Success in the restaurant industry is notoriously difficult to achieve. New restaurants are constantly opening, but they close down with alarming regularity too. What's flavour of the month one minute, can bite the dust the next. The recent demise of Salt & Pickle, locally, is but one sad example. So when a restaurant manages to survive for 40 years, it is a rare achievement, and one to be celebrated. And that's exactly what Joanna's is doing for the next month, bringing back lots of retro foodie favourites, including prawn cocktail, chilli con carne, and banoffee pancakes. Congratulations to Will Ellner and his wonderful team on the continuing success of this local institution. Here's to the next 40 years! I've been photographing the food and interiors at Joanna's for several years now, and here is a selection of the most recent shots which will shortly be appearing on their new look website.
The Triangle is a photo journal about a little corner of South London. I am a Photographer specialising in Interiors and Architecture, & I moved to Upper Norwood/Crystal Palace/Gipsy Hill/SE19 (you choose) back in 2006, and saw immediately what a strong community exists here. One of the things that makes the area different, is that unlike most of the towns and villages that make up London, it is not arranged along an endless high street on the way to somewhere else, but instead is centred on the 3 streets which gives the area its "Triangle" soubriquet. As well as its community spirit, the area also possesses a strongly independent streak, which is reflected in its diverse local shops and restaurants, many of which are locally owned and run businesses. Unusually for London, apart from the usual banks and estate agents, you don't find many national chains here. So the aim of this blog is to photograph as many of these businesses on the Triangle, both the premises and the owners or those who run them, to celebrate this rich community.
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