North London Food & Culture

Food

Drink

Review: Lucky Fried Chicken, The Grafton

The launch was soon rammed with the hipster brigade all pressed against the bar ordering cocktails – but what’s the poultry like?

Art

Pinboard: Lucky Chip Kentish Town, plus Valentine’s Offers – and poop!

1. A New Lucky Chip for Kentish Town The first hipster arrival of the year has just clucked in. And it’s the third outlet from …

Drink

2 Minutes With: Ben McDonald, New Owner, Junction Tavern

Our news story yesterday on the Junction Tavern’s sale prompted dozens of you to tweet your concerns about the continuing quality of this most famous …

Drink

The Big Review: Hunting Cabin, York & Albany

It really is tiny, the ‘pop-up’ wood cabin tucked away in the corner of the York & Albany’s already petite outside space. Yet despite the …

Books

Pinboard: All Change At The Junction? Plus Map Cafe, KERB Streetfood & KTNF

1. The Junction Tavern Sold First the Bull & Gate, now the Tav. Yes, we were sorry to hear that Kentish Town’s most loved gastropub …

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Mum-made granola by The Fields Beneath’s Gavin Fernback

There is no anecdote about the granola. I didn’t eat it as a boy, nor did my mum get the recipe from her mother, who …

Food

The Big Review: Del Parc, Junction Road

A low-key Moro? More relaxing Ottolenghi? Call it what you want, it’s unique in this patch of north London

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Ham Hock Terrine by Colonel Fawcett’s Dorian Kirk

This is a recipe to impress people as it looks very smart. It can be prepared a few days in advance ready to assemble on …

Coffee

Review: Leyas, Camden High Street

Well done them for being next to Pret – and three times as busy. We check out a much-loved Mornington Crescent coffee bar and deli

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Snow means soup, right? And this most fascinating – and seasonal – of ingredients is all over neighbourhood restaurant menus at the moment. Recent spots …

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