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The Big Review: Hunting Cabin, York & Albany

It really is tiny, the ‘pop-up’ wood cabin tucked away in the corner of the York & Albany’s already petite outside space. Yet despite the …

Community

“Any sign of my cheese sandwich?” Martin James on the march of NW5’s pub-trade progress

Every couple of years or so I repeat the above question to the invariably charming bar staff at the Pineapple pub in Leverton Street – …

Books

Pinboard: All Change At The Junction? Plus Map Cafe, KERB Streetfood & KTNF

1. The Junction Tavern Sold First the Bull & Gate, now the Tav. Yes, we were sorry to hear that Kentish Town’s most loved gastropub …

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Bull & Gate to Close as Live Music Venue

And now for news just in. It’s just been announced that the Bull & Gate, our much loved K-Town bastion of indie rock, will cease …

Art

Pinboard: The Latest on Boris Bikes (And Say Hello, Wave Goodbye to Your Resolutions?)

Back in September our writer Tim Sowula launched his petition to get the Barclays Bike scheme extended through Kentish Town to the Heath. He has …

Drink

The Big Review: Camden Eye, Kentish Town Road

Well worth dodging both traffic and tourists to get in to?

Community

Pinboard: New Year’s Eve Top 7

1. Feast. Then Walk Home. Why trek to the West End when you can eat and booze at the Junction Tavern and then roll home? …

Drink

The Big Review: The George Shillibeer, North Road

Just over from Brecknock, Kentish Town’s eastern tollgate, is North Road, which connects the upper reaches of York Way with the Cally. And now that …

Awards

Kentishtowner Awards: Best Boozer 2012

Whilst we are excited by all the new openings in 2012, we were pleased that a true institution swept the board in the end for …

Awards

Kentishtowner Awards: Best Customer Service 2012

‘Not much of that in Kentish Town,’ snorted one fiftysomething male in this category. Grumpy! Luckily, hundreds of you begged to differ. Customer service is, …

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