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Free Weekend? Explore Hackney Wick

Kentishtowners are blessed when it comes to some of the best travel connections in London. East, south, north, west – a piece of the proverbial. …

Art

Community Pinboard: New Stuff for Autumn

1.Delicious Font Alert. Yes, the soon-to-open artisan cafe on Prince Of Wales Road (Wilkin Street Mews) is displaying some Times New Roman (traced in paint, …

Drink

Why I love one of Kentish Town’s last traditional boozers

Karrie Kehoe failed to find any of her fellow countrymen or women in O’Reilly’s, but it’s still one of the friendliest joints around, she says

Food

Review: Honest Burgers, Soho

Our Brixtonian meat-loving chum Louise simply can’t scoff enough Honest Burgers. Fact. She’s slender as a rake but confesses regularly to mainlining a cheeky one …

Food

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Giles Coren, 43, Restaurant Critic

‘What do I most dislike about my appearance? Penis too big.’

Recipes

Kentishtowner Kitchen: Mini Carrot Cakes With Cinnamon Icing

One of my all time favourite tea time treats is a big slice of carrot cake, maybe with a pot of English breakfast from Map …

Drink

Review: The Star, Dartmouth Park

We confess we haven’t returned to The Star, taken over earlier this summer by Duncan (ex-Stag), since a fleeting visit just after it reopened. Back …

Community

Community Pinboard: Giles Set To Spill the Beans! Plus Grafton Soft-launch & Brewery’s winter plans revealed

1. The Grafton Finally Opens (Softly) Tomorrow. Says co-owner Susie: ‘Folks can come down for a sneaky peek ahead of official launch on 28th (although …

Drink

Review: Dabbous

Of course we’d booked it months upfront, for my birthday. And still the only available slot was a Tuesday lunch after the August bank holiday. …

Drink

One month later, what is Pizza East Kentish Town actually like now?

Our first review in August drew a wide range of reader responses: whilst the pizzas were mostly praised (‘good value and good food’), there were …

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The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. For more info on what we write about and why, see our About section.