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Kentishtowner Awards: Best Customer Service 2012

‘Not much of that in Kentish Town,’ snorted one fiftysomething male in this category. Grumpy! Luckily, hundreds of you begged to differ. Customer service is, of course, hotly fought over in our comments section. One person’s idea of polite is another’s haughtiness; and when does cheery friendliness become, well, irritating? What’s also interesting about this …

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Community Pinboard: When Does Chicken Shop Open? And Free Booze at Cote!

1. Pizza East/Chicken Shop: To Open August 28. Things are taking shape on Highgate Road as the modern glass frontage of the former Grand Union is transformed via the application of various weatherbeaten, industrial and distressed materials. Local anticipation about Soho House Group’s first foray into the neighbourhood continues to remain at fever pitch, so …

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Up The-

The fishcakes at Fortess Road’s longstanding gastropub only reminded Mrs Kentishtowner of why she always avoids those pesky piscine throwbacks