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Title: Verso --> Perfect Blend
        
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(Date Posted:27/06/2008 5:22 AM)

Verso is no longer!  It's being turned into Perfect Blend.

At first glance this would appear to indicate a coffee shop but allegedly there is one in Streatham which is a coffee / sandwich shop during the day and then bar / restaurant in the evening.  Gets good write-ups except for a few niggles with slow service when busy.  Should be an interesting addition to Clapham Park Road.

As I live nearby I will check it out when it opens and post a review...

J.

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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:27/06/2008 6:27 AM)

Why the 'allegedly in Streatham' bit. Sounds like noses being turned up at the mention of the 'S' word. Streatham is a nice up and coming part of Lambeth and we should welcome this sort of within-the-borough thing. It also adds to Streatham's cred that there's a branch opening in Clapham! I'm sure it will be a nice Cafe, though i think businesses in the mid section of Clapham Park road will do better if they market themselves more intensively to people in the Abbeville-Northborne-Park Hill triangle. This coffee shop could save people going all the way to the High Street and its quiet location is most likely a plus for families and people wanting to avoid the high street's hustle and bustle or trekking all the way down Abbeville Road. 
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:27/06/2008 8:14 AM)

Totally agreed - inappropriate use of "allegedly".  I was, badly, making the point that it's not just a coffee shop but a fully functioning bar / restuarant, too - like the one in Streatham.  Nothing against Streatham - I've never been to be honest.

Yes, the catchment area for Clapham Park Road is quite large.  They are many apartment blocks on the bottom stretch of the road now, with one new one just completed and two more in development and that along with Abbeville "village" *should* mean they get plenty of custom.

However, Verso was never that busy even though their pizzas/pasta were some of the best in Clapham.

J.
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:02/07/2008 8:24 AM)

Yes Perfect Blend is rated as the classiest cafe/dining offering in Streatham by Time Out, so maybe it is something to watch out for. Given that Time Out's covering of Streatham was generally rather grim i guess its wait and see.  
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:02/07/2008 8:36 AM)

Perfect Blend has had good and occasionally rave reviews across the board and is seen as the 'saving grace' of Streatham (strange), their service is however slow. Their all round cafe and restaurant menu is said to be excellent, so worth a try when the Clapham branch opens!
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:29/08/2008 8:58 PM)

The Perect Blend is Streatham,  or St Reatham for you idiots, is fantastic, whether it be for lunch in the day or dinner and few beers in the evening. The new bar is reckoned to be better still by the gay owner Bradley Ridge. Cant wait.
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:05/09/2008 4:42 AM)

It's looking very swish!  They have a lot of the fixtures and fittings in now - looks like it's going to be *quite* nice.  Can't wait to see Bradley Ridge's big opening. Ooooooh missus, etc, etc.
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:08/09/2008 4:40 AM)

Looks really good! Lets hope they can market it right, given that that portion of Clapham Park Road has never really fulfilled its potential. suprisingly though the tail end of the road, once a no-go area appears to be getting all the buzz for the right reasons with new housing, retail and office developments nearing completion, pubs and the reopening of Fantasia Cafe means folk in the area need not trudge all the way to the high street or down to abbeville road for a cup of latte, a beer or a fry up. Perfect Blend should focus its marketing on its immediate neighbourhood first and foremost
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:09/09/2008 5:47 PM)

perfect blend need to focus more on the service as the service is rubbish good luck in clapham as customer ar completly deffirrent you make all or loos it all
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:10/09/2008 5:17 AM)

OK, well let's give them a chance!

It opened last night.  Haven't been yet-  might go tonight.  Looks very nice inside and there were a few people having drinks.  AND it was open this morning, passed it on my way to the office.

I can imagine it being mobbed Sunday mornings for a fry-up-read-thepapers morning.

J.
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RE:Verso --> Perfect Blend
(Date Posted:11/09/2008 6:20 AM)

Went last night and it was excellent!  Really like what they have done with the place.

Good choice of food at very reasonably prices and the quality was excellent.  A good selection of wines, with the house white starting at 10quid(!) a bottle, maxing out at 20quid for a decent Chablis.

Will be interesting to see what happens Friday and Saturday nights to see if it becomes more bar than restaurant - as they have not designated tables to be obviously bar or restaurant.  I don't want this to turn into Sand bar!

Servce was friendly and a small problem was dealt with quickly and efficently.

Overall a great place to have on your doorstep.

I think this is going to be very popular, indeed and deservedly so.

J.
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