Acres

[rennie]

Maybe we should have an urban 75 trip there....

that's what I'm thinking.

 

[Orang Utan]

What on earth is the Luther Vandross - chicken connection?

His music is fowl.

 

[Bob]

Would a cock joke be inappropriate?

I'm not a great Luther Vandross fan but he had the odd moment.

 

[Zinedine*]

Would a cock joke be inappropriate?

I'm not a great Luther Vandross fan but he had the odd moment.

odd moments of comedy. That duet with Mariah Carey where they both try to out sing each other, always cheered me up!

 

[RushcroftRoader]

Brixton.... Private members club.

Who came up with this inspired idea

maybe its a front for the local Columbian Import Agency??

 

[innit]

Maybe we should have an urban 75 trip there....

Can we? Would be ace

 

[Bob]

Can we? Would be ace

This weekend?

 

[Brainaddict]

Maybe we should have an urban 75 trip there....

It could be quite funny, but how would we get in?

 

[tarannau]

This place sounds great. The themed menu wins me over every time. I'm looking out for Larry Blackmon's 'Word Up' Chicken special myself - chicken in a codpiece shaped basket.

Membership shall be mine...

 

[Bob]

This place sounds great. The themed menu wins me over every time. I'm looking out for Larry Blackmon's 'Word Up' Chicken special myself - chicken in a codpiece shaped basket.

Membership shall be mine...

Strangely I work opposite a bloke whose cousin wrote 'Word Up'.

 

[girasol]

Last night, on my way to Brixton Town Hall, I got stopped by a woman outside Acres. She asked me if I knew what the place was, I answered 'yes, actually, I do, it's Acres. And it's a members club upstairs, isn't it?'. Anyway, she gave me a card, offering 20% discount, I'm not sure on what, as it's free to get in downstairs, it must be for the food. I gave the card

Anyway, perhaps a visit might be in order, but the place looks so unappealing, and it looked deserted!

Perhaps an urbanite visit is in order soon! At least they didn't have the menacing doormen at the entrance anymore.

 

[Brainaddict]

ah, so you can go in the downstairs bar without being a member? can we go there and snort ritalin off the tables? purleeeeeeeeeeease?

and do you have to pay to get in? I'm not going if you do.

 

[girasol]

ah, so you can go in the downstairs bar without being a member? can we go there and snort ritalin off the tables? purleeeeeeeeeeease?

and do you have to pay to get in? I'm not going if you do.

Don't have to pay to get in downstairs, no, the discount is for the food, I think... (I did ask if we had to pay, it was my first question! )

If the tables are made of glass we should have a good surface for ritalin inhalation!

 

[tarannau]

Well, I went past yesterday and the place was heaving.

... A whole two bouncers, no punters. Very smart bouncers mind, but their dead soul-singer menu doesn't seem to be proving too lip-lickingly attractive.

 

[pinkmonkey]

This place sounds great. The themed menu wins me over every time. I'm looking out for Larry Blackmon's 'Word Up' Chicken special myself - chicken in a codpiece shaped basket.

Membership shall be mine...

That would be a chicken leg, I reckon......

 

[hayduke]

I like how they've got bouncers on the door all day. Went past yesterday afternoon and the guy looked well hard guarding the entrance to an empty bar. Great image, and very tempting to walk by customers.

 

[innit]

This weekend?

I am free this saturday as it happens

although I'm not sure how long a bunch of us could stick it out in an empty bar!

 

[Orang Utan]

Has anyone been in yet?
They've put screens up so you can't see how empty it is, but it only looks more forbidding.

 

[tarannau]

No. Go past it on the bus every day on the way home from work too, giving me the ability to peer over their screens.

I can't recall seeing anyone in there bar the staff at any time. You'd think they'd at least get a few post-work drinkers in there...

 

[Mr Retro]

It looks more like a poncy showroom than a bar.

You know those showrooms that are so posh they don't actually show anything?

 

[rennie]

i have yet to call hte guy again to set up an interview for my membership.

I pass it everytime i go to tesco. i figure that's enough.

 

[rennie]

so is anyone going to join me on my quest to become a member?

 

[tarannau]

I'm quite tempted. Do I have to wear a suit like George Melly and wear one of those skinny 'piano key' ties to get into this prestigious and heaving establishment?

 

[magneze]

Considering it's current "success", I'd say that a pulse is advantageous but not strictly necessary ...

 

[rennie]

@ magneze....

 

[colacubes]

so is anyone going to join me on my quest to become a member?

It's tempting - I've never been a member of a club before

I can't think of anything better than impressing someone with:

Why don't you come and meet me for a drink at a little private bar I'm a member of?

"Wow nipsla - where would this place be?"

Well it would be a really cool bar in brixton with stunning views over Tesco car park. And no clientele at all. And no atmosphere. Hang on - don't go - we can go to the Albert instead....

 

[rennie]

I'm quite tempted. Do I have to wear a suit like George Melly and wear one of those skinny 'piano key' ties to get into this prestigious and heaving establishment?

i reckon we should get a bit group of us. or perhaps it's wiser to go one by one? what's the point of me being a member if i end up in their plush bar on my own?

 

[rennie]

I'm quite tempted. Do I have to wear a suit like George Melly and wear one of those skinny 'piano key' ties to get into this prestigious and heaving establishment?

i reckon we should get a bit group of us. or perhaps it's wiser to go one by one? what's the point of me being a member if i end up in their plush bar on my own?

 

[tarannau]

Like your style Rennie - don't want to go to somewhere alone so you post the same thing twice, boosting the numbers somewhat...




Still, I like the way they've put some barriers out the front of Acres, so that you can zig-zag your way past the red ropes on entry, like you're queuing up for a ride at Disneyland.

Very necessary for crowd control there, dontcha know.

 

[christonabike]

Anyone tried walking through the front door to buy a beer yet?