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Drinks & Nightlife

Trendy pop-up venue made out of shipping containers. Small business - start-up initiative. Locally made beer, lots of food, wine and music etc...
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Pop Brixton
49 Brixton Station Rd
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Trendy pop-up venue made out of shipping containers. Small business - start-up initiative. Locally made beer, lots of food, wine and music etc...
Lovely local neighbourhood pub - my favourite. If you want a traditional (not a gastro pub!) local pub, this is the one. Great pub quiz on Thursday nights, need to book. You can order takeaways to pub
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Elm Park Tavern
76 Elm Park
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Lovely local neighbourhood pub - my favourite. If you want a traditional (not a gastro pub!) local pub, this is the one. Great pub quiz on Thursday nights, need to book. You can order takeaways to pub
Great bar / restaurant with live music / DJs. Used to be the old Conservative club and still has pictures of the Queen and 70s wallpaper on the wall!
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Effra Social
89 Effra Rd
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Great bar / restaurant with live music / DJs. Used to be the old Conservative club and still has pictures of the Queen and 70s wallpaper on the wall!
Nice pub opposite the Jamm - good for a drink before seeing a gig.
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Crown and Anchor
246 Brixton Rd
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Nice pub opposite the Jamm - good for a drink before seeing a gig.
Lovely pub (similar to the Elm Park Tavern) with a beer garden.
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Trinity Arms
45 Trinity Gardens
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Lovely pub (similar to the Elm Park Tavern) with a beer garden.
Large pub with a great beer garden and BBQ during summer weekends.
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The Duke of Edinburgh Pub | Brixton
204 Ferndale Road
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Large pub with a great beer garden and BBQ during summer weekends.
Long standing Brixton cub - I'm too old for it now, but can be fun!
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Dogstar
389 Coldharbour Ln
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Long standing Brixton cub - I'm too old for it now, but can be fun!
Fairly new bar serving good nibbles and cocktails in hipster decor. Good place for a quiet-ish drink.
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Three Eight Four
384 Coldharbour Ln
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Fairly new bar serving good nibbles and cocktails in hipster decor. Good place for a quiet-ish drink.
Slightly posh wine bar. (I asked for a Spritzer once which did not go down well). They do wine tastings and it is very civilised, you will be well looked after.
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The Wine Parlour
1 Vining St
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Slightly posh wine bar. (I asked for a Spritzer once which did not go down well). They do wine tastings and it is very civilised, you will be well looked after.
Great pub which gets pretty loud at the weekends.
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White Horse Brixton
94 Brixton Hill
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Great pub which gets pretty loud at the weekends.
Great cocktails. Quirky seating area upstairs.
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Seven at Brixton
UNIT 7 MARKET ROW
47 preporuka/e lokalaca
Great cocktails. Quirky seating area upstairs.

Food Scene

Hipster coffee shop
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Federation Coffee
Coldharbour Lane
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Hipster coffee shop
One of the first cafes in Brixton market - good for healthy, vegan fans... Good coffee too.
Rosie's
Coldharbour Lane
One of the first cafes in Brixton market - good for healthy, vegan fans... Good coffee too.
New-ish hipster cafe
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F. Mondays
112A Brixton Hill
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New-ish hipster cafe
Another new hipster coffee shop - always very popular and busy.
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Stir Coffee Brixton
111 Brixton Hill
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Another new hipster coffee shop - always very popular and busy.
Great pub for Sunday Roasts. Make sure you book. They sometimes do movie screenings and life drawing classes.
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The Prince Regent, Herne Hill
69 Dulwich Rd
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Great pub for Sunday Roasts. Make sure you book. They sometimes do movie screenings and life drawing classes.
Great dim sum restaurant - would recommend.
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Courtesan
69-73 Atlantic Rd
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Great dim sum restaurant - would recommend.
Amazing Japanese restaurant serving Osakan street food (a sort of pancake) Highly recommend.
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Tržnica Brixton Village
Unit 74 Coldharbour Ln
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Amazing Japanese restaurant serving Osakan street food (a sort of pancake) Highly recommend.
Yummy savoury and sweet crepes - good for brunch. Must try the 'BBC' - butterscotch, banana and cream!
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Senzala Creperie
41-42 Coldharbour Ln
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Yummy savoury and sweet crepes - good for brunch. Must try the 'BBC' - butterscotch, banana and cream!
If you like American style pancakes - this is the place for you!
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Burnt Toast Cafe
Unit 88 Coldharbour Ln
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If you like American style pancakes - this is the place for you!
Cute cafe, good for brunch and close by!
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Le Dailycorner Café
21 Upper Tulse Hill
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Cute cafe, good for brunch and close by!
Great cafe, part of a chain, but still bloody good cakes.
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GAIL's Bakery Abbeville Road
71 Abbeville Rd
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Great cafe, part of a chain, but still bloody good cakes.
Lovely Tapas restaurant / bar open Thursday - Sunday evenings under the church. Romantic and good for dates!
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Gremio de Brixton
Brixton Hill
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Lovely Tapas restaurant / bar open Thursday - Sunday evenings under the church. Romantic and good for dates!
The triple cooked chips are AMAZING.
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Honest Burgers Brixton
82 preporuka/e lokalaca
The triple cooked chips are AMAZING.
Began in Brixton and is now all over London. Best pizzas out, made with sourdough.
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Franco Manca
52 Broadway Market
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Began in Brixton and is now all over London. Best pizzas out, made with sourdough.
Great cafe and cheese shop. Nice seating place upstairs and they do good cake too. Place next door on the corner also great (don't know the name!)
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Salon
18 Market Row
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Great cafe and cheese shop. Nice seating place upstairs and they do good cake too. Place next door on the corner also great (don't know the name!)
Great Caribbean / Jerk Chicken restaurant. Need to book usually, even if going early.
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Negril
132 Brixton Hill
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Great Caribbean / Jerk Chicken restaurant. Need to book usually, even if going early.
Great pub, good for Sunday roasts.
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The Abbeville
67-69 Abbeville Rd
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Great pub, good for Sunday roasts.

Everything Else

Best thing about Brixton, and possibly London!
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Brixton Village
Coldharbour Lane
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Best thing about Brixton, and possibly London!
Outdoor swimming pool - unheated so only for the brave! Packed in summer and great fun. They also have a gym and yoga classes etc. Great cafe / restaurant too.
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Brockwell Lido
Dulwich Road
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Outdoor swimming pool - unheated so only for the brave! Packed in summer and great fun. They also have a gym and yoga classes etc. Great cafe / restaurant too.
Various drop-in yoga classes.
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Yoga Point
122 Dalberg Rd
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Various drop-in yoga classes.
My hairdresser - highly recommend Jose!
Myla and Davis
431-433 Coldharbour Ln
My hairdresser - highly recommend Jose!

Sightseeing

Underground music venue - next to an actual windmill!
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The Windmill
22 Blenheim Gardens
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Underground music venue - next to an actual windmill!

Shopping

One of my favourite shops in Brixton village, full of individual quirky finds - lots of homemade stuff, good for gifts.
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Brixi
Coldharbour Lane
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One of my favourite shops in Brixton village, full of individual quirky finds - lots of homemade stuff, good for gifts.
Beautiful vintage clothes shop run by a lovely Parisian girl.
Leftovers
Brixton Road
Beautiful vintage clothes shop run by a lovely Parisian girl.
Beautiful homeware shop (in the style of Kinfolk magazine)
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Cornercopia
Unit 37-38 Coldharbour Ln
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Beautiful homeware shop (in the style of Kinfolk magazine)
Great 2nd hand bookshop. Been here for years. Resident dog in the window. Never know what you might find...
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BookMongers
439 Coldharbour Ln
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Great 2nd hand bookshop. Been here for years. Resident dog in the window. Never know what you might find...

Essentials

Large Sainsbury's supermarket if you are so inclined...
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Sainsbury's
2 Tulse Hill
942 preporuka/e lokalaca
Large Sainsbury's supermarket if you are so inclined...
Organic and wholefood supermarket, reasonably priced. OPEN: Mon 09.30-19.00 ¦ Tue, Wed, Thu 09.30-17.30 ¦ Fri 09.30-18.00 ¦ Sat 09.30-17.30
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Brixton Wholefoods
59 Atlantic Rd
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Organic and wholefood supermarket, reasonably priced. OPEN: Mon 09.30-19.00 ¦ Tue, Wed, Thu 09.30-17.30 ¦ Fri 09.30-18.00 ¦ Sat 09.30-17.30
Excellent farmers market every Sunday from 10-4pm. Highly recommend.
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Tržnica Herne Hill
Railton Road
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Excellent farmers market every Sunday from 10-4pm. Highly recommend.

Arts & Culture

Great cafe and bar, and you can take drinks into the film. They show both blockbusters and arthouse films and have regular Q and A's with big names. Brilliant place to hang out if not see a film!
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Ritzy Cinema and Cafe
26 Coldharbour Ln
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Great cafe and bar, and you can take drinks into the film. They show both blockbusters and arthouse films and have regular Q and A's with big names. Brilliant place to hang out if not see a film!
New museum charting the history of black lives in London - very pertinent to Brixton which has a huge Afro-Caribbean population and history.
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Black Cultural Archives
1 Windrush Square
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New museum charting the history of black lives in London - very pertinent to Brixton which has a huge Afro-Caribbean population and history.
One of London's best live music venues - always packed and always fun.
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Hootananny Brixton
95 Greater
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One of London's best live music venues - always packed and always fun.
Live music venue showing A-list bands including Pixies and Ben Harper (playing in 2016) among others. Touts sell tickets outside Brixton station on the night, but best to book online in advance.
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O2 Academy, Brixton
211 Stockwell Rd
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Live music venue showing A-list bands including Pixies and Ben Harper (playing in 2016) among others. Touts sell tickets outside Brixton station on the night, but best to book online in advance.
Music venue - look online for listings and tickets.
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Electric Brixton
Brixton Hill
71 preporuka/e lokalaca
Music venue - look online for listings and tickets.
(Slightly ropey) live music venue who sometimes have good names. I saw Findlay Quaye there once.
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Brixton Jamm
261 Brixton Rd
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(Slightly ropey) live music venue who sometimes have good names. I saw Findlay Quaye there once.
Great art gallery showing very well known artists, with beautiful cafe and gardens. Dulwich village is well worth an explore. Take the P5 bus from Brixton.
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Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
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Great art gallery showing very well known artists, with beautiful cafe and gardens. Dulwich village is well worth an explore. Take the P5 bus from Brixton.