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A Cheeky Coffee @ The Wine Cellar, Kentish Town Road

By on May 7, 2012 in Coffee

Understandably, The Wine Cellar has a strong reputation for the unbeatable selection of Portuguese vino held in its cavernous downstairs room. Local booze connoisseurs know to keep an eye out for the special tasting events that take place around the long central table, too. But coffee geeks are also to be found here. At 10am [...]

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A Cheeky Coffee @ Doppio Cafe, Kentish Town Road

By on April 26, 2012 in Coffee

We’ll be honest. The minute Doppio Cafe, in the cute building next to Pizza Express, opened its doors yesterday morning we were straight in there. Coffee is our thing, and we were curious to have a sniff, a poke around – and, of course, a taste. It’s an interesting place. Just moved from Camden Road, [...]

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A Cheeky Coffee @ Tolli Patisserie, Kentish Town Road

By on April 24, 2012 in Coffee

With the artisan coffee scene well and truly percolating in Kentish Town – we’re keeping a watchful eye on the imminent arrival of Doppio Café (next to Pizza Express) – grand old dame Tolli faces stiff competition. Luckily the dame’s coffee is unquestionably fantastic. We sheltered from the driving April rain in an unfairly empty [...]

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A Cheeky Coffee @ Houspresso, Gospel Oak

By on March 29, 2012 in Coffee

We will admit we’re obsessed with finding the perfect Americano. As regular readers know, in our glorious locale we (and several thousand of you) believe this is served at Arancini Brothers, with Bean About Town roaring in a very close second (well, they do share the same beans). However, we love trying a new place, [...]

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Free Weekend? Go South

By on February 10, 2012 in Coffee, Drink, Food, Free Weekend?, UK Travel

There is such a thing as south of the river, Kentishtowners. And today I want to take you on a short stroll around Brixton, the much-overlooked manor that London has finally welcomed back into the fold. Brixton’s reputation – a little like its northern chum Camden Town – has, over the years, gone up and [...]

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Best Coffee 2011: Arancini Brothers

By on December 19, 2011 in 2011 Best Ofs, Coffee, Kentish Town

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 [...]

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Ooh la la, Cafe Renoir!

By on September 15, 2011 in Coffee, Food, Kentish Town

Le coeur de la Ville Kentish You could have knocked Mrs Kentishtowner down with a feather. Really you could. For just the other day Cafe Renoir emerged with a chic new look, all Farrow and Ball taupes and Kentish Canteen je ne sais quoi. But is it just an X Factor impersonation of the real [...]

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Mario’s Cafe

By on December 1, 2010 in Coffee, Food, History, Kentish Town, Kentishtowner Recommends

Years ago, when Pulp’s masterpiece ‘This Is Hardcore’ was dropping like a stone out of the charts, Mrs Kentishtowner (then a rather svelte Miss Gant’s Hill) would like nothing more than to commiserate Jarvis’ misfortune over a lunchtime bowl of minestrone soup at Mario’s Cafe. It’s not hard to fathom why it was, and continues [...]

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Queen’s Crescent Market

By on November 26, 2010 in Art, Chalk Farm, Coffee, Culture, Food, Gospel Oak, History, Kentishtowner Recommends, Queen's Crescent, Walks, West Kentish Town

There’s nowhere else in the area like it. Some say it’s rundown and depressing, others that it’s unpretentious and one of the last pockets of real London. Go decide for yourself tomorrow (or every Thursday/Saturday), when the street market (one of the oldest in the capital) runs from 9am -3pm. If you arrive from Chalk [...]

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Cabin Cafe

By on November 17, 2010 in Coffee, Food, West Kentish Town

I’ll be honest, I’ve never eaten there. Walked past it a million times of course. Looks fun though, if a little confused-of-identity: Chinese on the one hand – value noodles, chow mein – and greasy spoon on the other. But it occupies the corner of a pretty crossroads, with the verdant exterior of the George [...]

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