North London Food & Culture

Day: 7 February 2013

“Any sign of my cheese sandwich?” Martin James on the march of NW5’s pub-trade progress

Every couple of years or so I repeat the above question to the invariably charming bar staff at the Pineapple pub in Leverton Street – and they always look blank. Well they might: it was in 1984 that the then landlady disappeared upstairs to make it, but my cheese doorstop never appeared. Now I’ve almost …

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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 was sold last week to yet another chain. Yikes. But at least this one is Camden Bars, the owners of a decent string of local boozers including The Abbey and …

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