When is Hanoi Grill going to open?

dion

It's website is still in progress it seems. Anyone know? I quite fancy some Vietnamese food.

Bridget

So do I!

katiejane

It's all gone very quiet since they put the sign up hasn't it?

andy

Maybe because of supply chain problems at the Gulf of Tonkin Grill.

matt

I looked inside the other day and inside looks unchanged since the Greek(?) place closed down?

Colette

I'm starting to get a bit worried that it's never going to open.

katiejane

They're taking the sign down! : (

Colette

What? I walked past last night and it actually looked like it was close to opening - the lights were on and I could see a bar and quite a lot of other stuff in there.
Sigh, this is most disappointing.

jandb

I guess it's not the greatest time to be starting/expanding a business, so maybe it's not a great surprise.

tosscat

Yes, I noticed this on the way back from work this evening. Such a shame. Soup kitchen anyone?

Bridget

Oh no. We would have filled it up and kept it going. Id love a Vietnamese now. Arrgh.

Such a shame, I used to like going to Kingsland Road when I lived nearby but its a mare to park there now and with an ankle biter a bit tricky to get out much.

Booooooo! I was really looking forward to them opening.

matt

Dotori should move in there, they're full every night these days!

Giles

After going to Vietnam, I fell in love with the food and used to make regular trips to Kingsland Road ( Song Que ) but also post two children that happens less often.

I was put off by the Hanoi caff marketing healthy food. Vietnamese food is good balanced healthy stuff, but if I'm walking down a high street "healthy" turns me off - I'll expect underseasoned food and earnest people in peruvian hats.

Ali

I have heard from on of the other shop keepers that they were unable to get loan from the bank to open up although there is lots of work going on so don’t what is actually going in there

katiejane

Blimey - they've removed the whole shop front this morning...

andy

This place was getting a serious working over the last few days. Is this the landlord making it lettable or is something else about to be opened?

verga

@ dion

Do you not know the difference between it's and its?

@ matt

Yes, Dotori should move in, but only as long as they get a bigger fridge for there red wine and beer.

sophie

@ verga do you not know the difference between there and their? no offence, like, but you started it.

andy

hoist on your own a grammar-related petard. my its/it's knowledge is particularly shocking

Philistine'sMonster

A "pancake place" is what I heard. May be nothing more than idle gossip, though, so don't take my word for it.

katiejane

my old dutch? or are we talking crepes I wonder?

unaesthetic

ihop?!

andy

crepe affair? <http://www.crepeaffaire.com/news.htm>; Older members of this site will remember the site's enduring fascination with [crepes](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/153/) and [waffles](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/127/waffles/). So maybe it's just the market catching up. Next up, [Laser Quest](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/209/#Comment_1269)

unaesthetic

belgium waffles?

tosscat

A grammar discussion? Colette, hello!

verga

@ dion - sorry, to point out your mistake and make one myself - how embarrasing! Maybe I should pay more attention in future.

jandb

I thinks it's embarrassing rather than embarrasing too.

tosscat

Let's not comment on comma usage either.

matt

@unaesthetic: I'd all but blocked that out! and now it's back!

tosscat

While we're on the subject, when is Mela going to reopen - that refurb must be stunning. Will it be featured on a Grand Designs commercial premises special?

Colette

Hi Tosscat. I've been away. I'm back though now.