Parlez view

Parlez is the new restaurant opening on Coulgate Street. Located right next to the station, it's a big space, which gives them room to be ambitious, as you can see below. Co-founder Louis writes:"Parlez has been in the making for over ten years with my partner Matt and me being close friends for a long ...

Selencky /// Parsons opens in Coulgate Street

Architects Selencky///Parsons are the latest business to move into Coulgate Street, taking up residence at a new studio, which opened recently. They say:"Our practice was formed by Sam Selencky and David Parsons. We had our beginnings in Brockley, three years ago, when we worked from a room in one of our houses. After expanding and ...

Coming soon: Parlez

A licencing application has been made to Lewisham Council for 16 Coulgate Street, the large new unit created right next to the south eastern entrance of Brockley Station.The new owners are planning to open a restaurant called Parlez and have lodged an application to serve food and alcohol until midnight at weekends. They have also ...

Coulgate Street restaurant is coming

An application to open the new Coulgate Street unit right next to Brockley Station as a bar and restaurant has been lodged.The proposal is to extend trading hours to 11pm seven days a week and to allow it to operate as a restaurant and bar, rather than retail.Like me, the glass-fronted unit has surprising depth. ...

Salthouse Bottles, 12 Coulgate Street

In the future, there is only beerSalthouse Bottles, the second of Brockley's new bottleshops, will reopen on Tuesday having enjoyed a good first weekend of trading.Not for Salthouse Bottles the "cafe / gallery / deli / whatever" model that so many other local enterprises have employed - these guys are unapologetically focused on selling booze, ...

Salthouse growlers

Salthouse Bottles, the new beer shop replacing Degustation on Coulgate Street, is opening next month and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to provide a growler service. Richard Salthouse writes:We want to purchase a device known as a Pegas CrafTap, which is able to select and dispense a chosen beer into a glass ...

Brockley’s Town Centre

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 ...

Hanger Lane

Artmongers are back to their old tricks with another piece of anamorphic mischief on Coulgate Street.This hanger was created as part of the Brockley Street Art Festival and the photo comes courtesy of Lionel Stanhope.

Commercial unit for let by the station

Commercial unit to let (so Speedies not moving here after all?) @BrockleyCentral pic.twitter.com/rGVMJR2d1o— James (@se3james) May 21, 2016The new commercial occupants at 180 Brockley Road are a little disappointing - another supermarket, estate agent and architect - but there is a possibility that we may get something more fun next to the station thanks to ...

Just Thai Thai closes

Brockley Road restaurant Just Thai Thai has closed. BCer Jennifer reports:"I noticed that the restaurant was listed as closed, so I phoned the owner, who confirmed the news. She closed on May 3, she said her landlord would not renew her lease."The depressing decor, sour atmosphere and rank food offered by Just Thai Thai won't ...