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Community Pinboard: Jazz, Royals, Art, Booze

June 1st today. Time, the enemy, eats away at the biscuit, eh? Anyway, here are some things to consider this long weekend: 1. Soak up …

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Community Pinboard: A new Grafton Arms and the Alma Street Fair 2012

Last week’s inaugural Community Pinboard was a H.I.T. We had thousands of views so keep posting your suggestions on our Facebook or comments section below, …

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The Big Review: Gilbert Scott, St Pancras

You can indeed feel the history, taking a seat in the room, with its hushed grandeur, and formal (but very friendly) service

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The Big Review: Kentish Canteen

Kentish Canteen is a place everyone seems to have an opinion on. It opened back in October 2010 to a fanfare from Giles Coren, Time …

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The first pictures of the new Pizza East, Kentish Town

Update May 17 Hardens are reporting today that Soho House Group will be opening two restaurants on the site. The second, underneath Pizza East, will …

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The Big Review: Karpo, King’s Cross

The exterior of Karpo looks incredible. Like a bag of Dolly Mixtures. Or box of felt tip pens. Inside, it whispers cafe in Frederichshain, or …

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Midweek Dinner: The Hill, Steele’s Village

It doesn’t seem so long ago that the Load of Hay was a boarded up, gravely threatened pub location boasting little more than former glories …

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Best Sunday Lunch? The Junction Tavern

Eight or nine years ago, Mrs Kentishtowner nearly bought a flat on Huddleston Road. One of those gothicky numbers up the slope, with pretty French …

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The Big Review: Almeida, Islington

The Almeida, an attractive restaurant in a former warehouse just off Upper Street, has been around for so long it’s slipped off many a foodie …

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The Big Review: The Oxford, Kentish Town Road

Mrs Kentishtowner has been thinking. ‘If human time is a succession of declining ages,’ she pondered, as we strolled up the Kentish Town Road, ‘then …

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The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. For more info on what we write about and why, see our About section.