Big Review: Pane Vino, Kentish Town Road
This is, we strongly believe, still one of our best neighbourhood dining options. All it needs are a few tweaks
This is, we strongly believe, still one of our best neighbourhood dining options. All it needs are a few tweaks
Ginger & White is a small north London chain multiplying fast. It’s about to open in Soho, and the latest branch on England’s Lane, packed constantly, had one contributor instantly in quite a tizz. The original, in pretty pedestrianized Perrins Court, off Hampstead High Street, won rave reviews – and an army of buggies stationed …
A balmy place to enjoy the boys’ 100% arabica beaned expresso
I worked near Highbury Corner for a decade. Whilst gastro-ization rampaged inevitably through nearby Essex Road, De Beauvoir, Dalston and even parts of Holloway (the lovely Peche Mignon, Morgan M), there was, for years, little change in the food offerings around the noisy Upper Street/St Paul’s Road/Highbury Grove junction. The Alwyne Castle experimented with buy-in …
You can indeed feel the history, taking a seat in the room, with its hushed grandeur, and formal (but very friendly) service
Understandably, The Wine Cellar has a strong reputation for the unbeatable selection of Portuguese vino held in its cavernous downstairs room. Local booze connoisseurs know to keep an eye out for the special tasting events that take place around the long central table, too. But coffee geeks are also to be found here. At 10am …
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The exterior of Karpo looks incredible. Like a bag of Dolly Mixtures. Or box of felt tip pens. Inside, it whispers cafe in Frederichshain, or bar in Vesterbro: wooden benches, candlelit tables, a ‘living wall’ of plants, atrium, open kitchen. There’s a subterranean loungey-bar with books and cocktails, where we sipped a perfect Negroni. ‘In …
Anyone for coffee in an industrious space, the opposite of those posy Antipodean places in Soho and Shoreditch?
The Almeida, an attractive restaurant in a former warehouse just off Upper Street, has been around for so long it’s slipped off many a foodie radar. Perhaps it’s too closely associated with pre-theatre set menus for silver-haired Islington luvvies. However, we have just one claim to make: this was a sensational meal, one of the …
With the artisan coffee scene well and truly percolating in Kentish Town – we’re keeping a watchful eye on the imminent arrival of Doppio Café (next to Pizza Express) – grand old dame Tolli faces stiff competition. Luckily the dame’s coffee is unquestionably fantastic. We sheltered from the driving April rain in an unfairly empty …
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