Rub - Slow Food & Milk Bar

krappyrubsnif

Osteria Tufo is more expensive

Arkady

Pulled pork is more exciting than anything, ever.<br>

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Papa

<a href="http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/comment/10773">The great Stroud Green Road Hanoi Grill Vietnamese restaurant saga</a><br>

dion

Hanoi could have had 5 years' worth of decent trade by now. At least my use of apostrophe's has improved since the summer of 2008

Arkady

Misscara, you haven't seen the way I pull pork.

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tosscat

<P>Just got a message from them, they are opening this week, hopefully tomorrow.</P>

Fin

Rub opens tomorrow....

poxy

First!

krappyrubsnif

What's it like then? Saw a few customers scoffing.

Mirandola

C'mon Poxy, tell all.

poxy

It's not perfect but, it's pretty damned close. The food is bloody great. It's a fantastic addition to SGR. Somebody did their homework and pitched it just right.

N2n4

what did you have? menu looked good if a little limited on mains. Seemed to be more about milkshakes and desserts but all sounded amazing <prepares to let belt out a notch><div><br></div>

poxy

We split a pulled pork and jerk chicken, each with rice. Both cooked and flavoured well (spicy without being overpowering). We had two sides as well: sauerkraut with (homemade, I think) pickles and jerked beans. All really, really good. We split one vanilla milkshake: good. The bill came to £22. Bargain. We'll be back and we'll be back soon.

poxy

Anyway, I like the Rub/Season school of menus. Keep it short but, do it well.

Mirandola

Do you think if would be okay to take a baby there? At lunch and with baby hopefully asleep...

roxy

Two thumbs up for Rub, coming from a Texan. Meat cooked well. Laid back and family friendly. A good meal out.

Mirandola

Good enough to be on Man vs Food?

ChangN4N6

Maybe Maureen Lipman should go to the World Cafe/was Chapter One? Chang

Marquis

Any veggie options? Or just sides?

poxy

http://twitter.com/sockformation/status/362279367147126784

Papa

Sounds great, does it sell booze as well?<br><br>That menu says cold beer to me not milkshake.<br>

tomp

Unlicensed (currently, maybe theres one in the pipeline)<div><br></div><div>Its a little strange format, i think they're going for the teenage friends / dates market, and should clean up as a result. From what i could see y<span style="font-size: 10pt;">ou have to pay up front (like in a pub..) and put your tick box order in at the counter. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">But its definitely a sit down restaurant, which makes paying in advance just weird. </span></div><div>what if i want another drink or dessert - do you have to visit the counter each time and pay?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

Arkady

They do that at one of the 'gourmet' burger places... GBK? It's a tad annoying.  Menu looks ace though.<br>

andy

<i><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">From what i could see y</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ou have to pay up front (like in a pub..) and put your tick box order in at the counter.</span></i><div><i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></i></div><div><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All the kids love the Nandos way</span></div>

poxy

<P>@tomp Like I said: it's not perfect. The paying-up front thing was one niggle.  The other being the "Highbury N5" sign hanging on the wall!</P> <P>Anyway, I think they have done a fantastic job in Rub.  Every place needs to get into its stride.  Give it a couple of weeks and I'm sure it will become a local favourite.   </P>

Arkady

That 'Highbury N5' nonsense will not stand.  What are they, an estate agent?<br><br>That said, I noticed a house for sale on Ashley Road being advertised as being in Stroud Green.  Not a ridiculous claim, but I did think it said something about the current cachet of SG over Crouch End and 'Crouch Hill'.  Maybe people will stop pretending that Crouch Hill is a neighbourhood, as opposed to a train station and a road.<br>

Papa

Highgate Slopes is my favourite for Archway,<br><br>They should make Rub BYO that would work.<br><br>Stroud Green's prime market is grown-ups - they like a drink with their meal.<br><br>Dhonia has loads more people eating in since they did it there.<br>

krappyrubsnif

Closed at lunchtime today. Maybe people don't date at lunchtime. Or they're still pulling the pork.