West Hampstead Guy

I'm a NY Yankee living across the pond (in West Hampstead). Random tweets about the Knicks too

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@BrugniniFi79446 So Brunch and Crunch will be next to Chicken and Rice 😂

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

Anyone know what’s replacing 12th Street on West End Lane? It’s been closed and now there are building works going on

Chicken and Rice next door seems to be closed as well - not sure what’s going on with that one either!

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@MarcopoloLondon Yeah it did. Never saw anyone in there

[@WhampsteadLiving @WestHampsteadNW]

West Hampstead has public toilets. Frankly, they’re magnificent. 🚻

Down beneath West End Green: tiled walls,fabulous old ironwork,huge ceramic basins and a resident attendant.

Free to use and cleaner than a few local establishments I could mention 😁

Have you ever been down?

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@WestHampsteadNW @WELBooks Reckon bookshops per capita is a lot higher in Crouch End and Muswell Hill than in West Hampstead?

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

House of Books is being replaced by a carpet and flooring shop

Interesting they seem to be doing well in Crouch End and Muswell Hill but they couldn’t make it work in West Hampstead 🤷‍♂️

[@WhampsteadLiving @WestHampsteadNW]

Salt Lounge in West Hampstead is no more as a nightclub.

After a long, and sometimes troubled, late-night history at 269 West End Lane, it’s under new ownership and becoming HOUSE OF SK, a private events space.

I can find no recent Camden licensing review forcing the change.

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@MarcopoloLondon That was written 10 years ago I think. Prescient!

[@WhampsteadLiving @WestHampsteadNW]

Interesting at The Alliance today.

Activity at the pub this afternoon, with police entering the premises and a very prominent PUB TO LET board now appeared above the frontage.

Hopefully another step towards seeing The Alliance reopen as a pub.
#WestHampstead #SaveTheAlliance

[Tetramesh @Tetramesh]

#OnThisDay 1975: An intense rainstorm, the highest ever recorded short-duration rainfall in London, caused considerable damage to properties in parts of Hampstead, West Hampstead and Kilburn. Left photo - Ham & High.
➡️ https://t.co/3vnTkOINZf

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

The new name is a bit too much on the nose…

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@withnail69 @HampsteadHighSt I think there was local speculation that it could turn into a whole foods. But nothing confirmed

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

Anyone know what’s replacing Amazon Fresh on West End Lane?

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@MilaGriebel Shhh

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@proptechpioneer I think the prob with Amazon fresh was that it didn’t differentiate itself from the other supermarkets - and the brand was pretty stale

Whole foods is a bit different imho

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@proptechpioneer Personally I reckon whole foods would do quite well in the area. I wouldn’t mind if they gave it a go

Btw I think it’s planet organic in Queen’s Park (and Hampstead)

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@proptechpioneer The footfall around the WH interchange area is significantly higher than QP

Will be interesting to see what happens!

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@proptechpioneer Given the other tenants on that strip, I reckon Apex will go for a well known brand

I could def see a whole foods/planet organic or boots there

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@markgoldberg_ Interesting thanks. I figure something is in the works though because it’s been empty for a while and it’s not up for rent on any of the commercial property sites

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@proptechpioneer Stop it right now

[West Hampstead Guy @WH_guy]

@Rishi_K_S @v_alexey That press release was from March and seems to refer to store openings through June.

I kinda wonder if it’ll be a whole foods because I haven’t seen that site come up for rent - so maybe it’ll take over the lease internally