Comments on: So Long, Nathans Pie & Eels

By: Mary M

Mary M — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:47:45 +0000

First love your blog. One of my absolute favorites. And this story is so sad. How can the council not see that all the changes that are happening mean that the wealth and money is being taken out of the local businesses and local people, and instead given to corporations that have remove the money from the neighborhood? The jobs being created by the corporations are low wage jobs. Shops like “Nathans” can’t be replicated by a corporation. Unfortunately, these stories are happening all over the westernized world. How people can think that companies like Starbucks with surly, low-paid employees are somehow better for the world than someplace like Nathans makes no sense to me.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:35:41 +0000

Do have parsley sauce, not gravy, and do try a little with the chili vinegar, which is in bottles on the tables (Londoners call it ‘moody vinegar).

🙂

By: mlaiuppa

mlaiuppa — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:15:04 +0000

Some developer has their eye on that block so they drive the rents up until the businesses have to move or shut down. It’s deplorable.

I love pies. I’ve been to England three times for long weekends; Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. Every time I’ve sought out a place neat the hotel that made good pasties and that’s what I lived on for 4 days. If I could, I’d fill my suitcase with them on the return trip.

I’ve tried in vain to recreate the pasty in my own kitchen but it just isn’t the same.

So sad that if I ever get to London I will not be able to have a pie at Nathan’s. That would have been tops on my list, along with the Hounds of Hackney Downs.

By: Chris C

Chris C — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:36:04 +0000

What a crying shame – they are ripping the heart out of our country, we will have no links to the past, our children will be the poorer for not being able to experience their cultures and traditions.

By: Joan Halliday

Joan Halliday — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:24:04 +0000

The tragedy is that these traditional LONDON eateries are being forced out of business.
They should be protected from greedy councils.
Pie and mash, jellied eels are some of the low cost foods that kept Londoners fed, along with fish and ships, faggots and lease pudding. Cheap, cheerful and healthy.
Soon there will be none left. There should be a revival of these traditional foods.
Please some chef take note. Don’t let the pie shops disappear!

By: Martin Loughlin

Martin Loughlin — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:22:53 +0000

What a shame. More history, culture and traditions lost.

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:50:17 +0000

G’day from Australia Brisbane, so sad to read about the store closing.

More history and tradition lost. Will they be selling anything from the store?

I collect shop paper bags / packets with logos on them.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:07:49 +0000

Annie, The Labour council is his landlord, and they also set the rates. So they are the ‘market forces’. Contracting out renting to a third party is what Tories are usually blamed for. 100 percent rent increase? The council are just soaking local businesses, until they hit the wall it seems.

By: eimear greaney

eimear greaney — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:59:30 +0000

I started following your blog recently and really enjoy your writing. So sad to here of places like this closing, especially when it is related to overheads such as rent. I think I am also thinking that coffee houses that sell cheap food and get a higher margin (and cause tremendous amount of litter and waste) can pay these big rents, where as a place that serves well made, more nourishing food (on real crockery) with higher overheads is unable to compete…..

By: Annie G

Annie G — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:20:45 +0000

This makes me very angry. Good business, sound reputation, solid part of a community and all priced out of existence by market forces.