News that The Ivy House in Nunhead has been saved is proof that south London’s pubs have always combined the idiosyncratic with the inspirational, as SE15 resident Paul Moody explains In December 2011 The Montague Arms in New Cross closed its doors for the final time. Run by charismatic landlord and landlady Stan and Betty …
Readers of our sister site, Kentishtowner, may already be familiar with Pepper, the mascot Jack Russell belonging to founding editor Stephen who has had her fair share of scrapes, poor thing. But she’s doing just fine now, and like Below the River, she’s no stranger to the “magic train”, so called because it gets you …
Crêpes made by Brazilians may seem a little unorthodox. But since 2010 Senzala, housed in The Brick Box, deep among Brixton Market’s African prints, secondhand boutiques and pig’s heads, have been elevating France’s traditional take-away snack rather well, while keeping prices reasonable. All of which equals a popular place, so you may have to fight for …
We weren’t sure what to expect from the launch, last week, of the Effra Social. Nor was anyone else, going by people’s reactions. And it was packed: it seemed like the whole of Brixton had been revving up for the opening of this unusual new bar, set in a former Conservative club up by the …
You can hear Ashley Givens’ syrupy Alabama drawl at 100 paces – and just like her accent, her cooking is big and bold. It’s also like nothing else you can eat anywhere else in Brixton… unless you book yourselves a seat at the debut supper club she’s co-hosting with Sean O’Sullivan, who runs local barnet …
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