1. Why West Kentish Town Matters No Talacre (Kentish Town’s much-fought over ‘Green’)? No Kentish Town City Farm? On Tuesday we attended the first Kentish Town Neighbourhood Forum consultation at St Luke’s Church in Oseney Crescent. We admire everything that the KTNF is trying to achieve, but are bemused that West Kentish Town – NW5 …
1= Kentish Canteen 1= Mario’s Cafe 3. Map Studio Cafe Our corner of North London, if you look carefully, is spoilt by the sheer range of food options, from Ethiopian to Pakistani, Sicilian to Japanese. And so votes in this category covered a huge range of places, with high street stalwarts Phoenicia Food Hall and …
George Sallis as Pierre in Nabokov’s ‘Invitation to a Beheading’, 2009 We don’t make a habit of upsetting folk here at The Kentishtowner, but one local whose nose was put out of joint the other week was George Sallis, artistic director of Giant Olive Theatre Company. Yes, you may remember he was the one who, …
It’s the last entry of the year so, wrapping up our first season here at the KT, we’re pleased to unveil our inaugural Kentishtowner Top 10 for 2010. #1. Southampton Arms.
Oh my. Map Cafe is an absolute gem situated on a leafy corner on the area’s creative thoroughfare, Grafton Road, in West Kentish Town. Swing by for lunch (if it’s warm on the terrace) – perhaps a quiche or a home-made chicken stew (around £4), or, if it’s tea-time, a moist carrot cake and cappuccino, …
