Credit Crunch Deadpool

andy

Take no pleasure in this, but it seems like a bunch of places are shutting down or on the edge of going. This month seems really tough for retail+restaurants. So far we've got: - Woolworths (in CE) - Pick More Daisies (in CE) - London Grooming (Dog Grooming place on Tollington closed just before christmas) and "The Plaza", formerly Red Rita, looks like it's closed but I'm not sure. And I'm not sure if we count Chrysos as an early victim.

Colette

Also Florians in CE.

poxy

The furniture shop in CE, Myers(?) has also gone. As has the Kompressor place on SGR.

David

On the flip side you have the fruit-on-a-wallpaper-pasting-table stand at the corner of Well's Terrace expanding into their shiny new Global International Continental Supermarket. They've even expanded their range from solely fruit to fruit and toilet paper now that they have a roof.

andy

Of course, L'An 2000 Kompressor! How quickly we forget. Florians has been replaced by ["St James N8"](http://www.stjamesn8.co.uk/), which seems to have been decorated in some weird retro-Eighties NY Gordon-Gekko-era Wall Street style. Or at least, someone in Crouch End's memory of that style. I imagine they play Kenny Loggins ["Danger Zone"](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1a_ikfUico) in there every night.

Colette

Christ.
At those prices I give in 3 months, tops.

markpack

Also the Natural Cafe in CE (was next to Woolworths).

ShaunG

Andy - I'm sure you must be right. If you look at their facebook page you'll see it's actually being run by Kenny Loggins: 

hellojo

Apparently Jack's off licence on SGR opposite Jai Krishna isn't doing too well - so anyone that has given up booze for January should giveup now and go and support them

tosscat

Oh no - that'd mean no (decent) sherry suppliers at all on the strip!

Colette

What? Jack's cannot go.

David

I can't believe Jacks is on its way out. I spend 95% of my salary in there.

jandb

Me neither. There's always a steady stream of people in and out - but maybe that's not enough.

Giles

Jack's beer selection is brilliant.

A couple of casualties on Crouch Hill - Rose restaurant on our side and a clothes shop ("Under Grace"?) on CE side.

katiejane

Utopia seems to have closed down too.

Ali

Fried Chicken take away oposite new SGR flat developmnet just past Woodstock Rd gone !

Alison13

I'm not sure about Utopia. There are signs in the windows, but if you look at the very small writing after "Closing down" it says "for refurbishment"

groli

Fried chicken place by Woodstock has been closed for ages it belongs to the shop next door and up until recently they seemed to be doing some building work inside

matt

Met's hairdressers are doing haircuts for £5 Credit Crunch is cited as being the reason, though I expect everybody needing more hair at winter is also contributing

graeme

Can anyone confirm if Jacks is closed please? I don't often walk past it, but I went last sunday and it was closed (though assumed that was because it was a sunday?)

Thanks. Last time I was in there, guy behind the counter was in the middle of a conversation about "only little people pay tax", so can't believe they're not raking it in...

Colette

Um, I'm pretty sure it was open yesterday. I'll check tonight.

David

Always shut on Sundays I believe until quite later.

missfrancesca

I was in Jacks last night to buy booze to accompany my lovely dinner at Jai Krishna. Visitors from out of the area were impressed by the price of wine in there.

matt

Jacks is still well and truly open but he did refuse to order some Aperol in for me. Too specialist! So I will have to walk over the hill to the rip-off Italian Deli in CE every time I need a bottle - they charge £20 when the going rate is £15 online or £17 somewhere else less convenient.

graeme

thanks all!