Comments on a rather unusual chinaman: The importance of the local: The Florence, Herne H...

Oh another Herne Hill/Brixtonite - me too! I love...

2010-05-24T17:54:57.003+01:00

Oh another Herne Hill/Brixtonite - me too! I love the Florence, lovely to see all different faces, ages, types of people there - kids and old, people on their own and groups. Had a lovely pork belly there and wanting to go back to try the terrace. They also have a children's play room which says a lot about Herne Hill :)

Lovely review.

Sasha @ The Happiness Project London

Ps My review here FYI: http://thehappinessprojectlondon.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/the-florence-131-133-dulwich-road-se24-ong/

Nice post... pretty sure I will see you on Wednesd...

2010-05-24T03:15:34.904+01:00

Nice post... pretty sure I will see you on Wednesday for the second round at the Florence against the meat wagon this time no concert that day so I can relax and eat as much as I can...

An awesome post. I used to live in the area and t...

2010-05-22T22:29:08.065+01:00

An awesome post. I used to live in the area and to put it mildly things are changing when bloggers start going there...

I have very little time left in London but this made my list for the pure localness of it...

Thanks for the review

What a great local to have - a bit far for me thou...

2010-05-20T12:24:00.863+01:00

What a great local to have - a bit far for me though...

I am so glad the florence is my local - its an ama...

2010-05-20T12:09:13.823+01:00

I am so glad the florence is my local - its an amazing pub, brilliant food, friendly staff and dog. It's my reason for staying in Herne Hill as long as I have, I never want to leave.

A corker of a pub isn't it. I feel the same ab...

2010-05-20T12:05:31.239+01:00

A corker of a pub isn't it. I feel the same about ED, when I lived there I hardly ever frequented the pubs for the same reasons - too trendy and too expensive. Lacking a bit of character too. Your photos are really gorgeous by the way.

That chicken looks amazing! I know it's not qu...

2010-05-20T11:54:12.750+01:00

That chicken looks amazing! I know it's not quite a case of Cheers, where 'everyone knows your name' but there is a tremendous comfort in a reliable local, especially when they'll feed you that well.

Love it Mr T. Pull up a stool with me any time. I ...

2010-05-20T11:49:09.213+01:00

Love it Mr T. Pull up a stool with me any time. I am bloody happy that it's my actual local (although I suppose the Half Moon is closer, Florence every time ;))

Aww - this place sounds lovely. Esp liking that cr...

2010-05-20T11:47:18.687+01:00

Aww - this place sounds lovely. Esp liking that cripsy fried chicken.

As you know, I really like the Florence. It's ...

2010-05-20T11:22:11.981+01:00

As you know, I really like the Florence. It's not exactly local, being about half an hour away from me but it's not a hard journey and it's worth it.

My proper local, The Royal Albert, is a 15min walk and is great, though I'm yet to try the food.

You make me want to find a decent local of my own,...

2010-05-20T10:08:23.492+01:00

You make me want to find a decent local of my own, though in truth, I'm not much of a pub girl... lovely post.

Nice post. It got me thinking: I've never real...

2010-05-20T09:04:28.934+01:00

Nice post. It got me thinking: I've never really had a local. As you may know, I am quite a bit younger than you, and since I've been of drinking age I've never really resided in one area - like you explained with your moves around South London, you tend to move around and hardly stick in one place around this age. Where I live now (Wembley) the options are pitiful. Shameful pubs which serve awful beer, crap food and make amazing amounts of money on event days at Wembley Stadium. My two visits to The Florence in the past week just make me think that if a pub like that is worth half an hour or an hour on a train then so is moving to be closer to it. I'm going to bear it in mind when I'm looking at properties for my next move...

(Sorry for the incoherent comment)