Brixton Bar & Grill: "taking the South London scene up several notches"

[editor]

I'm not sure if this press release was written by the Brixton BG themselves, but suggesting that their "not even slightly scuzzy" bar is going to take the "South London scene up several notches" really is unpalatable shite of the highest order.

Here's the full review/advertorial/whatever it is:

Despite the proliferation of new and exciting venues, Brixton has always been characterised by a certain seductive scuzziness, from the grubby chic of the Dogstar to the underground intimacy of the Bug Bar.

Nestling amid the bustling railway arches of Atlantic Road this sophisticated venture blends a relaxed pub vibe with the cutting-edge cool of the capital's best bar-clubs. Laid out over three levels it combines a chilled lounge area, decadent cocktail bar (complete with chandeliers) and late night drinking den, making it the perfect place to engage in all manners of social shenanigans.

And like all good MDF (music-drink-food) joints, BBG promises an eclectic mix of top name DJs, great cocktails (Pear Mohitos and White Cosmos) and an interesting selection of world tapas.

Sexy, simple and not even slightly scuzzy, the Brixton Bar and Grill oozes South London style

I think I feel a little ill.

 

[Gramsci]

What is "South London Style" then if BBG think the rest of Brixton is "scuzzy".

Looked up scuzzy in dictionary it means "(usually of people)unpleasant,dirty and probably not to be trusted".

So thats what BBG think of the rest of Brxton then.

 

[hatboy]

What 3 levels? What chandeliers? There's a back room but no height for levels?

What bullshit!

 

[oryx]

On that review, it sounds like my idea of Dante's Inferno. But I am definitely someone who prefers scuzzy. As I recall, "scuzzy" is sort of sloaney/yup/archetypal King's Road upper-middle-class twit slang for dirty or non-U (or the 21st century equivalent of non-U.)

What are the "all manners of social shenanigans" one can engage in?

It just sounds like yet another characterless shit overpriced noisy expensive bar for people who dress expensively and think they're where it's at.

(Sadly, the truth is that people will probably flock there.)

Long live scuzzy, scuzziness, & scuzzophiles.

 

[editor]

It gets worse. A search for the 'Brixton Bar and Grill ' brings forth this drivel:

Tucked under a railway arch, the Brixton Bar and Grill is the latest arrival to this edgily stylish corner of south London. Mixologist Ian Rollason (trained by the legendary Dick Bradsell) has created a glam range of cocktails including the Pear Mojito
http://tinyurl.com/3cfqt

What the fuck is a 'Mixologist' and what the chuffin' Nora is a 'glam' cocktail?

But don't we all feel a bit 'edgily stylish'?

ARSE

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Here's a recipe for a Bloody Nora...I invented the name, not the drink.......
Vodka
Tomato Juice
As many cloves of garlic that you think you can take
Fresh Chilli peppers
Liquidise and add ice.......


I shall try and invent a Chuffin' Nora asap......

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Chuffin' Nora

One can of Campbells V8
A goodly sloosh of Tabasco
Fresh Coriander leaves
Vodka
Two Spring Onions
Liquidise and add ice and a stick of celery

 

[Mrs Magpie]

"And like all good MDF* (music-drink-food) joints"


*Medium Density Fibreboard, surely?

 

[editor]

Yo!! Let's notch up the South London scene and elevate the long-suffering Brixtonites from all that beastly scuzziness and grubby chic and show them what MDF is all about!

No. I can't do this. I like scuzziness. I don't want my 'scene' notched up. In fact, I really don't want my part of south London polluted with 'cutting-edge cool' (with or without chandeliers) and I certainly don't need to go to an expensive bar to 'engage in all manners of social shenanigans'.

What the fuck was the twat who wrote that bollocks thinking?

 

[hatboy]

See I am right to be deeply sceptical about these places and what they represent.

Please see this balanced article I've just found on gentrification:

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/flagwars/special_gentrification.html

 

[lang rabbie]

Well this seems to identify the fevered imagination responsible for this guff:

Brixton Bar & Grill
15 Atlantic Road, SW9
A Victorian railway arch near Brixton market has been transformed serving up food and drink in three distinct areas. The cocktail list features creative concoctions such as the White Cosmopolitan (made with white cranberry juice) and the Pear Mohito (Xante, mint and lime).

Further information from Andy Butcher on +44 (0)20 7240 9559 or,
email: [email protected]

Andy is from Hoxton

Laundry Communications is a brand new lifestyle PR Agency formed by three of the brightest talents in the business.

But what do Liz Matthews, Andy Butcher and Bakul Patki bring to the table besides years of experience and a thorough knowledge of the media across all categories including consumer, entertainment, style, niche, trade, broadcast and the arts?

Laundry brings a breath of fresh air and above all offers clients an honest, professional approach to doing business.

Edited to add - To avoid recycling old arguments, lets not make a meal of obvious lines about "washes whiter" etc.

 

[Blagsta]

I used to be in a band called Scuzz.

Scuzz is good. Bland is shite.

'nuff said really.

 

[twistedAM]

I'm not sure if this press release was written by the Brixton BG themselves,

that entire urbanjunkies site makes me want to puke; even the name sucks shit

 

[Ol Nick]

that entire urbanjunkies site makes me want to puke; even the name sucks shit

It's the sort of name you'd use if you'd never lived in a city and never met a junkie.

As for the woman who wrote the BBG review, she has a very warm google trail back to Oxford and then via her mother to some property article abotu a big house in Scotland. She's probably straight out of university and wrote the review without knowing a thing about Brixton. This is quite common in many areas of London.

I think. I haven't been to those areas for a long time.

PS Woolworths: suppose you have a nephew and neice coming over from abroad. Where else could you buy enough shit plastic toys for a tenner to entertain them for a long weekend? It's scuzzy and it's great. I love South London.

PPS Was that a U75er next to our table in Khan's last night? It certainly looked like someone ins some photo I've seen.

 

[miss minnie]

As for the woman who wrote the BBG review, she has a very warm google trail back to Oxford and then via her mother to some property article abotu a big house in Scotland. She's probably straight out of university and wrote the review without knowing a thing about Brixton. This is quite common in many areas of London.

it's called 'marketing'. shallow and vacuous people getting paid to manipulate other shallow and vacuous people.

 

[hatboy]

Miss Minnie - A deal: If you and Mike make me that badge with the wording "I'm very pissed-off and thinking of abandoning urban75" (don't forget the hyphen and the "very") in the design you created and good bright colours, I will apologise for calling you a treacherous, two-faced bitch or whatever it was.



I'll pay for the badge - and u75 will be £1 further away from financial collapse too!

 

[miss minnie]

fuck off.




edited to add the quote, 'cos i know how fond you are of editing your posts...

Miss Minnie - A deal: If you and Mike make me that badge with the wording "I'm very pissed-off and thinking of abandoning urban75" (don't forget the hyphen and the "very") in the design you created and good bright colours, I will apologise for calling you a treacherous, two-faced bitch or whatever it was.



I'll pay for the badge - and u75 will be £1 further away from financial collapse too!

 

[hatboy]

Well at least we make eachother laugh!

I'll make the badge myself then..... you, er, ......

 

[editor]

Miss Minnie - A deal:

Err, we're talking about the Brixton Bar & Grill and I don't see what your personal dislike of miss minnie has to do with it.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

hatboy - I don't get into these things much, but fucking leave it, all right?

If you have some personal problem with miss minnie get it out of the bloody forums.

 

[editor]

hatboy - I don't get into these things much, but fucking leave it, all right?

If you have some personal problem with miss minnie get it out of the bloody forums.

Agree 100%.

It's tedious, unpleasant and unnecessary.

 

[Gramsci]

Well this seems to identify the fevered imagination responsible for this guff:


Andy is from Hoxton

The address of Laundry Comms in a building I know in St Martins Lane.Think Ive been their-the name Laundry sounds slightly familiar.

Its a small office/flat-they are one of these new trendy young PR outfits.BBG probably hired them for that reason or may know them as these people all mix together.

Interesting to see Andy going for the "Metrosexual" look as its supposed to be the latest thing.

The Laundry have been doing their job-getting them writeups in the Evening Standard(which I quoted on the other BBG thread) on websites etc.

Not surprising Andy goes to Hoxton.Thats what people like him think Brixton should be like.

 

[Gramsci]

What is amusing is how they say in their press release that Brixton is "scuzzy" due to Dogstar etc.

When the Dogstar was started it was going to clear that corner of Brixton and was presented in the same way as BBG.The same with the Living Bar.Didnt last long.

I reckon the BBG will end up as another late night bar.Though Ive heard their door policy is a bit selective.

No complaints on this being yet another thread on bars yet.Or posts saying that change in Brixton is inevitable and this is the way its going to go.I wonder why that is then?Wheres Sophie and Amy?

 

[ernestolynch]

Youse all like laughed at me with my 'Hoxton' threads a year ago - I have-a mah fingah on tha pulse. You want scuz, come Norbury - it's fucking filthy. The video shop and the travel agents have just closed down, to be replaced by more chikin shops no doubt...2 pubs left (5 a few years ago)

 

[FridgeMagnet]

A pear mojito is just wrong, anyway.

 

[hatboy]

I never edit my posts to alter my position, only to clarify what I've already said, Miss Minnie - as I said in a similar post that has been removed by current moderators without a trace. I have a right to make this clear without being censored.

Back to BBG.

To be honest I'm not sure I've got anything more to say about it. I might be happier just ignoring all these excluding, new-Brixton places.

I've often found an effective and less stressful way to deal with things, the government for instance, is simply to have no respect for either their existence or their power.

 

[miss minnie]

LMFAO

 

[Pickman's model]

Lmfao

:d :d

something's wrong with yr mouths.

 

[tom796]

that entire urbanjunkies site makes me want to puke; even the name sucks shit

agreed. it's dreadful. and their grasp of the english language is shite too. on the right hand column, they invite you to 'write us'.

well, long live the shiny people...

 

[Gramsci]

Youse all like laughed at me with my 'Hoxton' threads a year ago - I have-a mah fingah on tha pulse. You want scuz, come Norbury - it's fucking filthy. The video shop and the travel agents have just closed down, to be replaced by more chikin shops no doubt...2 pubs left (5 a few years ago)

I thought you told us all to come to Thornton Heath Ernesto .I checked this out with a friend who lives down that way.It has become more like Brixton.As people have moved down their as its cheaper and Brixton is to expensive now to buy a place.

And Ernesto you dont have your finger on tha pulse you just come here to wind us "Bohos" up