Eating & Drinking
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Matthew Smith, Assistant Manager, Southampton Arms
Matthew did a degree in Molecular Genetics and now helps run “the best bar in London.” When were you happiest? Now is doing OK, Top …
2 Minutes With: Ben McDonald, New Owner, Junction Tavern
Our news story yesterday on the Junction Tavern’s sale prompted dozens of you to tweet your concerns about the continuing quality of this most famous …
Kentishtuner: Why NW5’s Music Scene is still healthy
In which our music columnist Conor Fisk argues that Kentish Town’s music scene is nicely low-key, and all the better for it; and newcomer Hannah …
The Big Review: Hunting Cabin, York & Albany
It really is tiny, the ‘pop-up’ wood cabin tucked away in the corner of the York & Albany’s already petite outside space. Yet despite the …
“Any sign of my cheese sandwich?” Martin James on the march of NW5’s pub-trade progress
Every couple of years or so I repeat the above question to the invariably charming bar staff at the Pineapple pub in Leverton Street – …
Pinboard: All Change At The Junction? Plus Map Cafe, KERB Streetfood & KTNF
1. The Junction Tavern Sold First the Bull & Gate, now the Tav. Yes, we were sorry to hear that Kentish Town’s most loved gastropub …
Bull & Gate to Close as Live Music Venue
And now for news just in. It’s just been announced that the Bull & Gate, our much loved K-Town bastion of indie rock, will cease …
Cheeky Coffee: Coffee Cup, Hampstead High Street
So is “London’s oldest coffee lounge” a regular for you when you’re in NW3’s bucolic heights? Strangely, we had never actually been through the doors …
Kentishtowner Kitchen: Mum-made granola by The Fields Beneath’s Gavin Fernback
There is no anecdote about the granola. I didn’t eat it as a boy, nor did my mum get the recipe from her mother, who …
The Big Review: Del Parc, Junction Road
A low-key Moro? More relaxing Ottolenghi? Call it what you want, it’s unique in this patch of north London
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