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Walnut Cafe has closed down
I read the sign while walking from the station.
What a shame, I thought it was doing better now as it offered more options.
Or maybe the area is just struggling.
What a shame, I thought it was doing better now as it offered more options.
Or maybe the area is just struggling.
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It had seemed fairly busy recently, too.
Did Walnut close due to the Brexit vote?
No need for me to explain anything, I've never been an advocate of brexit.
Did you also not say that there were more than 100'000 people at a march but you don't know how to count such things?
Anyway Walnut would have shut due to the fact that 70% of all new business does not survive.
I would ask the forum if I have an old fashioned view on something though. Is it acceptable to crowd fund a Restaurant? I remember when this place first launched and the pitch was for all the kitchen equipment. Many thousands. I don’t understand why people don’t take the risk themselves? It feels like a piss take to me. The place in Crouch End “Here” did exactly the same. If you haven’t got the money, wait till you have. Don’t expect everyone else to fund your dream.
It seems more like a good way to get an advance on the money to help you set up without owing the bank.
I never understand the 'invest £100 get a free meal' theory, just go in there and buy the meal?
I started my business without any shoes to even put the string in which taught me more about lean enterprise then the MBA brigade seem to grasp.
Your last sentence sounds like the Monty python Yorkshire men sketch
"Ooh string. I used to dream of having a bit of string..." Etc
Mind you, I guess it was quieter in those days and sound travelled further.
Maybe the issue with both Walnut and Traiteur was that the food was good but the prices were too high for most locals to make it a regular thing. Not everyone can afford / wants to drop £40+ per head on a midweek meal - especially when you have more affordable options like Pasta Remoli, Petek, Pappagone etc.
I wonder if Walnut might have worked in Crouch End? Or even further up SGR without the dark windows. I imagine a lot of people walked past without knowing it was there.
I am sorry they have gone but went once for lunch and wasn't wowed. On the whole, I preferred Exeter Bakery.