But what of the pile? Built in the late 1860’s in the Corinthian style, it was a place of worship for almost a century before ...

In the unlikely event that you didn’t know, one of Camden’s most stunning watering holes finally reopened the other week. Sister pub to the nearby (and much newer) Tufnell Park Tavern, the Lord ...

Omar Shah is a name familiar to many food-loving residents. For the uninitiated, he’s the multi-tasking restaurateur behind several long-running joints on Kentish Town Road, including Guanabana and ...

First thoughts? It’s so like the Highgate Road original that it’s almost discombobulating. With its dark mahogany panelled walls, green lacquered ceiling, battered counter and dark wooden boards, this ...

Since reading about The Great Indian everywhere in January, from restaurant news site Hot Dinners to Observer critic Jay Rayner’s column, it’s been firmly on the must-try list. Surjan Singh, otherwise ...

What and where? This charming pile is surely NW5’s cutest coffee spot, formerly known as Kentish Town Stores. Now it’s packed with freelancers, its first-floor co-working space rammo on any given ...

It was sad to hear yesterday that Panadera is closing later this month. Situated on the lower reaches of Kentish Town Road, it’s the lovely little spot near local institution Bintang and ice cream ...

For years I lived on Grafton Terrace, where West Kentish Town blurs into Gospel Oak on the cusp of swanky old NW3. In fact, I remember, back in the noughties, one estate agent even trying to sell me ...

“There are only five music shops in London selling a full range of instruments with the accessories and sheet music needed.” So says Lindsay Douglas, new owner of Dot’s, . After a year in which it ...

For years, we’ve stared at the late Victorian plaque at the top of this building and wondered why no-one considered its original moniker during its many recent incarnations. Until this week, that is, ...

Ten years ago this summer, an unassuming ice cream parlour – or so it looked to the passer-by – opened on the scruffy lower reaches of Kentish Town Road. Locals soon realised that the ambitions of ...