Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Yasar Halim
What's happening to Yasar Halim? The main shop has had its shutters down though the bakery still seems open?
Many thanks.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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There’s a notice on the groceries side that it is undergoing refurbishment
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Permalink Reply by Kate on
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Thank you Michael - having caught a bus at Green Lanes station didnt want to leap off it to read notice!
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Hopefully they will unblock the wheelchair accessible entrance which they store stock in front off so it can't be used.
An Equality Act case waiting to happen...
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Permalink Reply by tigha
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I was enquiring locally recently, what had happened to the once almighty shop. As little available and most of that looked old and expensive. I was told, that since the owner had died, things had just slipped. It would be lovely to see it restored to its previous glory
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It definitely seemed to enter a death-spiral after his death, with produce declining in quality and increasing in price, meaning less custom and consequently less fresh stock. Really hope they can turn it around, and that the refurb means that the descendants who've taken it over don't want to accept that they need to inject some cash.
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Indeed. I used to be my mainstay for fruit and veg but it has really gone on the slide in the last few years. I always looked forward to the tomato glut when you could buy a whole box and use them to make and freeze tomato sauce to see you through the winter,
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris
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During my last visit to the shop I enquired and was told that another member of the family was taking over. My informant also confirmed that there would be a butcher. This point arose because I had earlier remarked upon the diminished meat department which followed the departure of their butcher, leaving the shop dependant upon meat prepared elsewhere. I remain hopeful that this pillar of Green Lanes will be back.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Fowler
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Thanks to everybody for the updates on Yasar Halim. I used to shop there, but I found more than a decade ago never never never to buy berry fruits there; if you examined a plastic punnet of, for example, blueberries, you would find that half of them were mouldy. I also found that the prices for other fruit and vegetables were extortionate. A return to decent standards and fair prices would be very welcome. Also, it would be really nice if the people on the checkouts stopped looking at British people like me as if we were the Devil Incarnate because we are not Turkish, or Cypriot, and when giving us our groceries _gave_ them to us instead of flinging them in our general direction.
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You've noticed too.
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