Croydon In The 2010s - Differences between Version 41 and Version 20 of Alchemy, 28-30 St George's Walk

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Nightclub on [[Locale St George's Walk\|St George's Walk]].	Business premises on [[Locale St George's Walk\|St George's Walk]].
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It opened in August 2014 as a Caribbean bar and restaurant offering halal meat and a lunchtime buffet. According to a member of staff in December 2019, they stopped operating as a restaurant in mid-2019 due to disruption caused by demolition of the other half of St George's Walk, but are planning to resume restaurant activities at some point during 2020.	As of August 2014 it's vacant, but signs have appeared on the frontage for a bar and restaurant called Alchemy (tagline: The Art of Fusion <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/14919164875/ photo]</small>) — though there are no clues as to when this is due to open.
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See also: * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/15062797015/ Photo of A-board outside Alchemy in August 2014] * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/15092611930/ Photo of Alchemy buffet plate from September 2014] * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/35923607744/ Photo of Alchemy menu from July 2017] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20210116153444/http://dicaripeanfoodie.com/london/alchemy-croydon/ Di Caripean Foodie review of Alchemy]	It was previously occupied by Victoria Island <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/8110148410/ photo]</small>, a licensed cafe/restaurant which closed some time between October 2013 and June 2014.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130410005403/http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk:80/Victoria-Island-restaurant-Croydon-promises/story-17123981-detail/story.html Croydon Advertiser article on Victoria Island]	* [http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Victoria-Island-restaurant-Croydon-promises/story-17123981-detail/story.html Croydon Advertiser article on Victoria Island]
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See also: * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/15092616920/ Photo of Alchemy menu from September 2014] * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/15092621110/ Photo of Alchemy flyer from September 2014]
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<div class="last_verified">Existence last checked in December 2019.</div>
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category='Bars,Nightclubs'	category='Vacant'
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fax='AlchemyCroydon'	fax=''
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host='2a00:1098:86:4d:c0ff:ee:15:900d'	host='81.187.166.218'
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latitude='51.372979' locale='Central Croydon,Croydon,St George's Walk' longitude='-0.098317'	latitude='51.372453' locale='Croydon,St George's Walk' longitude='-0.096738'
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phone='020 8667 1670'	phone=''
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summary='Vacant business premises on St George's Walk, previously a British/Nigerian bar/restaurant called Victoria Island Lounge.' summary='Nightclub on St George's Walk, previously Victoria Island Lounge, previously Taberner's Bar, previously CR0.'	summary='Vacant business premises on St George's Walk, previously a British/Nigerian bar/restaurant called Victoria Island Lounge.' summary='Nightclub on St George's Walk, previously Victoria Island Lounge, previously Taberner's Bar, previously CR0.'

Business premises on St George's Walk.

As of August 2014 it's vacant, but signs have appeared on the frontage for a bar and restaurant called Alchemy (tagline: The Art of Fusion photo) — though there are no clues as to when this is due to open.

It was previously occupied by Victoria Island photo, a licensed cafe/restaurant which closed some time between October 2013 and June 2014.

The premises were once occupied by a bar called CR0 photo, and then by another bar called Taberner's Bar photo. It was a British/African cafe by July 2012, though at that point it was called Queens Cafe photo of board outside; a month later it had changed its name to Victoria Island photo, though fairly clearly under the same management.

As of October 2012, there were signs in the window advertising both British food such as fish & chips and full English breakfast, and African food such as eba, pounded yam, and amala. Photos: 1, 2, 3. They also did a buffet at lunchtimes, with half a dozen dishes varying daily. As of November 2012 this wasn't an all-you-can-eat buffet; prices depended on the size of plate you wanted.