The Rosemary, 178 New Cross Road

Hungarian restaurant The Rosemary is now open. Located at 178 New Cross Road and replacing Cafe 178, it looks like a restaurant drawn by a primary school child - the kind of place you might stumble into on a European road trip. And it's all the better for it. What it tastes like, we have no idea - we ...

Coming soon: The Rosemary

When New Cross' Cafe 178 closed in January, the management said they'd found someone to carry the fire for them. Now, the team behind the excellent Dig This nursery are reopening it as a Hungarian restaurant called The Rosemary. The New Cross Gate Trust says:The Rosemary will be opening on Friday 27th March. Run by ...

Maddy’s closes

@BrockleyCentral seen this? pic.twitter.com/7Iucpu2nMn— Benjamin Ward (@benjaminward) March 26, 2015Maddy's Fish Bar in New Cross, which last week announced that it had temporarily closed for personal reasons, has now been repossessed by the landlords. The posh fish-and-chip shop brought something new to the area, so it's a real shame to see it go. Business is ...

Pizza place for Brockley Road

Gulen's Bar, another long-term fixture in the Brockley firmament, is reinventing itself again. The team has tried several formats in recent years, without much success, but this incarnation - a pizza place - seems the most likely to succeed.Brockley needs a good pizza place. If they get it right, it could be the hit this ...

Masala Wala Cafe, Brockley Cross

The cafe is now open and the early reviews are great.@BrockleyCentral @masalawalacafe proper heaving. Lamb curry was SO good. Usually so hard to get a good lamb curry. Really reasonable too.— Get Wurst (@getwurstbrats) March 14, 2015@BrockleyCentral @masalawalacafe long wait, but delicious, rustic, simple food. With a @brockleybrewery beer— Jane Hill (@baby_jane31) March 13, 2015

Hot Chips – Brockley’s Rock wins best chips in London for second year in a row

I know I will not have this forever. But I promise you: The next person to hold it, earns it! Because our time is now! Because The Champ is here!- John CenaThe Brockley's Rock team has been made two-time winner of the "Best Chippy Chips in London" and are celebrating with Brockley's biggest ever chip-giveaway. ...

Lewisham one of the least hygienic places in the UK

Lewisham leads the way in more than one kind of sick filth. Which? has produced a map of the UK, based on data from the Food Standards Agency and finds that Lewisham's local food businesses are among the least hygienic in the country, ranked 396th out of 398 areas nationwide. Which? explains:All food businesses should ...

We’ve come a long way, kebaby

The final piece of the jigsaw is at last in place. Consistently excellent Brockley restaurant, Meze Mangal, finally looks as good as it tastes.Once upon a time it looked like this and BC moaned about it and some people said we were a frightful snob for daring to dream of a time when you didn't ...

Coming soon: South [UPDATED]

South is the name of the new restaurant being created on Brockley's West Side, next to Brockley Station, in central Brockley.The restaurant will replace Broca Food Market on Mantle Road. Work began on the refurbishment this weekend and they hope to be open by April.The name reflects the fact that the chefs are antipodean and ...

New restaurant set for West Side

A new restaurant looks set to open on Mantle Road, on the west side of Brockley Station.The team behind the project is in the final stages of securing the lease for units 3 and 4 of the parade, which are currently occupied by the Broca Food Market (the owners have been seeking a new tenant ...