Drink
In Pictures: The Grafton NW5 launch
Friday’s Grafton launch was a packed affair with punters (and the odd celebrity) crammed around either the elegantly restored horseshoe bar, now shinily tiled, or …
Free Weekend? Explore Hackney Wick
Kentishtowners are blessed when it comes to some of the best travel connections in London. East, south, north, west – a piece of the proverbial. …
Why I love one of Kentish Town’s last traditional boozers
Karrie Kehoe failed to find any of her fellow countrymen or women in O’Reilly’s, but it’s still one of the friendliest joints around, she says
Review: The Star, Dartmouth Park
We confess we haven’t returned to The Star, taken over earlier this summer by Duncan (ex-Stag), since a fleeting visit just after it reopened. Back …
Review: Dabbous
Of course we’d booked it months upfront, for my birthday. And still the only available slot was a Tuesday lunch after the August bank holiday. …
One month later, what is Pizza East Kentish Town actually like now?
Our first review in August drew a wide range of reader responses: whilst the pizzas were mostly praised (‘good value and good food’), there were …
K-Curious? Read our Pocket Guide to NW5
Real ale, art, fashion – and a genuinely diverse community. On the eve of Soho House opening three restaurants on Highgate Road, we ponder why Kentish Town has suddenly “got it”
The Big Review: Shrimpy’s, King’s Cross
Shrimpy’s is the Bistrotheque-owned ‘Calexican’ ‘pop-up’ (it runs till 2014) that’s been on our hit list for ages
Community Pinboard: When Does Chicken Shop Open? And Free Booze at Cote!
1. Pizza East/Chicken Shop: To Open August 28. Things are taking shape on Highgate Road as the modern glass frontage of the former Grand Union …
The Big Review: Dach & Sons, Hampstead
If Kentish Town is Kylie, and Tufnell Park Dannii, then Hampstead is grand old dame Liza Minelli: absolutely loaded, seen better days, a bit nuts. …
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