Il Mirto - Closed down?

[Vik]

Anyone know what's going on with Il Mirto on Melbourne Grove?  

Not sure if they are redecorating or closed down as the dining area is being ripped out. I've only passed in the evening when no one is around so haven't been able to ask.

Edited 19 hours ago by Vik
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[mrwb]

Marked on google as being permanently closed, probably another victim of the very difficult economy. 

[Alec1]

a little while ago, I saw it for sale in an estate agents.  

[Sue]

1 hour ago, mrwb said:

Marked on google as being permanently closed, probably another victim of the very difficult economy. 

It was always quite a strange place in some ways,  though the food was usually very good.

Although......

We ate there fairly recently. We had been headed to Chern Thai, but they were closed 

It was the night  after Valentine's day,  and Il Mirto were still offering a special menu.

One of the items  was a gorgonzola pasta dish. I really like gorgonzola, so I ordered it.

However it was really bland (though a massive portion) and there was no discernable taste of gorgonzola.

When I queried this, the chef said he had put a lot of gorgonzola in.

Further discussion ascertained that he had used  the mild kind of gorgonzola (aka to me as the completely pointless tasteless kind) , not the piccante, as "some people don't like the taste of gorgonzola."

Erm. Why would someone who didn't like gorgonzola order a dish whose USP was gorgonzola in the first place?

I didn't pursue it further, but it was an extremely disappointing meal from my point of view 

We just paid up and left.

ETA: Il Mirto opened a second place in Nunhead Lane, didn't they, a long time ago? On the stretch between the Rye and The Old Nun's Head.

It didn't last long, if memory serves. It seemed an odd place to open a restaurant at the time, though there used to be a pub there, I can't remember its name 

Does anybody else remember this? 

Edited 17 hours ago by Sue

[zork]

Word on the street is its going to be a Rotisserie Chicken place

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

That could be good esp if at least some of the chickens are free range, and come with salads, not just chips.

Il Mirto was cash only for a long time, wasn't it?

[Sue]

59 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

That could be good esp if at least some of the chickens are free range, and come with salads, not just chips.

Il Mirto was cash only for a long time, wasn't it?

The Thai Corner Cafe  in North Cross Road still is cash only!

I didn't think rotisserie chicken places still existed 😮

Edited 14 hours ago by Sue