North London Food & Culture

Coffee

Coffee

Saint Espresso is about to open

It’s taken its time, but top beans and tasty lunches await in the airy spot above Knowhere Special

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Public Speaking: Catalina Gutierrez, coffee expert

‘It makes me feel attached to the things I miss about Colombia, like the warmth of the people’

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Why Black Friday sucks apart from this one local deal

A posh coffee for 1p on Kentish Town Road no less. But where?

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Knowhere Special is reopening November 16th

We love a happy ending. And what could be more cockle-warming than the return of Kentish Town’s cosiest cocktail bar?

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MUST DO: Arbour Cafe, Boma Garden Centre

Never has there been such a delightful spot to sip an americano in Kentish Town

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Why has Two Doors Down shut?

It became an instant classic in Kentish Town. But two years on, the award-winning coffee shop is now ‘permanently closed’

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Why I am queasy about Starbucks opening on my high street

Sheila Hayman on a personal history with the Seattle coffee giant – and its imminent arrival in Kentish Town

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5 Minutes With: Demissie Tulu, coffee pioneer, Buna Oromia

One local took a gamble with this Ethiopian coffee specialist on Brecknock Road. And now Ed Miliband is a fan

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Why We Love: #1, Mario’s Cafe

A new series of love letters to local stalwarts begins with Kelly Street’s famous diminutive caff

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Why Luke Haines is struggling with our national coffee obsession

Bored of artisan beans and specialist brews? The Kentish Town-based former frontman of The Auteurs couldn’t agree more

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