We caught up with Cronx mix master Matt Lisle, founder of Street Cocktails, to see what's shaking in the world of mixology.. Is Croydon still a town where the ‘pint of the usual’ still reigns supreme, or are we more adventurous with our tipples these days? Nah I don’t think so, but I don’t see anything particularly wrong with that. There’s loads of backstreet joints in the Wild West or Deep South (Croydon) that stick to the Fosters/Strongbow draughts, and I hold it down for t

There aren’t really waves and boats and surfers and seagulls, but there is sand. Forty-five tonnes of it, to be precise, scattered around Ruskin Square. Croydon on the Beach kicked off its eight week run on Thursday 20th July, opening day of theAmbition Festival, with food, cocktails, music and beach balls. Beats & Eats and the ever impressiveStreet Cocktails had congregated beside East Croydon station to deliver a summer party experience unlike anything Croydon has ever seen