All hail our boozers: #3, The Pineapple
In the third of our new weekly series on popular local pubs, we meet assistant manager Danny Graves
The Pineapple
Top 10: Kentish Town pubs as voted by you
This week we joined forces with the Londonist to ask readers what their favourite Kentish Town pub is. Here are the results
Pinboard: Dach & Sons no more – plus Club Kali, DRAF, Station Sessions and St Patrick’s Day
1. Have you ever been to K-Town’s legendary Club Kali? Did you know the “world’s biggest LGBT Club where Eastern beats blend with Western classics” is right here on our doorstep? Club Kali’s Easter special takes place tomorrow night (and every third Friday of the month) at the Dome in Tufnell Park. It’s been going …
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 de jour Hackney burger joint Lucky Chip, transforming the upstairs floor of Joel & Susie’s smash-hit boozer The Grafton. Says Susie: “Joel and I began running Street Food Takeovers every …
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Pinboard Jan 24: Reader Offers, Burns Night – and who is Hope?
1. Reader Offer – Another Packed Week at Zabludowicz. NW5’s atmospheric contemporary arts space is pulling out all the stops this month. Tomorrow night from 7-9pm there’s a bash to celebrate Art Licks Magazine’s 10th issue, with experimental band Das Hund performing live. Then don’t miss the final weekend of Disappearing Into One, the curatorial …
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The Pineapple Pub Rescued – 10 Years On
‘We are absolutely thrilled – this is a victory for the common man, for the community, and for keeping this little part of Kentish Town alive’
Community Pinboard: Street Feast abandons Brick Lane for K-Town
Things we have learnt this week? Some of you call it Katy. Some Kenny T. Others K-Town. One lone girl prefers Norf Weesy. And K-Town Massive – if you’re ‘gangster’ (thanks to @emily_ewens for that gem). Keep those tweets coming. Okaaaay. Onwards: 1. Street Feast Moves To The Manor. Finally, a vogueish street food market …
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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 …
It’s Xmas. Shop where it’s at.
The lights are dazzling on Kentish Town Road, the tree seller is parked outside the station, and newly-arrived Miss KT – giddy at the prospect of her first Christmas in NW5 – is already on her seventh consecutive night out (yes, it was her you saw stumbling, ‘bab in hand, out of E.Mono last night). …
Kentish Town: the best pubs in London?
Kentish Town is spear-heading London’s oh-so-current real ale revival. And it’s not just us saying this – we would, of course – but other London sites are enthusing too, like here and here. So can we cobble together a chronology to all this? First, we think, came the Pineapple, a perfect real pub, ales and …
