New Restaurant: Brixton Village Grill

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On one of my regular strolls around one of my favourite places, Brixton Village market, this morning; we decided to have breakfast at Brixton Village Grill as a change from the crepes we usually go for next door a the brilliant Brick Box.


Recently opened it's a smart, portguguese eaterie with a look that is all chandeliers and bare plastered walls, which are adorned with Banksy art, including my favourite, "I can't believe you morons buy this shit!"

Image Source: http://www.brixtonvillagegrill.co.uk

Brixton Village Grill, as the name suggests, features an array of grilled meats and fish - ribs, chicken, steaks etc. As it was only 12pm and having eaten at another Portuguese restuarant, La Casita, only the night before we skipped all of this and I went for the vegetarian breakfast.


The vegetarian sausage was delicious, no cardboard Quorn or Linda McCartney here, as is the case in so many places, and the creamy mushrooms were a nice surprise. It also featured good quality bread and real butter and the most perfectly shaped fried eggs, although the beans were a little cold. It was only a breakfast though, and although good, doesn't really give a sense of how good the main menu wil be, so I'll definitely be back to try it out, well the fish part of it anyway (I don't eat meat).


I think it will be good fun on one of the regularly busy Thursday nights at the market, when it is open until 10pm.


Unit 43-44
Brixton Village
London
SW9 8PR

Sell A Minute Of Your Time - Part 1

Today I popped into Brixton Village market, in South London to sell a minute of my time for a pound. I had heard about this intriguing proposition over at the Londonist and decided to check it out.


The purchaser of my time was artist Brian Lobel, who has pitched up at the Brick Box cafe as part of his project Carpe Minuta Prima (seize the minute).


Each person gets to step into a darkened room with a camera and can do or say anything they like for a minute. At the end of the week Brian will collect all of the snippets together and produce an installation, from which people can buy their minute back (for a pound) or, interestingly, purchase the time of a complete stranger (burned onto DVD).


I was minute number 81 and Brian had been there since Monday, so by the end of the project on Saturday there should be lots of time collected.


Brian says that the project, "explores themes of economy, the value of our time and our work, the over-documenting of our lives and what it means to sign away your soul."

Brian Lobel: source the Londonist

I don't think my minute was particularly interesting, I am sure there were far more interesting uses of the time. I talked about my new passion for writing, an article I have just finished (about Brixton, co-incidentally) and finding my 'voice'. 


I think when I go back next week I'll purchase the time of a stranger and post the DVD up here for Part 2. It does sound a bit strange, I'll admit. That person may not want to feature on my blog - but to take part we each had to sign something saying we gave up any rights to that minute of time. We had sold it (you do actually receive a shiny £1 coin). So the purchaser of my time, if anyone buys it, will be able to do whatever they like with it. An interesting concept.


Brian is at Brick Box from 10am to 6pm until 26 February. Visit from 4 to 10 March to see the installation. Or find out more here. Brick Box, 41 Brixton Village, Coldhourbour Lane, SW9 8PR.