Super-sized Meze Mangal opens

The Meze Mangal sea container has been replaced by a brickThe new Meze Mangal is now open. The much-loved Turkish restaurant has doubled in size by expanding next door, got rid of the sea container that used to live outside like their entrance like a guard heffalump and modernised the decor. It looks like it's ...

Lewisham Way plot sold

As the housing market heats up again, some of the area's last remaining residential development opportunities are beginning to show signs of life. Richard writes:A building plot in the conservation area sold this week at auction (Lot 35) for £310,000. It is the 'land at the rear' of 170 Lewisham Way. Someone subdivided their garden a ...

Meze Mangal planning November reopening

Meze Mangal's expansion is taking longer than they originally anticipated, and we regularly get asked when the grand opening is due, but they now report that they "hope to resume our services back to normal end of November 2013." With thanks to Gill for the news.

The Lewisham Coffee Co?

Photo courtesy of Brockley RogOK, this has been bugging us for days now - and lots of you are wondering the same thing - what is "The Lewisham Coffee Co." and what is it doing with The Malt and Hops (formerly Albertines) pub on Lewisham Way?The Malt and Hops only stayed open very briefly following ...

Introducing The Malt and Hops

Lewisham Way pub Albertines, which has been closed for a short time, is reopening tomorrow as The Malt and Hops.BCer Fong, who kindly sent us the news, adds that it doesn't appear to have been significantly refurbished during its closure, so we're not sure how significant the rebrand is. We'll know tomorrow.

Meze Mangal closes for renovation

The most-protracted restaurant extension in history looks finally to be underway. Turkish restaurant Meze Mangal (Lewisham Way) has closed for renovation and will reopen in September.The adjacent space has been cleared and prepared for Meze Mangal to expand for some time, but this closure signals the start of the work-proper. Not only will this mean ...

Brockley Welsh church for sale

Another local oddity looks like it will bite the dust. The Presbyterian Church of Wales on Lewisham Way is up for sale for £1.5 million.The advert notes that:A pre-application submission has been lodged for a change of use to Residential based upon a scheme comprising five no. 4-storey, 4-bedroom houses arranged in a terrace. Each ...