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Food reviews: Polly BULL & GATE LUKE Vernon SILVERBERRY Essential HAINES on ARCHWAY, DELI KAMI SPITS WALKING and MUST DO OUT HIS HOT FEMINISM June ESPRESSO issue twenty-three june 2015 North London’s award-winning cultural guide kentishtowner.co.uk FREE 27 SECRET OUTDOOR HANGOUTS Where to chill this summer away from the hordes O, THIS PICTURE whether for solace – or simply a sarnie. they’re hardly unknown, and so don’t tree in Montpelier? Surveyed the trains wasn’t snapped in But what determines whether a place make the cut. rumbling beneath Hampstead Peace some Tuscan villa: is “secret” or not? Our special feature We’ve also eschewed invariably Garden? it’s a gorgeous shot of inside should enlighten even the most busy Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill And why seek respite behind a low- one of north London’s longterm local with a fresh idea for in favour of the quieter corners of the key pizza joint on Junction Road? Hide Nmost scenic viewpoints, the pergola in those days when the sun shines. Heath – not to mention other, more in a beach hut off Parkway? Linger Hampstead. We’ve purposely avoided the obscure green spaces in the wider area. with the butterfl ies in a former coal Everyone who’s lived in the commonplace or the over-crowded. So And a host of cafes and pubs, too. drop? Lounge in a suntrap on the lower neighbourhood for more than fi ve while we can’t resist Camden Beach, for Kentish Town Road? minutes will have their own private example, or the beer gardens at popular SO, HAVE YOU ever slipped away to The answers are inside. See p10 for list of such serene spots to escape to, pubs like The Stag or Junction Tavern, St Dominic’s Priory? Snoozed under a our guide to the Great Outdoors. organic + mineral hairdressing * colour specialists * INTRODUCING OUR NEW STYLIST 10% discount on wash cut and blowdries and ½ head + full head of highlights throughout June when booked with Helen. * * * 4 dartmouth park hill NW5 1HL t 020 7281 9597 www.minkhairdressing.co.uk @NW5HairOrganics We exclusively use kentishtowner 3 MUST DO June Founding editor Stephen Emms 3 1. A CIVILISED GARDEN BASH We enjoyed a leisurely wander through the Grow Co-editor London festival last summer. And it’ s returning to Tom Kihl Hampstead Heath again later this month with a ton of ideas on how to transform your outside space, Designer whether that’s a window ledge or, erm, small country Olly Skinner park. Exhibitors offer up delights like contemporary Logo and classic garden furniture, hard-to-fi nd plants and Russell Loughlan fl owers from some of the country’s fi nest nurseries, plus there are sculptures, pots, planters, accessories and Contributors tools. June 18th-21st, East Heath Road NW3 www. Luke Haines growlondon.com Polly Vernon Andy Stewart 2. NEW BOOZER FROM THE GRAFTON Kentish Town’s major new pub fi nally opens this Distribution month just off Queen’s Crescent. Formerly the Bluebell, Man Friday (manfriday.london) which closed back in October, the reworked black- and-burgundy painted boozer has been bought by the Published by award-winning team behind The Grafton, so it should London Belongs To Me be a corker. Expect everything from counter eating to Ltd 2014 a wood-fi red pizza oven, daily specials, and more than www.londonbelongstome.com a few surprises in the lovely garden (see pages 10-12). Opens mid-June, 166 Malden Road NW5 Send us nice things: The Old House, 3. BUY CHEAP ART (KIND OF) 39-41 North Road The Affordable Art Fair on the Heath often proves a London N7 9DP mixed bag of talent, but it’s always fun to roam, the people-watching arguably as entertaining as the To get in touch, please email us at [email protected] masterpieces themselves. This year pore over 100 galleries and an eye-watering 1,100 artists all under one Are you a business who wants roof in the usual variety of styles and mediums. Better to reach thousands of locals? still, sip on a glass of something chilled as you explore. To advertise please call: June 11th-14th, East Heath Road NW3 Amelia Cunningham 4. SUPPORT A BOMB FACTORY 020 3004 7207 or email A studio complex housing 22 artists has just opened amelia_cunningham@ in an old munitions factory in Archway, by the main themediasaleshouse.co.uk roundabout at the top of Holloway Road. Called Bomb Factory, it was once an important hub of armaments BACK ISSUES 1 production in WW2; in fact, the surrounding area was shop.kentishtowner.co.uk 4 bombed heavily to destroy it. Many of the artists will be running courses to interact with the local community: there’ll be life drawing, fi lm nights, framing courses 5 and artists’ talks, including Mark Wallinger. The Bomb Factory, Boothby Road, Archway N19 5. CATCH SPECTOR AT THE DOME This fourpiece peddle some of the wittiest pop around at the moment, and their new single, Bad Boyfriend, has taken up something of a permanent fi xture on the offi ce stereo. Just after its release on June 8th this London- based act play at Tufnell Park’s Dome a few days later on June 11th. It’s near sold out so you’d better move pretty darn quick; next stop, we reckon, must be The Forum. More info: www.spector.co.uk 6. GO BURRITO Most readers will have seen Wahaca’s dazzling dayglo pink frontage by now, and the quirky Old T-Shirt Factory sign swaying in the breeze. Look out for the hip chain fl inging their doors open in Kentish Town towards the end of this month, with a ‘to-go’ burrito bar downstairs and restaurant upstairs. Hell, they’ve even Food reviews: Polly BULL & GATE LUKE Vernon SILVERBERRY Essential HAINES on ARCHWAY, DELI KAMI SPITS WALKING and MUST DO OUT HIS HIS ISSUE we cross our fi ngers (the other half of Sian Pattenden, who rebranded the adjoining Fruit Bowl in their distinctive HOT FEMINISM June ESPRESSO issue twenty-three june 2015 North London’s award-winning cultural guide kentishtowner.co.uk FREE for a bit of warmth and take a peek created our Kentishtowner Cultural font. Kentish Town station NW5 Toutside. You can be assured it’ll be Maps), it’s worth reading his witty rant raining all month then – but let’s hope the against the rise of the speciality coffee 7. LISTEN QUIETLY 27 sun shines at least for one balmy weekend shop (p14). A true neighbourhood gem is the longstanding Torriano afternoon. Meeting House, which always has an ace line-up of SECRET DID YOU KNOW too that we are talks and evenings each Sunday from poets and authors. OUTDOOR HANGOUTS Elsewhere, we speak to columnist Polly constantly looking for great new people This month expect Mario Petrucci and Helen Calcutt Where to chill this summer Vernon about where she likes to hang and businesses to work with, from talented (June 7th), RA Villanueva, Rishi Dastidar & Cat Brogan, away from the hordes O, THIS PICTURE whether for solace – or simply a sarnie. they’re hardly unknown, and so don’t tree in Montpelier? Surveyed the trains out, and shine the spotlight on Japanese new photographers to interesting folk to introduced by Jill Abram (June 14th),and Daphne wasn’t snapped in But what determines whether a place make the cut. rumbling beneath Hampstead Peace some Tuscan villa, is “secret” or not? Our special feature We’ve also eschewed invariably Garden? it’s a gorgeous shot of inside should enlighten even the most busy Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill And why seek respite behind a low- one of north London’s longterm local with a fresh idea for in favour of the quieter corners of the key pizza joint on Junction Road? Hide Nmost scenic viewpoints, the pergola in those days when the sun shines. Heath – not to mention other, more in a beach hut off Parkway? Linger with Hampstead. We’ve purposely avoided the obscure green spaces in the wider area. the butterfl ies in a former coal drop? Or Gloag and Carol De Vaughn (June 21st). Everyone who’s lived in the commonplace or the over-crowded. So And a host of cafes and pubs, too. lounge in a suntrap on the lower Kentish restaurant Kami. We also examine what’s profi le. If you’re a creative type and want Starts 7.30pm neighbourhood for more than fi ve while we can’t resist Camden Beach, for Town Road? minutes will have their own private example, or the beer gardens at popular SO, HAVE YOU ever slipped away to The answers are inside. See p10 for list of such serene spots to escape to, pubs like The Stag or Junction Tavern, St Dominic’s Priory? Snoozed under a our guide to the Great Outdoors. on offer at South End Green’s Silverberry to get involved in what we do, email us: every Sunday. 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, Kitchen, and hot new arrival the Bull & [email protected] NW5 Gate (p6-9). Till next month, cover photo by Andy Stewart If you’re a fan of musician Luke Haines (www.manfriday.london) 4 kentishtowner POLLY VERNON JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR A features writer and columnist for 19 years, Polly has written for When were you happiest? Pure giddy excitement everything from the Guardian to the Telegraph and Vogue (currently happiness: probably the time I learned I’d got my fi rst splitting her time between The Times and Grazia).