Eating & Drinking
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
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?
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?
Big Review: Grain Store, King’s Cross
It’s the swanky new opening on Granary Square where vegetables share ‘equal billing’ with meat and fish. But does it work?
Pinboard: What’s new at The Grafton? Plus local markets + Skate King’s Cross
This week: Queen’s Crescent, a free all-day festival at Camden Lock, the 40th anniversary exhibition of Kentish Town City Farm – and top authors at Owl Bookshop.
Big Review: Bull and Last, Highgate Road
In the wake of other openings, Kentish Town’s most acclaimed gastropub had been sidelined. So what’s it like now?
Pinboard: a plan for the Pizza Express building?
Also this week: a new French-Vietnamese cafe on Fortess Road, the Amy Winehouse exhibition starts in Camden, support some channel swimmers, catch a bee-themed play …and where can you ask for the libation cunningly known as a “Kentishtowner”?
Big Review: Lunch at the Lock Tavern
A new burger-based street food concept in a boozer. Haven’t we tired of this enough now?
Pinboard: A new record shop? A new bar? Plus markets and gay pride 2013
Shebeen vs the Tunnel Bar? Plus learn to act at the Pleasance, head to Granary Square for streetfood – and lots more to consider this weekend
Big Review: The Flask, Hampstead
It’s done the inevitable and reinvented itself as a “food” pub. But can The Flask’s new menu match its unique location?
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