Roundhouse or Wheelbarrow? The Forum or Heroes? Proud Galleries or Blues Kitchen? Black Heart or Koko? Bull & Gate or Lock Tavern? Downstairs at The Torriano or upstairs at The Oxford? What about Barfly? God knows why this category slipped through the net. We blame the dog; or maybe the mulled cider. Still, our corner [...]
December, 2011
Best Evening Meal 2011
1. Bull & Last 2. Made In Camden 3. Queen Of Sheba And now for that most enjoyable part of the day: dinner. Votes here naturally stretched further afield, with love shown for modern British bistro Market on Parkway, Kentish Canteen, the Horseshoe (the people behind Camden Town Brewery no less) and the reinvented (and [...]
Best Boozer 2011: The Southampton Arms
1. The Southampton Arms 2. The Pineapple 3= The Oxford 3= Tapping The Admiral This area of London has a particularly rich heritage of public houses. A stagger deep into the neighbourhood produces a boozer on virtually every street… or more often than not, a former pub. But while there’s no denying the decline of [...]
Best Daytime Food 2011
1= Kentish Canteen 1= Mario’s Cafe 3. Map Studio Cafe Our corner of North London, if you look carefully, is spoilt by the sheer range of food options, from Ethiopian to Pakistani, Sicilian to Japanese. And so votes in this category covered a huge range of places, with high street stalwarts Phoenicia Food Hall and [...]
Bored Tonight? Watch Francis Neve in Camden
Eagle-eyed readers will remember our connections with fast-rising East London-based singer-songwriter Francis Neve. And since we last mentioned him six months ago, he’s had a couple of BBC 6 Music Breakfast Records of the week, the lucky boy. Like this one. And if you can weave it into the no doubt hideously complex social schedule [...]
Best Random Thing 2011
Best random thing was a lovely category. Random can mean anything, after all, from the surreal to the juxtaposed: so it could be a plaque celebrating the life of Boris The Cat (1986-1996) on Angler’s Lane; Alistair Campbell ordering a latte in shorts and flip-flops at Kentish Canteen; or speculation as to how and why [...]
Best Coffee 2011: Arancini Brothers
1. Arancini Brothers 2. Bean About Town 3. The Wine Cellar Kentish Town finally has good coffee. Voting in this category was wide open, with a couple of (always apologetic) votes for the big boy newcomers Costa and Pret among them (incidentally, the debate continues to rage over how positive the arrival of these two chains on [...]
Best Happening 2011: Alma Street Festival
1. Alma Street Festival 2. The absence of looted shops in August 3. 2am summer swimming on the Heath When we asked for your ‘Best of 2011’ lists, certain categories lent themselves to a more creative type of response. And ‘Best Happening’ is surely one of those, encouraging some very personal replies – all of [...]
Best Independent Shop 2011: Owl Bookshop
1. Owl Bookshop 2. Earth 3. B&S DIY Shop With the UK somewhat of a world leader in bland identikit high streets, it’s refreshing to consider the range and calibre of independent shops on offer in the area. Votes came in for a truly diverse range of establishments, from the well-known to the gloriously obscure. [...]
Best Gallery 2011: Zabludowicz Collection
1. Zabludowicz Collection 2. Cob Gallery 3. Spring Projects Best gallery was an interesting one. Whilst many of you were headstrong in your opinion, a good few were foxed by the category. (‘Call me a philistine’, quipped Mark, Conrad and several others.) We thought you all read The Kentishtowner? Oh, you do… Happily, votes did [...]
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For the wrecking ball? Historic pub, home to the legendary Flowerpot (and Verge, and Castle)
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Why It Matters: Busting the delayed motherhood myth
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Wednesday Picture: Spies in Kentish Town?
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Pinboard: Amy singsong, art along the PoW – and a letter from Jay Gatsby?
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Big Review: Tufnell Park Tavern – a pub, farmers’ market and gallery rolled into one
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Big Review: Tufnell Park Tavern – a pub, farmers’ market and gallery rolled into one
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Free Weekend? Hike the 16 mile borough boundary
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For the wrecking ball? Historic pub, home to the legendary Flowerpot (and Verge, and Castle)
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Pinboard: Amy singsong, art along the PoW – and a letter from Jay Gatsby?
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The story behind Sian Pattenden’s Kentishtowner Cultural Map prints
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Tom Storr: There is a band on at the bandstand on Hampstead H...
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Alison: Anonanon has a great point - what hope is there if...
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Lara May Jakob: All true, it's a good pub but the farmers market ...
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turbulentsilverfox: What day are people doing it??...