Remember that Tesco on Crown Street?
You might remember that Tesco opened one of its “Metro” stores at the junction of Crown and London Streets around a year ago. We took this photo tonight because we thought you might be interested to see what’s happened to the local corner shop since.
Six months ago this shop - less than a minute’s walk [...]
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 [...]
Your chance to grill First Great Western boss
I was pretty stunned to read that Network Rail bosses are to receive six-figure bonuses. I don’t like seeing executives rewarded for failure anyway, but this really stung. The UK rail travel experience is often unpleasant and horrendously expensive.
Fortunately, if you feel similarly frustrated, you can have your say this coming Tuesday evening, as Network Rail and [...]
Local newspapers engage with Reading Twitter community
Like Reading’s blogosphere, the town’s Twitterverse is flourishing.
I believe we now have what can be described as a legitimate Reading identity (or strands of identity) on Twitter, shaped by 4 key developments:
#rdg was created
#rdgtweetup event and corresponding hashtag were created
Journalists from getreading/Reading Post and Reading Chronicle joined Twitter
Reading Chronicle and getreading/Reading Post began using #rdgnews to publish [...]
Workhouse Greg to sit Brewmaster exam
Workhouse Coffee’s Greg Costello is going from strength to strength.
Tomorrow he’s flying to Dublin to sit an exam that will certify him as a SCAE Gold Cup Brewmaster and then, next week, he’s off to Cologne “to look at more coffee rig stuff”.
Finally, Workhouse Coffee will undergo a makeover in July (please don’t [...]
getreading gets Twitter
Still on the microblogging theme, Reading Post journalists now have a Twitter presence:
Reading Post: @getreading
Leigh Mencarini : @LeMencs
Jonny Fordham: @JonnyFordham
Reading Tuttle tomorrow at ten
Twitterers, bloggers and other social media-ers will be meeting tomorrow morning at 10 (after they have voted, of course) at Workhouse Coffee for round 3 of the Thames Valley Social Media Cafe (TVSMC), now a permanent fixture thanks to Benjamin Ellis and Neville Hobson. A perfect opportunity to discuss the intersection of social media and [...]
Maple Iced Glazed doughnut gets me going
I think I may have discovered a great hangover remedy: the humble doughnut.
Thanks to several late-night sakes enjoyed with Sushi 108’s hyperactive talent Chris Allen, I was feeling a little less than bright and breezy on Saturday morning. I needed an urgent fix, preferably non-alcoholic.
Krispy Kreme was, for me, an unlikely destination. I normally go [...]
