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Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Snow means soup, right? And this most fascinating – and seasonal – of ingredients is all over neighbourhood restaurant menus at the moment. Recent spots …

Food

The Big Review: Corner Room, Bethnal Green

The Corner Room is sister to Nuno Mendes’ justly acclaimed Viajante, where we enjoyed a well-priced celebratory meal a while back. Highlights? Oh, lobster and …

Art

Pinboard: Art Gallery Special. And a Hunting Cabin in Camden, No Less

1. Local ‘Broken’ Artwork. Flaxon Ptootch, the infamous gallery-salon crossover, is currently exhibiting these intriguing works by North London-based musician and artist Lupen Crook. Crook …

Food

The Big Review: Cafe Chula, West Yard, Camden Lock

There was a time, not so very long ago, when the opening of a new Mexican ‘Cantina’ pretty much signalled an onslaught of persistent tequila …

Coffee

Cheeky Coffee: Bread And Bean, Archway

Oh joy! Coffee packed with a rich sweetness so comforting when peering at the sludge-grey outside

Art

Pinboard: The Latest on Boris Bikes (And Say Hello, Wave Goodbye to Your Resolutions?)

Back in September our writer Tim Sowula launched his petition to get the Barclays Bike scheme extended through Kentish Town to the Heath. He has …

Food

The Big Review: Satuma, Fortess Road

New Year is all about healthy, clean foods, and we’re lucky Camden is blessed with excellent sushi options. The best is Asakusa on Eversholt Street, …

Drink

The Big Review: Camden Eye, Kentish Town Road

Well worth dodging both traffic and tourists to get in to?

Community

Pinboard: New Year’s Eve Top 7

1. Feast. Then Walk Home. Why trek to the West End when you can eat and booze at the Junction Tavern and then roll home? …

Awards

Kentishtowner Awards: Best Evening Meal 2012

Our last category in the Reader Awards 2012, and it’s not overstating the matter to say that there has never been a time so fecund …

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