Owners of East Dulwich Tavern go into Administration

[Sue]

Just seen from a reliable source on Facebook that Antic have gone into administration 😮

Edited July 12, 2024 by Sue
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[pecksniff]

https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2024/07/antic-hospitality-group-owners-of-the-brixton-dogstar-go-into-administration/

Unsure how EDT will be impacted long term. 

Apologies did not notice already been posted.

 

Edited July 13, 2024 by pecksniff
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[Sue]

The pubs will be sold, and hopefully remain open under new ownership.

[musicman]

Along with The Brixton Dogstar, Elephant and Castle Pub and others.

https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/food-drink-news/pub-chain-could-shut-13-29545972?utm_source=mylondon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=evening_the12_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=767cff47-daec-49ad-90d3-4651d0a2fda8

 

[sweetgirl]

All those huge rent hikes, all the top dogs earning big bucks

not because it’s necessary…….

because they can!

the future looks bleaker by the day!

[Earl Aelfheah]

  On 15/07/2024 at 16:25, musicman said:

Along with The Brixton Dogstar, Elephant and Castle Pub and others.

https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/food-drink-news/pub-chain-could-shut-13-29545972?utm_source=mylondon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=evening_the12_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=767cff47-daec-49ad-90d3-4651d0a2fda8

 

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Argh, that sucks. Some classic South London venues on that list. Hope they manage to successfully reinvent themselves. 

[tiddles]

I'm pretty sure they wlll all be snapped up by independant operators - esp if they can get them free of tie. 

[mrwb]

Probably, though presumably some of them must be losing money, there must be debt to service or other issues to cause the administration. At macro level, there are probably too many similar businesses for them all to survive. I find myself wondering similar about all the cafe's we have now. 

[Sue]

  On 16/07/2024 at 14:03, mrwb said:

Probably, though presumably some of them must be losing money, there must be debt to service or other issues to cause the administration. At macro level, there are probably too many similar businesses for them all to survive. I find myself wondering similar about all the cafe's we have now. 

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Yes, so many new places recently opening, and with such a lot of choice, one bad or even so- so  experience might not lead to people giving them the benefit of the doubt and making  a return visit.

And there is presumably a finite pool  of potential customers, even allowing for people visiting ED just to eat there.

[jazzer]

Had no idea people came to just eat in ED.

[Sue]

  On 16/07/2024 at 15:57, jazzer said:

Had no idea people came to just eat in ED.

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I used to come to Lordship Lane with friends  in the late seventies/early eighties to eat at the Dulwich Tandoori.

None of us lived in the area, and didn't know anybody who did!

I'm pretty sure this still happens. Though probably not to the Dulwich Tandoori, where I haven't been for years.

[Sue]

I've just noticed that almost all the Ivy hanging around the top of the EDT is dead.

Seems like a bad omen. In previous years their flower displays have been lovely, and generally well cared for 😭

[sandyman]

  On 16/07/2024 at 17:42, Sue said:

I used to come to Lordship Lane with friends  in the late seventies/early eighties to eat at the Dulwich Tandoori.

None of us lived in the area, and didn't know anybody who did!

I'm pretty sure this still happens. Though probably not to the Dulwich Tandoori, where I haven't been for years.

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First time i came to East Dulwich was to have sunday lunch at La Careme with my parents around 1980. It was where Sema Thai was I think. I was in hall of residence round back of fox on the hill and i think they wanted to go there because east dulwich seemed 'posher' than Camberwell even back then before it was gentrified.

[Sue]

  On 22/07/2024 at 16:34, sandyman said:

First time i came to East Dulwich was to have sunday lunch at La Careme with my parents around 1980. It was where Sema Thai was I think. I was in hall of residence round back of fox on the hill and i think they wanted to go there because east dulwich seemed 'posher' than Camberwell even back then before it was gentrified.

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I don't remember La Careme at all! 

But I'm not sure we ever went anywhere other than the Dulwich Tandoori 😂

I can't remember how we got there, I think one of my friends must have driven. 

I was living in South Norwood at that time, but I don't recall thinking East Dulwich was particularly posh. Though it probably was compared to South Norwood 😂

It certainly didn't seem at all posh when I moved here over thirty years ago. I remember having  to explain to people that it wasn't actually Dulwich Village .....

[OutOfFocus]

  On 22/07/2024 at 21:21, Sue said:

I don't remember La Careme at all! 

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Remember name, assume it turned into something else