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Secret Camden: Prince Albert, Royal College Street

My first job after university was in an office opposite the Prince Albert, fielding phone calls about our flagship artist, Peter Andre. Well, it was …

Coffee

A Cheeky Coffee @ Houspresso, Gospel Oak

We will admit we’re obsessed with finding the perfect Americano. As regular readers know, in our glorious locale we (and several thousand of you) believe …

Food

Secret Camden: Meribel Brasserie

We’ve all watched Meribel Brasserie lurk under scaffolding, its billboard not hinting at much, its opening delayed. Some of us who are a bit long …

Food

Midweek Dinner: Lord Stanley, Camden

Priced out of NW5 – oh, the irony! – our petite new wood-floored office is just over the fast-flowing river of Camden Road into N7, …

Drink

Best Sunday Lunch? The Colonel Fawcett

We’re not ones to blow our own trumpets, of course, but can we just say that we were mentioned in The Guardian today? Anyway, back …

Food

Secret Camden: A new foodist menu at Shaka Zulu?

There are those of you, we reckon, who would (quite rightly) question Shaka Zulu as candidate for our prestigious Secret Camden series. After all, isn’t …

Drink

‘Shebeen’ : the downstairs cocktail bar at Kentish Canteen

MRS KENTISHTOWNER HAS A MOTTO: if you get up early enough, you can board the day and ride it easily. If you don’t, you only …

Food

Best Sunday Lunch? Tapping The Admiral, Kentish Town

As regular readers know, we’re huge fans of the Admiral (and many of you are too). After all, it’s on our doorstep, and has become …

Food

Review: Mumbai Street Food at Hazraj, Kentish Town

Catch her off-guard, and Mrs Kentishtowner will slyly admit that her favourite hobby is to epater les bourgeois. And she has awarded Hazraj, a low-key …

Food

Midweek Dinner: Bar food at Quo Vadis, Soho

Some of you may have had a relationship with Quo Vadis, on Greek Street, over the years. Mrs Kentishtowner, in jocular mode, compares it to …

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