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Review: Dirty Burger Kentish Town

The beef is tender, juicy, leanish and so sloppy the only way to eat it is over the signature wrapper. This is one helluva joint

Food

Review: Chicken Shop Kentish Town

The whole chicken arrived already cut up, practical if not beautiful – but oh my! That flavour

Food

Review: Pizza East Kentish Town

Some well-priced pizzas starting at £6, a gorgeous interior – and an undeniable buzz at the bar. We are liking this new addition to K-Town’s dining scene very much

Art

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”

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Three Ways With Avocados

I love avocados as much as anchovies. Healthy, cheap and yet hinting at luxury, they add real texture, colour and flavour. I eat them straight …

Food

Kentishtowners Queue for a (free) Dirty Burger

It was a cunning stunt, for sure, but it worked. Late this morning those pesky carnivores at Dirty Burger tweeted that they would be giving …

Food

Reader Special Offer: Cote Brasserie, Camden

With the sun out and its grand trees gently dappling light across the pavements, Parkway can have touch of the French boulevard about it. Well, …

Community

Community Pinboard: Entertain your kids. Visit the Theatre. Eat Chicken (no, not there!)

1. Own A Pony (for a day). Our own dinky pocket of country living (that’s Kentish Town City Farm to you) offers a chance this …

Food

Review: Dirty Burger Soho Pop-Up

Dirty Burger is London’s worst-kept secret, of course. The Soho House pop-up has roamed Hackney and Soho all summer (last seen behind Richmond Mews W1), …

Food

Review: Bintang, Kentish Town Road

After a few jars, absolutely ravenous, sometimes there’s nothing else to do but stumble down to our old flame Bintang. Except now it’s changed. Stephen Emms reports

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