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Review: Los Pollos, Kentish Town Road

Kentish Town isn’t exactly lacking in outlets catering to the poultry lover on the go. There’s Nando’s, Chicken Cottage, Sam’s Chicken and, of course Chicken …

Eating & Drinking

Top 5: Hangouts for Rihanna in Kentish Town

So lady, if you do choose to settle in the manor, here’s where we think you should hang out

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: The Junction Tavern’s Chocolate Salami

Says Junction Tavern owner Jacky Kitching: ‘Our Head Chef Jimmy Tirinzoni is Italian. This is his easy-to-make, ‘no-cook’ recipe for a chocolate ‘salami’. You can …

Eating & Drinking

Hix Comes to Camden Lock

It’s no secret that Camden Lock Night Market aims to attract the local foodie and design crowds down to the canalside with their special weekly …

Eating & Drinking

The Big Review: Assiette Anglaise, Islington

Nearly six years ago, I wrote about a just-open French cafe off Holloway Road. Le Peche Mignon occupies an unassuming corner on Highbury Crescent, with …

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Patisserie Diaries – Bread

When people now ask ‘What do you do?’, I still find myself seeking to justify my sabbatical, pointing out that while I am a student, …

Food

Top 5: London Tapas Bars

From Exmouth Market to Bermondsey, King’s Cross to Soho, some evergreen classics

Food

The Big Review: Lord Palmerston, Dartmouth Park Hill

It’s been donkey’s since we last had a bite at the Lord Palmerston: much as we love its lofty location and interior, and succession of …

Drink

The Kentish Town Pubs I knew and loved

‘I am a dinosaur, I admit it’, says reader Gerry Slater. ‘Having said that, I can’t keep away…’

Food

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Wintry Fish Stew

It’s freezing right now, isn’t it? And I think this time of year, more than any other, ushers in a transient hibernation mode, before we …

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