Red Market

wow .... I cant actually understand how anyone could say anything negative about Red Market, it was a truly amazing venue with a surreal chilled environment for somewhere that was in the heart of shoreditch. To say it was noisy is a bit absurd when you could barely hear the music from within the market??? There is noways you could hear it from a building across the road, sounds strange, perhaps some jealous industry folk or even someone with a personal issue cause REd market was great. Always somewhere to relax where I could take my puppy and there would be other puppies he could play with. Relax with friends, drink a nice cocktail, enjoy some of their lovely food and art visuals, great friendly management who would always come over and say hello. It was a great vibe.

wow .... I cant actually understand how anyone could say anything negative about Red Market, it was a truly amazing venue with a surreal chilled environment for somewhere that was in the heart of shoreditch. To say it was noisy is a bit absurd when you could barely hear the music from within the market??? There is noways you could hear it from a building across the road, sounds strange, perhaps some jealous industry folk or even someone with a personal issue cause REd market was great. Always somewhere to relax where I could take my puppy and there would be other puppies he could play with. Relax with friends, drink a nice cocktail, enjoy some of their lovely food and art visuals, great friendly management who would always come over and say hello. It was a great vibe.

@ Fed Up/EquallyFurious/FedUp2...I have to completely agree with Bibi..I attended with my friends Red Market on quite a few occasions and found it a very relaxing and welcoming addition to Shoreditch..AND before your start salivating frothing at the mouth I have lived & worked in the area for well over 15 yrs..well before it seems you moved in..PLEASE get your fact rights before you come on this site to spout your drivel..MUSIC was never loud...had it been the Council would have been round like a shot to shut it down...the bar shut at 1am..full stop..on one occasion I met some people from the residents association WHO all stayed till closing time..!! So I guess they didn't invite you..I wonder why!!

@ 'Fedup', Equally Furious' and 'Fedup 2' You are a bunch of losers that perfectly fit the description of Andy not fed (thank you Andy). First of all, Red Market NEVER EVER played music till later than max 1am. I've been there almost every weekend, and kicked out regularly before 1am because they had to shut; Second, they never played loud music, or dj music, it was one little speaker in the corner of the bar, and you couldn't hear the music from the market entrance, so well surprised you could hear it from your hotel room or house (super powers or super pisstakers?!) Third, if you're so bigot, close minded and blind not to recognize that Red Market was a wonderful place to enjoy a drink outdoors, having a chat with friends, bringing the whole family (including pets!) and having food in an incredibly friendly and safe environment, then you should probably rethink you're brain thinking strategy (and your address for sure). I've got the feeling that among you there a lot of managers and owners of bars and restaurants in the area, and you were just sick with envy for the beautiful people that Red Market attracted (away from you, money driven sad boring losers). Well done for being so boring and lifeless.

Red Market was a fully licensed pioneering event in London. If it caused any disruption to your life, how about doing the adult thing and talking to the people involved about your particular grievance? Sadly you dont have the guts to do that, you go behind their backs and complain to the council, and you hide on forums like this. Pathetic. How on earth is London going to drive its self forward when legal, licensed and popular events like this are cut down by the spineless but cash rich minority.

Red Market was a fully licensed pioneering event in London. If it caused any disruption to your life, how about doing the adult thing and talking to the people involved about your particular grievance? Sadly you dont have the guts to do that, you go behind their backs and complain to the council, and you hide on forums like this. Pathetic. How on earth is London going to drive its self forward when legal, licensed and popular events like this are cut down by the spineless but cash rich minority.

I am fed up and equally furious about some of the comments bellow this article. Is it the national sport to complain (using false accusations) and causing troubles to local businesses, just because you can afford expensive penthouse apartment in middle of Shoreditch and now you think that the whole neighborhood is going to dance to your tunes? Btw, Red Market closing times were Fridays at 1am and Saturdays at midnight. There was only background music played from behind the bar and there was never any loud music production on Sunday till 2am.

Im sorry but cant believe what i am reading. I live in shoreditch precisely because of the noise and nightlife. If you dont like it then dont live there for gods sake. There is a massive city here for you to go and live somewhere with peace and quiet. just leave!

Totally agree with Andy Not Fed. I can't believe that you have successfully managed to shut down an independent business in the middle of everything that is going on mid-recession etc. Like Andy Not Fed, I do not know, but you may have been living in the centre of Old Street during the days when it was a red light zone etc, in which case I do apologise as yes, I can imagine you must be Oh! simply flabbergasted to experience such a dramatic change, but somehow I suspect not. Go and live your boring, twee life eating your Coq au Vin & drinking Cab Sav in Tunbridge Wells where I am sure you will be much more at home and appreciated with your likely kin. Disgusted.

How long have you fed up monkeys actually lived in Old Street / Shoreditch? Was it before Blue Note, etc and the clubs and bars moved in and started making the area vibrant, trendy so that your Barrat home lofts got built? By not looking to work with the (hard working, I imagine, and now potentially bankrupt) business owners you've taken something that could have been a real positive for the area (which hey, we could kinda do with right now) and gotten it shut down. Well done. I hope it gets squatted by pikeys holding bare fist fights, playing Irish folk gabba till 9am and disturbing your almond croissant munching, you muppets. There are ways and means of doing this. For me, running to mummy / hackney council and putting decent people out of business should maybe be a last recourse. Especially if, as I am guessing, you are glory hunters moving to an area made trendy by bars and late night music then noise complaining the very same. I may be wrong. You may all have lived on Rivington street and it's surrounds (or been hotel guests) since back when it was a red light zone and full of dilapidated squats. As a disclaimer, if it has been the business owners unwilling to meet or talk to you about noise problems (and 3am does seem late for music) then I apologise. But come on, everyone is busting their balls trying to make a living in a recession and this was a forward thinking, fun project that we as Londoners should be both doing more of, and proud of. But well done, raise a glass of Viognier, business shut down.