Ladywell Loves Pasta

The first businesses have started moving in to Ladywell's new mixed-use development, the irritatingly-named PLACELadywell, 261 Lewisham High Street.Among the first is Italian deli, We Love Pasta, a fresh pasta specialist.Thanks to Paul for the tip-off.

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, ...

Waterintobeer – opening tomorrow

The first of Brockley's two new beer shops, Waterintobeer opens tonight at 5pm. The Mantle Road shop is fully stocked and ready to go for its preview this evening. Please let us know what you think!With thanks to Michael for the photo.

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 ...

Coming soon: The Word

Part of a long-neglected parade of shops on New Cross Road will reopen in September as a bookshop. Goldsmiths, owner of the parade, says:The Word – at 314 New Cross Road on the corner of Laurie Grove - will primarily stock books recommended on the university’s reading lists, including titles by Goldsmiths lecturers. There will ...

Co-Op cocoons itself

@BrockleyCentral Crofton Park Co-op closing for 4 weeks on 25th August for refurb. Possibly to reopen as Fortnum & Mason outpost.— Bugaboo Radley (@BugabooRadley) August 14, 2016

The Beer Shop Street Party, Nunhead

As Brockley awaits the arrival of two new bottle shops, Nunhead has organised a street party as a reminder that they got there first.The Beer Shop team says:We will have an outside bar, 2 food trucks, some entertainment and talks from breweries and food producers, a mini market of local traders from cakes to books ...

Vinted pops-up in August

A month ago, the idea of one specialist booze emporium opening in Brockley seemed improbable. Now, we have three opening soon and they are currently springing up at a rate of two a day.Vinted is a pop-up that's occupying Noak for a short while while the former bakery has a rethink about its future direction. Launch ...

Salthouse Bottles opens in September

Coulgate Street deli Degustation is being replaced by a new bottle shop led created by a dream team of local entrepreneurs. Richard Salthouse writes:We are pleased to announce that Salthouse Bottles is soon to open in Brockley (South East London), offering the best of British beers and ciders in bottle, can and via growler-fill, as ...

Big Name Bottlers

Salthouse Bottles is a new beer shop opening soon in Brockley. No, not that one.The brainchild of a team with an impeccable local pedigree and led by Richard Salthouse, formerly of Jam Circus and The Royal Albert, it promises to be good.More details soon. Click here to follow them on Twitter.