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Drink

Review: Fishy Business, Camden Beach, Roundhouse

The heavens opened on our visit to the pop-up “seaside” fish restaurant – but it didn’t dampen some excellent cooking from the Made In Camden team

Community

The tanks move in….at Camden Brewery Bar this month

A tank party on bank holiday Saturday? And other misadventures this month at one of Kentish Town’s best kept not-so-secrets

Drink

Pinboard extra: Camden Beach 2013 preview

Last week’s very popular story on the return of Camden Beach means it’s set to be packed when it opens tomorrow. We had a quick guided tour at lunchtime

Food

Big Review: Kami Japanese Restaurant, Fortess Road

Satuma in central K-Town has been reborn as Kami under the helm of former Sushi Samba chef Kenneth Kim. So is this new incarnation a real contender? Kelly Hill reports

Coffee

Cheeky Coffee: Housepresso revisited

A new Italian machine and a particularly punchy blend of beans improve the offering at Gospel Oak’s property cafe

Coffee

What’s the coffee at the Fields Beneath really like?

There’s something about coffee geekery that’s as seductive as the daily caffeine high. We return to the hip artisan cafe nearly a year after it opened to see how it’s settled in

Drink

Big Review: The Vine, Highgate Road

It was one of the first pubs to do the revamp thing a couple of years ago. Many new openings in Kentish Town later, what’s this long-running gastropub like now?

Food

So what was Camden Lock Live really like?

The West Yard makes for a pretty exceptional festival site, so while it might be easy to despair at the uniformity of an “urban festival” in 2013, Tim Sowula is won over

Ruby Violet
Drink

Top 5: Ice creams

It’s set to be another scorching weekend. So where should you cool down in the shade – and with a chilli chocolate, or a killer vanilla?

Food

Why we’ve been booted out of the Lock

After a recent review for their new “pop-up” kitchen, today a famous Camden boozer refused to stock our July print issue. Why?

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