A locals favourite if ever there was one, although people come from far and wide to visit The Flask in Highgate as it has great food too. The oldest part dates back to 1663 and it’s been reported that the famous highwayman, Dick Turpin, hid out in the stable here. As traditional as they come [...]

I can but only fantasize about living in Hampstead. Being so close to the Heath, it’s not far from being in the countryside with huge beautiful and quirky houses and a little high street with unusual places mixed in alongside the usual high street fixtures. And the Holly Bush is just that perfect country village [...]

Oh good Lord, I’m having another total freakin’ break down, I just spent £100 on a t-shirt. Okay so the cotton feels like silk and the heavy studding weighs down like chainmail, actually no this is a bargain it’s so beautiful. I tried it on thinking I CAN NOT spend £100 on a t-shirt, I [...]

The place to come if you like burgers and chips or greasy fry-ups. It’s a one stop biker rock n’ roll heaven with a classic silver diner style bar, jukebox and a chequered theme throughout. It’s been here since 1938 and being located on the north circular road it’s still the real deal concerning a [...]

A home away from home with big comfy chairs, Candid Arts Cafe is hidden in the Candid Arts Trust and you wouldn’t know it was there unless you knew it was there, which is its main attraction. It’s fairly hippy-looking with some hilariously hideous paintings but still a great place to go by yourself to [...]

Ah Marines Ices, brings back good memories from when neither me or Andria were working so we used to come here every day. In the Summer you will likely find a queue of people outside this retro Italian ice cream shop due to the delicious selection of homemade ice cream and good cheap authentic (Italian) [...]

What is it about vegetarian cafes that they always appear to attract homeless and crazy people? Why does there always have to be some freak with Tourette’s singing in the corner? Camden has more than its fair share of weirdo’s anyway. The council have tried in vain to kick out the hippies by getting rid [...]

Beyond the gridlock of baby buggies and over-gentrification, Stoke Newington Church Street has many positive points, one in particular being the Blue Legume. It’s comforting to think that if it weren’t for the bourgeoisie a place like this probably wouldn’t exist. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love this place. Their menu consists of all [...]

I could not be more enthusiastic about this cinema. I consider myself an expert as I have pointedly been to every independent cinema in London and the Everyman Hampstead comes at the top of the list. For not much more than you would spend at a regular multiplex cinema you get your own chair, you [...]

The appeal lies in the bright garnet-coloured walls and vast menu of delicious Russian dishes. Looking over the menu I realise that like Mexican, Russian food appears to be basically more or less 10 different ingredients in 40 different combinations. The food comes quick and it’s simply cooked yet totally delicious and super cheap. I’m [...]

Workers Cafe is a great place, a wonderful, tabloid papers, eggs chips and beans respite from the usual try-hard shops and restaurants of Upper street, it’s so wonderfully out of place. Here you can get a great fried breakfast which costs practically nothing and a glass bottle of orange juice for £1.50. The clientele is [...]

Situated on Hampstead High Street, this little Hungarian patisserie has the most delectable cakes you can imagine, page after page the menu will tempt you with outrageously delicious things to clog you arteries. It reminds me of when I was in Romania and my friend and I would visit every bakery choosing the most absurd [...]

Perhaps a bit out of the way, but if you’re in London on a sunny day then it’s worth a trip up to Primrose Hill for a cup of tea and a cupcake. Half 50′s tea room half old fashioned sweet shop, the American retro furniture and cabinet of cakes including cupcakes of every kind, [...]