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Pinboard: Kentish Town Road is Going Green. Plus – A Reader vs Greggs!



2. Bye Bye Wheelbarrow, Hello Monarch!

It was fun while it lasted.
It was fun while it lasted.

The Monarch reclaims its musical crown from, well, tomorrow actually. Yup, this Friday sees the team behind the Flowerpot and latterly the Wheelbarrow at the helm. Tribes kick off the action with a free and we suppose quite intimate show ahead of a headline at the Roundhouse in May. And in the near future, says main man Jay, every night of the week you can expect “a huge feast of gigs, comedy, club nights and even debates, poetry and art”. Eclectic, no? Tomorrow night kicks off at 6pm, although be warned, it’s first come first served for entry. Later on from 10pm you can indulge in club night Love Sex Magic, where 90’s and ’00’s hip hop and R&B are served “hot and fresh” until 2.30am. Perfect Friday night, frankly. 40-42 Chalk Farm Road.

Next: new show launches tonight in NW5


7 thoughts on “Pinboard: Kentish Town Road is Going Green. Plus – A Reader vs Greggs!”

  1. £1.35 your answer lies there. A quality product at the right temperature with pleasant service is not possible at that price. We need to start realising that food is to cheap. You’ll be complaining about the meat quality and extra ingredients used next.

      1. Also if they’re too hot there’s the chance of scalding the roof of your mouth thus ruining the enjoyment of your bake/pie/pasty. long live cold pies!

  2. What a ridiculous middle class pile of tosh.
    Firstly, could you not tell through the paper bag that it was cold?? Perhaps it was warm in the shop but after a 10 minute walk with it it had gone cold??
    But anyways, if you go to Greggs as much as you make out you’ll know they don’t sell “hot food”, they sell freshly baked food that is hot to start with and then cools off. If they intentionally kept it hot it’d be liable to VAT. Remember that hoo-ha in last year’s budget??
    Perhaps ask your office to buy a microwave??

    I wish my problems were as trivial as this.

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7 thoughts on “Pinboard: Kentish Town Road is Going Green. Plus – A Reader vs Greggs!”

  1. £1.35 your answer lies there. A quality product at the right temperature with pleasant service is not possible at that price. We need to start realising that food is to cheap. You’ll be complaining about the meat quality and extra ingredients used next.

      1. Also if they’re too hot there’s the chance of scalding the roof of your mouth thus ruining the enjoyment of your bake/pie/pasty. long live cold pies!

  2. What a ridiculous middle class pile of tosh.
    Firstly, could you not tell through the paper bag that it was cold?? Perhaps it was warm in the shop but after a 10 minute walk with it it had gone cold??
    But anyways, if you go to Greggs as much as you make out you’ll know they don’t sell “hot food”, they sell freshly baked food that is hot to start with and then cools off. If they intentionally kept it hot it’d be liable to VAT. Remember that hoo-ha in last year’s budget??
    Perhaps ask your office to buy a microwave??

    I wish my problems were as trivial as this.

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