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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...

Benedict’s to open tomorrow

Dec

2015

.@359benedict will be opening on Tuesday, seem super friendly, and look at this lovely interior! @BrockleyCentral pic.twitter.com/PfamgLzrR0— Molewife (@Molewife) December 5, 2015

Coming soon: Benedict’s Coffee

Nov

2015

Crofton Park's new cafe is performing a slow striptease on Brockley Road. Benedict's Cafe will help to offset the recent loss of Pat-a-cakes and its imminent arrival means that this area is sustaining a current average of one new place to eat or drink every week or so.Thanks to Molewife for the photo.

Noak Bakehouse, Mantle Road

Nov

2015

Noak Bakehouse is the new shop and cafe on Mantle Road, which, after a soft launch last weekend, starts its first day of trading tomorrow, from 7.30am. Here's the menu.

Pistachio, 319 Brockley Road

Oct

2015

Visitors from States 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/dNHP2caW3C— Pistachio Brockley (@PistachioBrock1) October 26, 2015Pistachio, the cafe formerly known as Top Chef, and nothing to do with the one in the park, is now open. And if it's good enough for American people, it's good enough for you.The menu suggests there's enough left over from the Top Chef era to ...

Coming soon: Out of the Brew

Oct

2015

Out of the Brew is the replacement for Cafe Crema at 306 New Cross Road. It's going to brew both coffee and beer and the team are making full use of the garden, which is welcome in an area still tragically short of outdoor hangouts, despite the best efforts of the New Cross House.Click here ...

Top Chef: I feel the need, the need to recede

Aug

2015

For many years, Top Chef cafe (319 Brockley Road) in Midtown has been a totem for a certain sort of 4g inverted snob.Mention any business that can muster a flat white or has a Twitter account and you can be sure that someone will tell you that Top Chef does it better at half the ...

A message from Oscars’ new owner

Jul

2015

The new owner of Oscars cafe in Ladywell writes:My name is Saner (san-air) and I will be taking over the delightful Oscars and replacing the irreplaceable Petra from the 25th July.Oscars will be closed between Saturday 25th July - Tuesday 28th July, reopening on Wednesday 29th July to allow time for me to prepare, and ...

And the Oscar for best supporting customers goes to…

Jul

2015

Tony writes:Cafe Oscars, which has been run as Ladywell's neighbourhood cafe since 2008 by local resident Petra Reekers, has been sold. The new owner Saner Gursel, who lives in Brockley and is a baker, will take over after Saturday July 25.Petra said: "Running the cafe has been great fun. But after seven years - and ...

The Delight House Cafe, Lewisham Way

May

2015

The Delight House Cafe has just opened on Lewisham Way, next to the Tesco Metro.The décor is attempting modern, but the offer is decidedly 80s old-school - buns, iced eclairs, ice cream and coffee.The options are a little thin at this early stage but as a place for a bit of tea and cake with ...

Coming soon: London Velo

May

2015

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 ...