Buster Mantis – Ante Up

Didn't get time for pics once ppl started arriving, but: bar looked like this last night. Thanks for coming, guys pic.twitter.com/ZORcpLbdRy— BUSTER MANTIS (@BUSTERMANTIS) December 20, 2015 Deptford archway bar / restaurant / gallery Buster Mantis is now open and throwing a New Year's Eve party to celebrate. Specialising in jerk cooking, it's already earned ...

One Tree Hill Up Dawson’s Creek

James Van Der Beek: I ordered you some food. I, uh, I don't really know what girls eat.Busy Philipps: Oh, sweetie, we don't. We don't eat. We just live in caves, having our periods, until it's time to have sex with the first guy who buys us a wine cooler and reminds us of our ...

Coming soon: Buster Mantis

From Peckham and Brixton to Bermondsey and Waterloo, South London is criss-crossed with beautiful brick railway arches that now brim with cafes, bars and restaurants. Deptford's are not and the area is the poorer for it. But Buster Mantis aims to put all that right, while creating something that should prove to be a huge ...

Coming soon: One Tree Hill

Honor Oak's impressive high street is about to get a new arrival, providing another local night out. Joe sent us this SE23 forum link, which includes details of a planning application for the conversion of Honor Oak Supermarket (66 Honor Oak Park) into a bar provisionally called One Tree Hill. The Council should support this ...

Coming soon: London Velo

One of the best things about London's biking boom (somewhere on the list below improved public health, better air quality and lower traffic congestion) is the return of independent bike shops to our high streets. The area's already attracted Curve, Ladywell Village Cycles, Vaidas and the life-saving Brockley Bikes. Now comes London Velo, joining Curve on ...

Kitchen Hijack at The Job Centre

It's not obvious why pub group Antic decided not to have a kitchen in the first place at their Deptford bar, The Job Centre but the team are now making up for lost time, going head to head with Lewisham's #ModelMarket with a street food season called Kitchen Hijack. They explain:"Having opened its doors in June ...

#ModelMarket returns, April 17

#ModelMarket, the super soaraway success of 2014, is coming back to Lewisham early this year, with an April 17th opening night and the promise to make BOSH the word of 2015. They say:"Our MASSIVE summer of street food kicks off in just four weekends, beginning with the EARLY reopening of Lewisham's #ModelMarket on Friday/Saturday 17/18 ...

A rum do at The LP Bar

Thursday, 20 November, from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM The LP Bar writes:Following the success of the debut, whiskey-themed event in October, Spirit of New Cross is back for November with rambunctious tales of rum - and of course plenty of it to taste, too.Spirit of New Cross brings local residents and the liquor-curious from ...

Little Nan and Birdie Num extend their partnership

The advantage of being a pop-up is that every finger you lift is a news story. Tristan from Little Nan's Bar writes:Just to let you know that along with her regular Friday & Saturday evenings Little Nan's Bar is now taking midweek evening bookings round her temporary home inside Birdie Num Num's Cafe in New ...

LDN Soup and Sandwich Dispensary

The LDN Beer Dispensary keeps taking baby steps into the world of food. Firstly, they added some of the best burgers in SE London to their repertoire. Now, they've created a lunch menu starting on Monday. From midday, they will be serving three (count em) types of sandwiches and a soup of the day.