New business thread.

[Mad Cyril]

There is a large fit out going on in the Victoria Shopping Centre which will be a combination indoor rock climbing/bouldering centre and coffee bar.

It may be popular with kids it weekends but the rest of the time who is going to use it?

 

[Userorange]

There is a large fit out going on in the Victoria Shopping Centre which will be a combination indoor rock climbing/bouldering centre and coffee bar.

It may be popular with kids it weekends but the rest of the time who is going to use it?

Perfect for SUFC. After all we have a mountain to climb.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

There is a large fit out going on in the Victoria Shopping Centre which will be a combination indoor rock climbing/bouldering centre and coffee bar.

It may be popular with kids it weekends but the rest of the time who is going to use it?

Maybe they are planning a day time mobility scooter assault course?

I’d have thought if it’s any good it would be pretty busy early evenings with kids and then the post-work crowd in the evenings. School holidays will be rammed but term time during the day it’ll be a mix of students, shift-workers and home workers bunking off and you can probably get the place to yourself.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Salt Rock clothes in SoS High St, nice people. Got 20% of jacket this morning. I hope it lasts BUT this town is more Primark than Mand S.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Three Swords - Queens Road, Southend

Craft beer and street food.

My feeling is they are entering a crowded marketplace at a time where people are feeling the pinch and spending less on premium products.

I hope it is decent and does well. Southend needs more independent places and Queens Road seems to be leading the way.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

The Suzuki dealership on Prince Avenue has closed and a MG o e taken over. Apparently new Suzuki cars were getting very hard to get from Japan and in such small quantities that the business was no longer viable.
MG = Chinese so that might not go so well?

 

[RHB]

Three Swords - Queens Road, Southend

Craft beer and street food.

My feeling is they are entering a crowded marketplace at a time where people are feeling the pinch and spending less on premium products.

I hope it is decent and does well. Southend needs more independent places and Queens Road seems to be leading the way.

Do they do a cheap pensioner's breakfast there?

 

[Holy Joe]

The Suzuki dealership on Prince Avenue has closed and a MG o e taken over. Apparently new Suzuki cars were getting very hard to get from Japan and in such small quantities that the business was no longer viable.
MG = Chinese so that might not go so well?

MG are big in EV cars. China leads the way there, I think I read recently that EV car sales in China are more than rest of the world put together

 

[Mad Cyril]

Do they do a cheap pensioner's breakfast there?

I doubt they do a cheap anything there.

 

[Ipswhrimp]

I could just have easily posted this in the 'What's Making You Happy Today' thread; a new craft beer shop/bar has just opened in Leigh. Hopsters, at 20 Elm Road (opposite Irma's). They also have shops/bars in Ipswich and Chelmsford. Visited the Chelmsford one a few times before, so having seen what they have on offer I'm very excited about them coming to Leigh. Ace selection of cans and bottles and run by a thoroughly likeable and knowledgable local bloke. Should be a success.

The Ipswich one is cool - in a c. 400 year-old building with a beer garden. Agreed - the owner is a good bloke.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

I purchased a bread baton from Wendzl Bakers in Prince Ave about 7.15 am yesterday for my lunch en route to Solihull.
I had my dog with me to get her early walk done in the cool.
Anyway the pleasant young man brought the baton to the door ( dogs not allowed) and also gave the dog a fresh cooked sausage too.
The baton was good, the service was very good.

 

[RHB]

I purchased a bread baton from Wendzl Bakers in Prince Ave about 7.15 am yesterday for my lunch en route to Solihull.
I had my dog with me to get her early walk done in the cool.
Anyway the pleasant young man brought the baton to the door ( dogs not allowed) and also gave the dog a fresh cooked sausage too.
The baton was good, the service was very good.

I rate Wenzels bread quite highly, the only down side is their pricing which I find just a bit too expensive. That said the staff are always helpful, at Prince Avenue, and in the High Street. And the bread good enough to cough up the extra dosh for now and again.

 

[Cricko]

I rate Wenzels bread quite highly, the only down side is their pricing which I find just a bit too expensive. That said the staff are always helpful, at Prince Avenue, and in the High Street. And the bread good enough to cough up the extra dough for now and again.

Sorted that for you.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Three Swords - Queens Road, Southend

Craft beer and street food.

My feeling is they are entering a crowded marketplace at a time where people are feeling the pinch and spending less on premium products.

I hope it is decent and does well. Southend needs more independent places and Queens Road seems to be leading the way.

Is that where the old Aristocrat & Town House pub was?.

 

[Supershrimper]

Three Swords - Queens Road, Southend

Craft beer and street food.

My feeling is they are entering a crowded marketplace at a time where people are feeling the pinch and spending less on premium products.

I hope it is decent and does well. Southend needs more independent places and Queens Road seems to be leading the way.

Currently in there having a pre-match beer. Person serving (presuming the owner) must be a Southend fan. Informed me of our new siging which I had no clue about.

Decent selection on tap, fridge is also very well stocked. Also does food too.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Currently in there having a pre-match beer. Person serving (presuming the owner) must be a Southend fan. Informed me of our new siging which I had no clue about.

Decent selection on tap, fridge is also very well stocked. Also does food too.

What sort of food?

 

[Supershrimper]

What sort of food?

Burgers, hot dogs, salt beef bagels, chips and nachos. All 100% vegan though

 

[Mad Cyril]

I noticed Kingfisher fish and chips on Queens Road has closed - the owners have stated that rising costs made the business untenable.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Currently in there having a pre-match beer. Person serving (presuming the owner) must be a Southend fan. Informed me of our new siging which I had no clue about.

Decent selection on tap, fridge is also very well stocked. Also does food too.

I popped in there a few weeks ago. It is just too small to get any kind of atmosphere going.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Mile and a third. Hamlet Court Road.

Decent beer, decent prices and just scruffy enough to keep the ponces out. Definitely playing catchup with West Road Tap and Craftwerk but it is early days.

Complimentary Bristows hairspray in the toilets is a nice touch.

I'm sure the ponces will appreciate it.