North London Food & Culture

Coffee

Coffee

Who makes Kentish Town’s best hot chocolate?

Eight neighbourhood cafes – and one chain – are put through Michael Ptootch’s highly scientific tests on this rainy Monday

Coffee

Mad about the bean: #4, Matthew Neel, Bear + Wolf

In the last of our series we meet the newest coffee guru to open up shop on Fortess Road

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Mad about the bean: #3, Arik Waiss, Doppio

In this third instalment we meet one of the owners of the characterful roastery and coffee shop on Kentish Town Road

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Mad about the bean: #2, Rich and Klara, Two Doors Down

In the second of the series, we meet the couple who’ve brightened up the lower stretch of Kentish Town Road with their cheery coffee shop

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Mad about the bean: #1, Gavin Fernback, The Fields Beneath

A new weekly series in which we meet some of the neighbourhood’s most devoted coffee experts

Art

MUST DO: late March

A community bake-off, unique event at Roundhouse, free art at Free Space – and the revival of a much-loved Parkway cafe

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MUST DO: this weekend

Patron opens, a new show at Zabludowicz, afternoon tea on Kelly Street – and coffee for a quid?

Art

Quack! Pop-ups to land on Malden Road

The long-ignored NW5 thoroughfare is about to host temporary galleries, one-off events and the Little House Kitchen cafe

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Excellent coffee, affordable sandwiches: ‘By the Roundhouse’

A new coffeeshop-cum-bakery on Chalk Farm Road offers more than just a cheeky name

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Is 2015 set to be the year of the £5 cup of coffee?

Londoners are used to paying through the nose for their drinks. But when did it become acceptable to charge £4 for an Americano?

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