staunch defender and also defender of a law suit from DC comics; she would retreat into a similar crevice.

Has Shklit been evicted and her former abode expanded converted from residential to commercial? Most traffic is in the other direction.

]]> By: Merrick http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10557 Merrick Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:54:03 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10557 Bumped into Mark Dodds on the steps of the S&D at lunch time looking remarkably unstressed given that the inside of the S&D was still looking like a bomb site and the grand reopening had already been postponed for 24hours. He was hoping that all was going to be ready for this evening. Can anybody offer an update? I might pop in for a swift one later on if they've got it sorted. Bumped into Mark Dodds on the steps of the S&D at lunch time looking remarkably unstressed given that the inside of the S&D was still looking like a bomb site and the grand reopening had already been postponed for 24hours. He was hoping that all was going to be ready for this evening. Can anybody offer an update? I might pop in for a swift one later on if they’ve got it sorted.

]]> By: Lord Henry http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10554 Lord Henry Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:45:57 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/11/meeting-the-public-2/#comment-10554 Kauto Star came in, decimated the field in fact, but it was heavily backed, so you'd only have got 4-9, or better if you went to the track. Look out for him in the King George when the field will be better, as will his odds, hopefully. I hope to finish SACRED GAMES in the next three days. Bhenchod. It's one of the longest books I've read, along with DON QUIXOTE, MOBY DICK and Dos Passos' USA. All masterpieces. My treacherous manservant Carstairs once took a date to see Harvey Keitel in BAD LIEUTENANT. If you've seen that film you'll have guessed that that date ended badly also. Then again, every enterprise Carstairs is involved with ends badly. Although he always seems to come through it unscathed, the disreputable bumblepuppy. Kauto Star came in, decimated the field in fact, but it was heavily backed, so you’d only have got 4–9, or better if you went to the track. Look out for him in the King George when the field will be better, as will his odds, hopefully.

I hope to finish SACRED GAMES in the next three days. Bhenchod. It’s one of the longest books I’ve read, along with DON QUIXOTE, MOBY DICK and Dos Passos’ USA. All masterpieces.

My treacherous manservant Carstairs once took a date to see Harvey Keitel in BAD LIEUTENANT. If you’ve seen that film you’ll have guessed that that date ended badly also. Then again, every enterprise Carstairs is involved with ends badly. Although he always seems to come through it unscathed, the disreputable bumblepuppy.

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