Archive for July 2009
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Reading rail user group proposed
I mentioned in a previous post last week’s Reading Borough Council Scrutiny Panel meeting with First Great Western and Network Rail. I have to do the right thing and confess that I wasn’t present on the occasion, simply because I work in London and wasn’t able to get back to Reading in time (my fault, [...]
Workhouse Coffee getting refit
A new Workhouse Coffee is in the works. The new-look cafe will look like this (according to WHC’s Eva Marie Fels):
Will have a completely new flooring system.
All new espresso machines including a unit being built in Italy right now that is not for market release until 2010.
Look even less than it already does like a shop [...]
Zerodegrees wins Pub Design Award
A local UI designer, Ros Horner, reached out to me recently, saying that Reading’s Zerodegrees had won a CAMRA Pub Design Award in the new build category.
Ros observed in her blog post:
It goes to show that Real Ale doesn’t have to be all beardy old beer bellies and horse brasses. (Not that there’s anything wrong with [...]
Las Iguanas Reading throw launch party
Last night, I was fortunate enough to experience the Las Iguanas launch party, held at their new Reading restaurant at The Oracle Riverside. This was my first Las Iguanas (Spanish for “The Iguanas”) visit, although I’ve had a peek inside two of their other restaurants, in Brighton and on London’s South Bank.
I’m grateful to Lucy Harwood, Las Iguanas Marketing [...]
