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Stopped in and said hello on way past last night, looks nice in there - will go in for dinner next week.
It's step up in terms of space and an example of a long-standing local business taking a risk and expanding, lend it your support folks if you can.
Help it become the success that Petek became when he also took the gamble of expanding all those years back.
@AtomGallery, as I was expressing my personal attitude towards the Deli, it was indeed all about me, as I was stating why I—not anyone else—rarely go there; if it's closing, it might be because aren't enough patrons around who are prepared to pay Highgate prices for bijou sausages the size of a cat's penis. Yes, it's a shame that people lose their jobs when a place closes down, to say nothing of whatever dreams the owner(s) may have had, but perhaps it will be replaced by a more viable enterprise which will also provide employment.
As for it being "a visible indication of somewhere that is prospering and would be a nice place to live", I agree with @fwiw. An area that prospers and is a nice place to inhabit is not necessarily one that sustains high prices. For me the Deli is overpriced, but even if you argue that the quality of their food warrants the prices, then we go back to the possibility that they're in the wrong area. Probably why Fortnum's is in Piccadilly, not SGR.
Nonetheless, I wasn't saying it should close down; I wasn't complaining about it being there; I was just saying it didn't matter to me whether it was there or not. If AtomGallery, cmo and Chrisd are happy to bankroll the place, that's just ducky!
No whinging or moaning? That's how we become aware of other people's feelings about SGR! It might even help push things in a better direction. No, no, no, let's all take our soma, and pretend there's absolutely nothing wrong with SGR, then these forums will be so much more interesting, and we can all feel warm and fluffy. Oh yes, and then without such discussion, things are bound to get better.
I think...
Therattle above is absolutely right: sadly Que Me went downhill in both the standards of the food and the service.
To be fair i blame TK Maxx and Primark for the downtown but still they were thriving.
guessing Neil a bit disillusioned after all the fuckery with gilly's fry bar?