you couldn't hurl a rock in my office without hitting someone who swears by DD coffee. unless you hit me, but my probably starts at the coffee part, so I don't count.
Wagamama is gooood, fck th htrz, etc. the one in Faneuil Hall isn't quite on a level yet with the ones in London that've been doing it a while longer, and is a wee bit small, but I can't speak for the Harvard Sq one. for th London people, Taro on Old Compton St is a good alternative if the bad taste in your mouth is more to do with the chain than the food.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
i was going to raise this earlier. working in w1, in the end, i tried different places, but cafe nero was basically better than the indies. sorry indies.
-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 3:59 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
oh shit villandry on gt portland st, only that encapsulates the whole thing; you virtually have to wear white tie just to get served there.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
probably = problem xp
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Someone tell those guys they can't all cut the ribbon. One will almost certainly have the ribbon slip away from his scissors.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Coffee in Britain is shit, let's just cut to the chase.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/ohsnap.gif
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Why is it that Dunkin' Donuts is a big Berlin thing? It was perhaps the most depressing time I had in Berlin, all because stupid German friends kept on ranting about how good it is. It isn't. I know of one DD in Ireland, which has two donuts. Hurrah!
― o-ess, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
why is santa claus naked
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
... daddy?
― Tom D., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I think that Naked Santa Vampire pretty much settles this debate.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Matt DC, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 4:16 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
whaddayagonnado. i think it's fine.
views on PAUL, i wonder, which i think is good + overpriced.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
the bad taste in my mouth from wagamama has more to do with crappy, dumbed-down food that was generally over- or undercooked as opposed to any corporate affiliation. it was one of the only restaurant meals aside from macd's that my friend's toddlers would stand for so i'm more well acquainted with the chain that i'd like to be.
― lauren, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe they fucked your food up on purpose. did you do something to make them mad?
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:26 (sixteen years ago) link
otm! and while we're on the subject, what exactly is it that keeps starbucks in europe from offering regular brewed coffee just like it does in north america? i don't know many real-life americanos who jump at the thought of espressos diluted in hot water.
― ^@^, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:26 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck knows -- but everybody knows starbucks is rubbish.
though tbh it's just fucking coffee.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
thats a good point. coffee is just coffee.
― ^@^, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i like a good cup, but i'm not shedding a tear if it's marginally better in paris or milan or whatever.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Waga's habit of bringing the food exactly when it's ready, is rubbish.
i.e. you get yr boiled rice 10 mins before the main course it should be with.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you Britishes not get Illy brand canned coffee? That stuff is far and away better than a bunch of the stuff you get filtered fresh at various chains, and that's all the way in Canada!
― Will M., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah we can get that, i think.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a can of the stuff sitting about 5 yards from me as I type this!
― Tom D., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
just coffee?
is that like freedom fries?
― czn, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
It's distributed by Radiohead.
You brew it for yourself.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Taro on Old Compton St is a good alternative if the bad taste in your mouth is more to do with the chain than the food.
Sorry Roberto, there's another Taro about 300 yards away on Brewer Street.
what exactly is it that keeps starbucks in europe from offering regular brewed coffee just like it does in north america?
Nothing, they do offer it. Maybe they've marketed the Americano so that people don't think to ask for it?
― Mark C, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
it's never on the 'board'
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm not sorry, they're allowed two if they're good. xp
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
og cluster gangbanger JB weighs in
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/julie_burchill/2007/12/why_i_love_tesco.html
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Number of times she can fit personal pronouns into one sentence really is astounding:
"Maybe I'm lucky, but personally I find I get all the validation, passion and commitment I need from my family, friends, religion and voluntary work"
Nice ad for the voluntary work there too. yer a GOOD PERSON joolee!
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i think it's a fair enough thing to chuck in, given the moralism of winterson's piece.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't read Winterson's... she also wrote that pro homeopathy piece so I have little sympathy for her, but Burchill's piece is staggeringly banal, irrelevant, and full of strawpersons.
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
to give you a taste of JW, it begins "The moment I step off the train in Paris or Venice, Amsterdam or Rome, I head straight for a little bar I know, and ask for a glass of champagne or a creamy Prosecco, an aged Jeneva or a Campari Soda. These tiny family-run places are totally different to one another in feel and style, yet what they have in common is what makes them precious; they are the real thing."
seriously.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate ILE, everyone will be so above consumerism that they think Tesco is great!
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Both articles are full of shite. BOTH.
Both are snobbish and irrelevant and make claims that are founded on horrible assumptions.
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
great revive
― DG, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Burchill's piece is staggeringly banal, irrelevant, and full of strawpersons.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
:)
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Prosecco isn't creamy and JW's shop in Spitalfields is THE MOST OVERPRICED GROCER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Most supermarkets are OK by me but I just don't shop at Tesco because of the Shirley Porter links, or ASDA because it's Wal-Mart. Sainsbury is essentially run by its founding family, so FINE and Waitrose is part of John Lewis, which is one of the most sound companies in Britain. I think making choices based on these things are perfectly reasonable. The big cash and carries run by Turks, Bengalis, Punjabis are fantastic and well worth a trip (especially for those giant bags of Basmati rice).
I work summer Saturdays in a farmer's market and like everything in the world, there are good and bad value items to be had and a surprisingly wide cross section of people shop there.
― suzy, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't help but make the mental link between those Krispy Kreme stands in every Tesco and the fat people in every Tesco.
The only good thing about Krispy Kreme is that its chief executive has his wage paid by the hour. OK, so he's making 100 times what an entry level employee would get, but still.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the main good thing about Krispy Kreme is that they make doughnuts.
― The blue-green world is drenched with horse gore, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Crap horrible doughnuts with gunk in the middle that tastes like sickly sweet shit.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:00 (sixteen years ago) link
RONG
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:08 (sixteen years ago) link
with gunk in the middle that tastes like sickly sweet shit.
what do you usually get in the middle of a donut?
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:10 (sixteen years ago) link
FOIE GRAS YOU FACKING PLEB
― The blue-green world is drenched with horse gore, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:16 (sixteen years ago) link
pizza
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:18 (sixteen years ago) link
http://no-pleebs.com/no-plebs.jpg
― The blue-green world is drenched with horse gore, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Any views on Beard Papa? I really liked it when I visited New York last year. I see one has opened here in London just off Oxford Street (though it doesn't look like it serves the full range)
― Bob Six, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Any views on Beard Papa?
he's just a good friend, son.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
-- James Mitchell, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 19:39 (Yesterday) Link
That'd be "every Tesco within a very small circle of central London and about three outside of the nation's capital, thus making this a fantastic way of analysing greater trends in the wider sphere", yes?
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:28 (sixteen years ago) link
At £1.29 for a bun Beard Papa can fuck right off.
― The blue-green world is drenched with horse gore, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:28 (sixteen years ago) link