What next for Quinn’s?
Old Mr and Mrs Quinn can surely not continue running the pub much longer, and the question of what comes next awaits
The Wednesday Picture: Smoothies on Kentish Town Road
Mrs Kentishtowner’s verdict? ‘Quite pleasant, in a let’s-all-meet-up-in-the-year-2000 kinda way. But on the downside, the young man had to consult his instruction booklet on how to make them, and we weren’t sure about all that ice. Still, zingy and carroty – and a couple of those all important five-a-day.’ Now Taste, 257 Kentish Town Road.
Free Weekend? Try Future Map at the Zabludowicz
Today we launch our new column, Free Weekend? No prizes for guessing what this one’s about – even Mrs Kentishtowner’s nan is keeping up (just) – but yes, the idea behind Free Weekend is to help you celebrate our glorious area with a weekly tip that will cost nowt. Nada. Zilch penneth. So send any …
It’s January 12. Any takers for Drinker’s Paradise?
We’ve got artisan breads, Lebanese baklava, locally brewed beer, organic fish, and Portuguese cheeses, hell, we’ve even got two tattoo parlours, and yet for a long time I was under the illusion that Kentish Town lacked a really good off license. Especially when on the hunt for ingredients to make a Negroni. ‘What do want …
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A Pizza Good News (sorry)
Now, we know that everyone’s feeling the January blues, and that the most ridiculous media invention ever is just around the corner (“Blue Monday”, on either Jan 16 or 23, according to which press office you believe), so today we underline some recent good news: the iconic former poly on the corner of Kentish Town …
Best Live Venue 2011
1. Roundhouse 2. Bull & Gate 3= Koko 3= Barfly And so to our final (belated) 2011 awards category. Despite the Xmas rush, it’s fair to say votes came pouring in. And the more we – and some of you – thought about it, the harder, and perhaps more futile, it actually seemed to plump …
Oh and one more thing: Best Live Music venue
Roundhouse or Wheelbarrow? The Forum or Heroes? Proud Galleries or Blues Kitchen? Black Heart or Koko? Bull & Gate or Lock Tavern? Downstairs at The Torriano or upstairs at The Oxford? What about Barfly? God knows why this category slipped through the net. We blame the dog; or maybe the mulled cider. Still, our corner …
