ALIGARGH in Crosspool

There are hipsters in Crosspool?

Not resident ones but they'd scoot over from neighbouring areas if there was somewhere worth going for an overpriced small can of beer.

A nice French bistro along the lines of Cafe Ceres would get my custom. Or a good quality Indian. Emphasis on the good as there is no shortage of average ones within a couple of miles.

A nice French bistro along the lines of Cafe Ceres would get my custom. Or a good quality Indian. Emphasis on the good as there is no shortage of average ones within a couple of miles.

Maybe the owners are thinking about flats. A failed restaurant/cafe can prove the lack of demand for that use, like the coffee place at the bottom of Lydgate Lane that magically turned into a house because no-one went to it.

New Indian restaurant opening in this building in next few months it seems. Good news.

On 02/03/2019 at 12:20, Bilge said:

New Indian restaurant opening in this building in next few months it seems. Good news.

Surprised given what happened to Aligarh- was hoping it was going to be a bar or something.

11 hours ago, makapaka said:

Surprised given what happened to Aligarh- was hoping it was going to be a bar or something.

Well it does have a bar and an outside seating area. They could make more of that. I'd happily sit outside with a beer on a summer evening.

From the last planning application it was supposed to be the chemist moving in from across the road with a pilates room upstairs. That must have fallen through. So this sounds better.

Update: replacement timber has been fixed to the previously rotting window sill and a bit of filler has been  applied. A small step forward after 5 years of nothing but at least the refurb has begun.

There does appear to be some works going off at present, though nothing too dramatic.

Let's hope it's worth the wait. 

Have read that owners now have Rajput in Commonside.

Reviews I have seen for Rajput agree on good food, but bad service.

Hopefully new place with same cooks but different service staff.

On 18/05/2019 at 13:46, MaxVinella said:

Have read that owners now have Rajput in Commonside.

 

Reviews I have seen for Rajput agree on good food, but bad service.

 

Hopefully new place with same cooks but different service staff.

Rajput food is top drawer use it regularly for takeaway.

only ate in once and I’m going back maybe 5 years but service wasn’t great.

 Owner seemed a nice fella.

could be good.