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Community Pinboard: Giles Set To Spill the Beans! Plus Grafton Soft-launch & Brewery’s winter plans revealed

1. The Grafton Finally Opens (Softly) Tomorrow. Says co-owner Susie: ‘Folks can come down for a sneaky peek ahead of official launch on 28th (although …

Drink

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. …

Drink

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 …

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Mackerel, Samphire & Beetroot Salsa

Mackerel is one of the most underrated fish around, and a favourite in the Kentishtowner Kitchen. Yes, it’s rich in protein and fatty acid omega-3, …

Food

Free Weekend? Olive-Tasting at Borough Market with 9 year old Amelie

Our diminutive critic is back! Prodigious young Amelie, 9, finally follows up her hugely successful debut column ‘The Olive Diaries’ with a trip to world-famous …

Community

Community Pinboard: Local Music Special (plus lots of food & booze, of course)

This week we thought we’d zero in on the rude health of local music scene. So we’ve plucked out some choice highlights, which sit alongside …

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: The Patisserie Diaries (Part 1)

So here I stand in my spotless chef whites, tool box in hand and taste buds at the ready. This column will follow the highs …

Food

Review: Bob Bob Ricard, Soho

We had meant to go to Polpo. It’s decent value, they do a juicy rare onglet for £9.50, a good Negroni, and it’s buzzy. But …

Community

Community Pinboard: Vote West Kentish Town – and Scrufts, Tea, Disco, Take-out

1. Vote Kentish Town West. When we reported that West Kentish Town had been omitted from the Kentish Town Neighbourhood Forum boundary, all hell broke …

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Congee Comfort Food

Congee is essentially a gruel. But don’t let the Dickensian horrors that word conjures up put you off a dish that is arguably more of …

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