7. New stuff ahoy.
Yes, it’s Spring, finally, and new openings are pushing their way through with vigour. Several readers have alerted us to a weekly farmers’ market in Brecknock School every Sunday. And guess what we’ve heard recently are about to open in central K-Town?
* A secondhand collectors’ record shop
* A stylish artisan coffee shop
* Another subterranean cocktail bar
And further down the road, we’re also quite excited about the new Grain Store restaurant with Bruno Loubet at the helm, which launches next to Caravan in Granary Square, King’s Cross, around June time.
And with that, it’s back to our “by hand” distribution. Enjoy the print issue.
Words: Stephen Emms
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3 thoughts on “Pinboard: New free April print issue out now! Plus Bull & Gate, Spaniards Inn and St Pancras Old Church”
I’ve always found the row of shops on Fortess Road leading up from the junction with Kentish Town Rd to The Junction a little disconcerting:
-the hat shop that never looks open
-the thai restaurant that never seems to have any customers (but does seem to have a revamp on an annual basis)
-the junk shop with the cage permanently outside (often with furry handcuffs on)
Having previously lived in the piano shop that’s no longer a piano shop, it was a very odd road to walk along daily. Genuine new arrivals would distinctly improve that road.
The hat shop? You mean the tailor Chris Ruocco? Try a bit later in the day. I think earlier in the morning Chris is busy organizing things at the men’s pond on the Heath. He has a harmonium (or some small keyboard instrument) in the front of the shop, and has specialized in clothes for musicians, including – most famously – George Michael in the Wood Green early years. Very much worth asking Chris for a Kentishtowner interview: has many stories to tell.
Agree – I knew someone who had a suit made by Chris and he mentioned Diana Ross used to pop in also.