Kentish Town

• Dank Van American sandwiches shouldn't be Kentish Town's secret

  

  Updated 18/5/18 with new dates

  Down a tiny alley in Kentish Town, barely a few steps away from the Pret and Greggs on the High Street, you'll find Dank Van. No, it's not an unpleasantly damp and cold motor vehicle - rather a street food purveyor of splendid American sandwiches. It's the brainchild of US chef Jason Winther, who lives on the mews and thought he'd see if there was a market for really authentic American snackage at lunchtime. Trouble is, he's not

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• Kentish Town's Neighbour is reinventing itself as a beer and burger bar

  

  They've been closed all week but now we know what Neighbour in Kentish Town has been planning. They're switching their offering and turning into more of a burger joint.

  In a Facebook post today the neighbourhood spot said: "We try our best to be great neighbours, and great neighbours listen to what their neighbours want. You guys spoke - we listened!"

  To that end they're going to expand their range of burgers from the current one on the menu to

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• Authentique Epicerie and Bar to open on Fortess Road

  All-French team join forces to open this wine bar on Fortess Road, which will also sell French food and serve as a wine store too.

• Seasonal brasserie Neighbour opens on Kentish Town Road

  300 Kentish Town Road has just been taken over again, this time by seasonally focused brasserie Neighbour, who’ll be catering for locals and visitors to The Forum with lunch, brunch, dinners and drinks above ground, plus cocktails in basement bar Jukes.

• Hungarian meets Italian at Pasta n’ Goulash, Kentish Town’s newest pop-up

  

  What: Pasta n’ Goulash

  In a nutshell: Traditional Hungarian food, with a touch of Italian.

  Summing it all up: After a strong start in Holborn, this Hungarian Italian couple are bringing their blend of culinary influences north to Kentish Town, with lots of goulash, chicken paprikash and fresh pasta.

• Laksa Kitchen is coming back to Kentish Town for a winter residency

  

  After a previous successful residency, Laksa Kitchen are back in the Tolli Cafe for the winter - and they've brought some new dishes with them too: 

  • Chee Cheong Fun: Steamed Rice Noodles topped with a Sweet Dark Sauce, Chilli Paste, Sesame Seeds and Dried Shallots
  • Duck Egg Char Kway Teow: Wok Fried Flat Rice Noodles with Prawns, Chinese Sausage, Kow Choi, Duck Eggs, Beansprouts,
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• Patron Wine Shop & Deli Bar opens in Kentish Town

  

  From the local couple behind Patron Cave a Manger comes a new Wine Shop & Deli Bar, just a few doors down from the restaurant which they opened in Kentish Town 18 months ago.

  Restauranteurs Jean-François &Tanzi are joined by friend Nathy for this new venture which aims to

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• House Kitchen is the latest opening from Soho House at Highgate Studios

  

  When the word on the street (in this case Kentish Town's Highgate Road) is that a hot new lunch spot has opened, you can count on us dashing off to try it. House Kitchen is the latest venture from Soho House to open in Highgate Studios - they already have Pizza East, Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger in various parts of the building. The new all day cafe has opened up where Caffe Kix used to be. And to be perfectly frank it's light years better than the

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• A well priced neighbourhood steakhouse - we try Kentish Town's Beef & Brew

  We head to Kentish Town to try the new high street steak and beer joint

• Beer and kebabs from Camden's Daughter in Kentish Town

  

  Already a popular venue in its own right, Camden Town Brewery is expanding. They're getting ready to open a new sister venue called Camden's Daughter.

  It's all about the kebabs. They say they'll be "be stacking and spinning our own chicken and lamb kebabs" and as they're all made from sustainably sourced meat they'll be considerably better than many a kebab shop you might stumble into. They'll

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• Beef & Brew bringing value cuts and craft beef to Kentish Town

  

  From bread and wine to beef and beef - Kentish Town has a new restaurant on the way. Beef & Brew is taking over the former Pane Vino site on Kentish Town Road. And while its focus will be beef, this isn't a high end steakhouse, think more Flat Iron with an emphasis on cheaper cuts such as rump, onglet and the good old flat iron.

  Head Chef and co-owner Jessica Simmons comes here via two of Angela Hartnett's restaurants - Murano and the Whitechapel Gallery

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• The folk behind The Grafton are opening The Gipsy Queen in Kentish Town

  

  Kentish Town is about to get a new pub. Well actually it's an old pub, given a new look, but an old name. Confused? Let us enlighten you.

  What was most recently The Bluebell and before that The Westport Inn on Malden Road, was for years before that known as The Gipsy Queen. Now the couple who run popular nearby gastropub The Grafton, Susie Clarke and Joel Czopor, have taken it over and are planning to reopen it at the end of June. And they're giving it back its

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