Eating & Drinking
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, …
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 …
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 …
A Cheeky Coffee @ The Wine Cellar, Kentish Town Road
Understandably, The Wine Cellar has a strong reputation for the unbeatable selection of Portuguese vino held in its cavernous downstairs room. Local booze connoisseurs know …
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 …
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 …
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 …
A Cheeky Coffee @ Doppio Cafe, Kentish Town Road
Anyone for coffee in an industrious space, the opposite of those posy Antipodean places in Soho and Shoreditch?
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 …
A Cheeky Coffee @ Tolli Patisserie, Kentish Town Road
With the artisan coffee scene well and truly percolating in Kentish Town – we’re keeping a watchful eye on the imminent arrival of Doppio Café …
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