Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
33's restaurant on Salisbury Road (The Old Grocery Store)
I hadn't been in this road for a while and saw this plus a new cafe on the other side. Has anyone been? Just a few reviews on TripAdvisor, all good.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I've used it. The first time I went I had a fantastic croissant and a great cup of coffee.
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Permalink Reply by Roslyn Byfield on
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Thanks - and that was the 33 and not the cafe over the road?
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33 is a fantastic addition to our area. We’ve been several times and always enjoyed it. Food is great and priced reasonably. Also I’m very picky with my espressos, and there I had one of the best I’ve had in London
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Permalink Reply by tigha on
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Yes it’s a great addition to the hood and would definitely recommend it. Also had lunch there, and the food was good
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Fowler on
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This is a huge improvement from the previous limbo after the passing of Mr Michli. It is a great place; I noticed recently it is being colonised by people working on laptops. I think this and the new café on the other side of the road, together with refurbishment of an increasing number of houses on St Ann's, is a sign that gentrification has definitely jumped Green Lanes and is spreading in St Ann's Ward.
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When I first came to Harringay over 30 years ago, the joke was that people priced out of Islington bought in Crouch End; 20 years ago, Crouch End became too expensive, so they bought on the Ladder; now the Ladder’s too dear, so they’re all coming to St Ann’s instead. Where the gentry lead, the cafes will follow.
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Funny; when I moved to Harringay in 1989, the joke about Crouch End was that it was full of psycho-therapists who could no longer afford to live in Hampstead, due that area being colonised by the international rich, which had driven up house prices. I'm not sure that those priced out of Crouch End head for the Ladder. Crouch End is (in)famous for being "villagey", which the Ladder is decidedly not, due at least in part to the road layout, which provides no central focus for a "village". Crouch End is also infamous for not being on the tube network, which requires tube users to take a bus to Finsbury Park or Turnpike Lane. I don't know where people who can't afford Crouch End now go, but I suspect they move further out. Also, "gentrification" involves middle class people replacing "working class" residents, although the term "working class" is so far from its original meaning around the end of the 19th Century as to be almost without value; anyway, no "gentry" are involved, and they live in "the country". Also, I think the first sign of the St Ann's area moving upmarket was the renovation and in some cases extension, of houses on the northern side of St Ann's Road between Green Lanes and the Woodlands Park Road junction. 33 followed. I think this is all associated with the imminent arrival of new residents to the development on half of the old St Ann's Hospital site of new homes. It remains to be seen whether the effect of this will be greater on the Gardens area, where one exit from the new development leads towards Green Lanes southbound and Manor House tube; or the St Ann's Road area, where the exit leads towards Green Lanes northbound and Turnpike Lane tube. As there is far more scope on the St Ann's Road side, I suspect it will benefit more. The 33 restaurant/café should thus be rewarded for getting in early. The blocking effect of the mansion blocks along the southbound side of St Ann's Road will be a bit of a problem for the move upmarket of the area.
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Christopher: Yes, I think your joke's better than mine.... Anyway, I used "gentry" in much the same way as "gentrification" – though I sometimes wish the unspeakable Harringay Hunt would sweep down my road in pursuit of the uneatable foxes who raid the food waste bins. Either way, I think, over the years, people who'd previously have contemplated buying on the Ladder have steadily "discovered" the slightly more villagey atmosphere around Glenwood, Woodlands Park, Conway and Avondale roads, at least judging by similar signs of building work, loft conversions and increasingly fancy house prices. Unsure what impact the St Ann's development will have, but you're probably right. Haven't been to 33 yet, but aim to try it.
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That's the Harringay Levels, Don! Quiet tree-lined streets with no through traffic, friendly people who actually know each other and great street parties.
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Well, I’ve lived in Glenwood for decades and had no idea we had a geographical nomenclature of our own! Agree about traffic, trees and neighbours, but I seem to have missed the street party bit, alas.
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Permalink Reply by Alfred Jahn on
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I went in the evening a few weeks ago. It looks very nice inside. We had some of the tapas, a few beers and a very tasty cocktail. Highlight of the evening: the flirtatious waiter/owner kissed us good bye!
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