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This latest sports bar hits it out of the park for a night out
Baseball provides the latest sporting theme for a bar at Boxpark. Going in to bat for Inside Croydon was SANJANA IDNANI, who weighs up whether the concept is three strikes and out, or a home run Sluggers is an exhilarating … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Boxpark, Sanjana Idnani, Sluggers
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Where Mummy knows best: taste of Egypt comes to Boxpark
When SANJANA IDNANI heard that there was a new restaurant in town offering the best of Egyptian street food, she went along to find out more and, naturally, she took her Mum(my) A trip to Cairo might not be on … Continue reading
Celebrate July 4 with a free rum punch at Big Mike’s Lime
Celebrate American Independence Day at Big Mike’s Rooftop Lime this Sunday, July 4, with a free rum punch – and give yourself the chance of a holiday of a lifetime, too. Big Mike’s Rooftop Lime hits the Boxpark Terrace, open … Continue reading
Posted in Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark, Business, Restaurants
Tagged Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark
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The axeman cometh: the latest (really) bad idea for Boxpark
Croydon is about to get its first axe-throwing bar at Boozepark. That’s right: a bar, selling booze, next to East Croydon Station, providing axes to its customers as a form of recreation. In central Croydon, a place already with a … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council
Tagged Bad Axe, Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon Central, East Croydon station
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Rooftop Lime at Boxpark offers Barbados dream holiday prize
A Caribbean barbeque is coming to Croydon most summer Sundays, starting next month – and everyone who takes part will have the chance of winning a holiday of a lifetime Big Mike’s Rooftop Lime hits Boxpark next month. Boxpark is … Continue reading
Posted in Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark, Business, Restaurants
Tagged Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark, Mike Springer
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The highs and lows of starting a business in the pandemic
UNDER THE FLYOVER: In the latest episode of Inside Croydon’s podcast strand, ELLA HOPKINS interviews Mike Springer, the founder of Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen, about how the Croydon community helped to save his fledgeling business in the middle of the … Continue reading
READER OFFER: 10% off food collections at Calypso Kitchen
Inside Croydon readers can get 10 per cent off their orders for collections from Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen for the next month, and enjoy the totally tropical taste of the award-winning chef’s food. Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen at Boxpark is … Continue reading
Chocolate eggs giveaway as Big Mike cooks up Easter
A community-minded restaurant is giving away 200 chocolate Easter eggs this Saturday, as Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen gears up to finally be able to open for guests later next month. Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen moved in to premises at Boxpark … Continue reading
Indulge your mum this weekend – and help feed the homeless
A Caribbean restaurant based in East Croydon is offering to provide a free meal for homeless charity Croydon Nightwatch with every three-course meal for two ordered for collection or delivery over this coming Mother’s Day weekend. Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Charity, Croydon Nightwatch
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon Nightwatch, Mike Mike's Calypso Kitchen
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Armageddon! Boxpark predicts 50% businesses won’t survive
KEN LEE reports on how one heavily subsidised private landlord in the town centre is now lobbying for yet more public funding Half of Croydon’s retail and hospitality businesses won’t survive the coronavirus lockdown, according to Roger Wade, the owner … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Park Hotel, Fairfield Halls, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Labour, Roger Wade, Tony Newman
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Newman discovers climate emergency but offers little to fix it
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, was at the council’s ‘sustainability summit’ – staged in an unsustainable venue where guests were drinking from single-use cardboard cups – and found it to be full of contradictions Tony Newman, the Labour leader of … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Planning, Refuse collection, Shifa Mustafa, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Parking, Residents parking permits, Tony Newman, Westfield
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Unhappy tenants say they’re ready to quit loss-making Boxpark
It’s not been a great week for Boozepark. Then again, nor has it been great for Croydon Council, either, as it was they who provided a £3million loan and more than £400,000 in hand-outs of public money to help get … Continue reading
Sleep Out raises £45,000, but rough sleepers were not welcome
STEVEN DOWNES spent Sunday night speaking to the rough sleepers in the town centre who did not have a roof over the heads It is 10.45pm, and a cold, wintry wind whips along George Street as a handful of people … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Business, Charity, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Evolve, Jad Adams, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Boxpark, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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The Big Sleep Out, Croydon town centre, Mar 24
Posted in Boxpark, Charity, Croydon BID, Evolve, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon BID, Evolve Housing + Support, Steve Reed OBE
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Council pays £53m to buy ‘unloved’ Colonnades centre
The business “brains” at Fisher’s Folly have gone out and splurged £53million of public money to buy the freehold of the “unloved” and rarely visited Colonnades retail and leisure park – just as industry experts are warning that 200 such … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Property, Purley Way, Simon Hall, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boxpark, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Purley Way, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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What a relief! Boxpark traders get helping hand from council
Boxpark, the booze and food outlet in a collection of old shipping containers next to East Croydon Station, has been given yet more help from the council in an attempt to staunch its exodus of tenants. Boxpark’s dwindling number of … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Business Rates, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman
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HotBox launch party with David Rodigan, Boxpark, Apr 28
Posted in Activities, Boxpark, Dance, Music
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon, East Croydon station, HotBox
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‘Successful investment’ Boxpark reports a £500,000 loss
Boxpark Croydon made a loss of nearly £500,000 last year, according to accounts filed to Companies House. The operation, renting space to independent outlets selling street food and staging music and other events in a collection of disused shipping containers … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, East Croydon, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Roger Wade, Tony Newman
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More food outlets quit Boxpark as the £33 ticket raves go on
Only in Croydon could there be a council-subsidised venue which tries to charge potential customers an entry fee so that they can get in and buy a £10 burger. Town Hall correspondent KEN LEE reports While other bars, pubs and … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Tony Newman
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Council fails to publish papers for Boxpark licensing meeting
The council’s administration of its public meetings has again fallen short, ahead of a licensing sub-committee due to be held at the Town Hall tomorrow morning. The last licensing committee meeting has become a matter of controversy because neither the … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, Jane Avis
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Jane Avis, Licensing sub-committee
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Owner ‘rises to the challenge’ as businesses quit Boxpark
“Stop sort of complaining about your lot and get on with rising to the challenge, that’s my message to people,” businessman Roger Wade said recently. “You can’t have the council going out trying to protect local businesses.” Wade is the … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, East Croydon, Mark Watson, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Conservative, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Labour, Roger Wade, Tony Newman, Tory
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Boozepark applies to extend bar opening times until 1am
KEN LEE, our Town Hall correspondent, has found some interesting documents on the council’s planning site Within nine months of opening, and Boxpark has been applying to Croydon Council to drop some of the conditions linked to its planning permission … Continue reading
#BoxparkBallsFund: Legal appeal hits its target in just 26 hours
There’s people on the pitch. They think it’s all over. It is now! OK, it may not be quite the same as winning the World Cup, but the generosity and encouragement offered by Inside Croydon’s readers over the past day … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Tony Newman
Tagged #BoxparkBallsFund, Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Tony Newman
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May Day: Please help our appeal against Boxpark legal threat
Inside Croydon has been around for nearly seven years, and never before have we asked for any financial help from our loyal reader. Until now. The website has incurred legal bills in defending – successfully, we’re happy to say – … Continue reading
