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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Saka Maka Cafe, 171 Brockley Road

Mar

2017

Saka Maka café is officially open. The Indian restaurant and takeaway is already attracting very positive reviews from BCers and now the team behind it would like to introduce themselves. Sohan writes:Our restaurant is run by three friends and chefs, whose experience includes five star hotels and well-known restaurants. Saka Maka is a slang term ...

Brockley business break-in

Feb

2017

Terrible to see @FredsSe4 & @MalaysianDeli broken in to last night😡 Closed today. Make sure you #SupportLocal & get them back on their feet pic.twitter.com/HDEF1U3BPW— South London Club (@SouthLondonClub) February 22, 2017

Coming soon: Saka Maka Cafe

Feb

2017

Essence of India (171 Brockley Road) has closed and will be replaced by Saka Maka Cafe.The old restaurant improved its offer a year or so ago, but its brand was too tarnished and it never pulled in the punters. Its successor is opening soon and its online menu looks considerably nicer than its website.The concept seems ...

Time Out: 14 reasons to go to Brockley Road

Feb

2017

Once upon a time, I saw it as my job to rebalance Brockley's media profile. If the area attracted any coverage at all, it would usually be for a stabbing. Today, real journalists dish out the kind of hyperbole that even Brockley Nick-circa-2009 would have blanched at.Time Out has given us 14 reasons to visit ...

Brickfields, 293 Brockley Road

Dec

2016

Dark star: Brickfields is deliberately dark, inside and outBrickfields, the new Brockley Road bar from the team behind The Orchard, launched this week and is open every night from 6pm-midnight (except Christmas Eve, when it shuts at 10.30pm).Like The Orchard, the owners have come up with an unfussy recipe, focused on atmosphere, rather than gimmicks. ...

Coming very soon: Brickfields

Dec

2016

Brickfields, the new Brockley Road bar from the team behind The Orchard. Its test-run last night went swimmingly and the public opening is imminent.An early Christmas present for Brockley and a shot in the arm for this Midtown stretch. Somewhere to go past 11pm in Brockley. This is a big deal. #brickfieldsbar you are so ...

Blue is the new Green is the new Orange

Dec

2016

Jesse: It may be blue, but it's the bomb.Tuco: Tight! Tight, tight, yeah! Oh, blue, yellow, pink. Whatever, man. Just keep bringing me that.- Breaking BadCo-Ops are the new Sainsbury's. Two new convenience stores are about to open in the area.Still rushing from the critical success of its re-brand from green to crystal blue, the company ...

Coming soon: Brickfields Bar

Nov

2016

A new bar / restaurant is opening on Brockley Road, brought to us by the team behind The Orchard.The Orchard (Harefield Road) was among the first of Brockley’s new wave of restaurants, bars and cafes that people went to as an active and positive choice rather than out of a sense of duty to local ...

Brockley’s Town Centre

Jul

2016

The development of 180 Brockley Road has created the closest thing we are ever going to get to a coherent town centre around Brockley Station, so it's worth reflecting on the finished product. The building links Coulgate Street and Brockley Road, while the improvements to Coulgate Street have opened up the East Side entrance to Brockley ...

East Side Sainsbury’s opens tomorrow

Jul

2016

The new Sainsbury's at 180 Brockley Road opens tomorrow. Not one to get excited about, but at least it means that this key site will cease to be a building site. We get our pavement back. There's also a free cash machine, but these days BCers can't move without tripping over the things.Thanks to Kyle ...