THE WORK HAS BEGUN
After a raucous farewell on Sunday night, a weary team packed up Village East yesterday as the builders started to move in. The last of our rehoused fixtures were delivered to their new owners and...
View ArticleCOMING UNDONE
It’s amazing – seven and a half years to build into what we were and barely two days to take it all apart. Today was the first time we’d got in to see our beloved home since relinquishing it to the...
View ArticleWHAT YOU CAN FIND IN A FIELD
The build is now well underway. Barely more than a floorboard left to remind us of what Village East used to look like. Whilst some of us are slogging away on exciting things like quotes for data...
View ArticleON A PLATE
We talk a lot about how things are going to look – where you’re going to sit, what you’ll gaze out on, how you’ll find your way around the place – but really, we’re mostly here for how things are going...
View ArticleTWO WEEKS TO GO
Back in the sweaty days of early July, we were basking in the sunshine and feeling smug that, oh yeah, this time we’d really nailed this organisation thing. Bang on. Weeks ahead of schedule. Ha. Now,...
View ArticleSITTING PRETTY
The last bank holiday of the year is already here – Carnival weekend if you’re so inclined, or just the official wrapping-up of lazy days and justifiable beer drinking any night of the week. This...
View ArticleTHE LAST FEW DAYS
In but a few hours, we’ll be reclaiming Village East. It’s hard to imagine – both that what looks distinctly like a building site will look like a restaurant, and just what this restaurant is going to...
View ArticleALMOST VILLAGE EAST
It is a furor of activity in our ‘hood right now. Builders trying to get out as fast as they possibly can, and we’re underfoot in an attempt to turn this place back into a restaurant. In the office,...
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