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The Big Review: Trullo, Highbury

I worked near Highbury Corner for a decade. Whilst gastro-ization rampaged inevitably through nearby Essex Road, De Beauvoir, Dalston and even parts of Holloway (the …

Food

Midweek Dinner: Spice & Rice, West Kentish Town

What mysterious alchemy happens at the former tramway junction of Malden and Prince Of Wales Roads? If you head south to Ferdinand Street, within seconds …

Art

Community Pinboard: E.Mono to launch Patisserie

Welcome to a new item on The Kentishtowner – by popular demand. Got a local event coming up? Paste it on our Facebook Page, or …

Drink

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

Food

The Olive Diaries: Meet Amelie, our new 9 year old critic

Who says nepotism is dead? Today we’re delighted to announce our 9 year old god-daughter, Amelie, as The Kentishtowner’s prodigious new columnist. Amelie likes rabbits, …

Drink

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 …

Drink

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 …

Drink

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 …

Drink

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 …

Drink

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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