At last - a Turkish Restaurant for Harringay

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Permalink Reply by Alex on December 13, 2016 at 13:49

Salisbury is also good.

Permalink Reply by John McMullan on December 13, 2016 at 14:34

A "decent" pub wouldn't serve you though Paulie.

Permalink Reply by Harringay Birder on December 16, 2016 at 9:36

Ha! Nice one John :-)

Permalink Reply by Hugh on December 13, 2016 at 11:41

Personally I'd comment if we had so many Chinese, French, Italian or Thai Restaurants rather than a broader spread other shops and services and restaurant types. I love some of those we have and am a regular patron, but if you spend any time speaking to the owners of the Turkish restaurants, they'll tell you that they're first in line to oppose still more Turkish restaurants. They say the problem for them is that margins get squeezed and quality will reduce as well. Who's the winner there?

Whilst a good Turkish trumps 'Tasty Chicken', I'd vote for a more balanced high street in preference to either.

Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1 on December 13, 2016 at 14:14

I see that point. Attempting to get a decent Indian on Brick Lane is quite an effort now as all of them seem to compete on price rather than quality. Where the menus are fairly generic it's difficult to differentiate on anything other than price.

Permalink Reply by Cllr Emina Ibrahim on December 13, 2016 at 14:35

Unfortunately Hugh the free market has very little to do with voting though customers voting with their feet seem to mean that the queues on saturday and sundays seem to be why Turkish Restaurants are popular. Mediterranean food has always been popular and as the style is very similar to Greek and general Middle Eastern tastes in this part of London it will always be popular. If a business person wanting to open an alternative cuisine offer i am sure they would seek it out as they do.

On another note this is a very normal process in large cities its how French quarters, Asian quarters, Chinatowns, Jewish quarters and Curry Miles have evolved. Amongst my favourite places in London are Brick Lane, Green Lanes, Chinatown and Temple Fortune.

Permalink Reply by John McMullan on December 13, 2016 at 15:21

Exactly. People need to get out on Saturday and Sunday night and see the queues. This was a phenomenon I first noticed once Sunday evening in the summer of 2012. Two young people were calling to friends queued outside Gokyuzu what the lengths of the queues were outside Devran and Antepliler. I also that summer encountered the staff of the Pret-a-Manger near my office queuing outside Gokyuzu, they'd come from all over London.

The calls for more variety or smaller frontages are misplaced, we are very lucky with what we have and keep getting (except for losing Cafe Lemon, that was unlucky).

Permalink Reply by dubmill on December 13, 2016 at 15:33

I'm not calling for smaller frontages. Clearly they are very popular. I just don't like sitting eating in a big space with a hundred or more people around me. I don't find it relaxing. Not sure why, because I don't mind sitting drinking in a crowded pub, but when eating I prefer comparitive peace and quiet. Maybe it's because eating requires more concentration than drinking.

Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on December 13, 2016 at 15:52

I'm with you on that. The big restaurants feel like canteens and are very, very noisy. I don't eat out in the evenings that often but when I do I don't want conversation to end up like a shouting match

Permalink Reply by Pat on December 16, 2016 at 12:11

N4 cafe is a good replacement for cafe lemon

Permalink Reply by Hugh on December 13, 2016 at 15:59

Yes dear, I think we all understand that. It doesn't stop people wishing though. The 'towns' may all be great places to visit; it doesn't mean they're the places in which everyone chooses to live. 

Permalink Reply by Dominik on December 16, 2016 at 9:16

We just need a Little Waitrose!!!

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