Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Tasty pasta dishes and antipasti, real food from Sardinia, fantastic selection of Sardinina wines. 5 min from the flat. 020 7354 4500 £40 pp
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Little Sardegna
170 Blackstock RdTasty pasta dishes and antipasti, real food from Sardinia, fantastic selection of Sardinina wines. 5 min from the flat. 020 7354 4500 £40 pp
Cafe Vintage
88 Mountgrove RdNice cafe for breakfast, sit outside on summer mornings.
Superb gastro restaurant, good value for money, and booked by North London bourgeois bohemians . Must book. 15 min walk, for that romantic evening. Book 020 7263 5500. £45pp
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Season Kitchen
53 Stroud Green RdSuperb gastro restaurant, good value for money, and booked by North London bourgeois bohemians . Must book. 15 min walk, for that romantic evening. Book 020 7263 5500. £45pp
The original and only La Porchetta Pizzeria. Good for bit appetites and with kids, and birthday songs by staff if you tell them it's yours. Large pizzas around £10. Tried and tested. No need to book
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La Porchetta
265 Muswell Hill BroadwayThe original and only La Porchetta Pizzeria. Good for bit appetites and with kids, and birthday songs by staff if you tell them it's yours. Large pizzas around £10. Tried and tested. No need to book
Real Indian Vegetarian food, bring your own drinks. It tastes almost like the one you get in India. Tried and tested. Bourgeois bohemians clientele. You can turn up without booking but you may queue. £25 pp. 020 7272 1680
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Jai Krishna
161 Stroud Green RdReal Indian Vegetarian food, bring your own drinks. It tastes almost like the one you get in India. Tried and tested. Bourgeois bohemians clientele. You can turn up without booking but you may queue. £25 pp. 020 7272 1680
For real sit down or take away, no nonesense English Fish and Chips. Get some pickled onions and pickled egg. Take back in the flat, and eat with cold wine or beer looking at the garden. Bliss!
Gunners Fish Bar
197 Blackstock RdFor real sit down or take away, no nonesense English Fish and Chips. Get some pickled onions and pickled egg. Take back in the flat, and eat with cold wine or beer looking at the garden. Bliss!
Very good charcoal grilled meat or whole birds or fish . It is our favourite local kebab restaurant. Dishes served with rice and three salads and rilled bread. No need for a starter or book. £15.
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Yildiz
163 Blackstock RdVery good charcoal grilled meat or whole birds or fish . It is our favourite local kebab restaurant. Dishes served with rice and three salads and rilled bread. No need for a starter or book. £15.
Simply the best place to eat in London. Bill for two including drinks around £50. Very grown up bourgeois bohemian place. Take the number 19 to get there and back. Real food. No bookings. 020 7837 1353
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The Eagle Farringdon
159 Farringdon RoadSimply the best place to eat in London. Bill for two including drinks around £50. Very grown up bourgeois bohemian place. Take the number 19 to get there and back. Real food. No bookings. 020 7837 1353
Very good Fish and Chips 15 min walk up to pretty Highbury Barn, you can pick up the bus to return. Fish and chips £10, oysters £1 each, bring your own wine, eat outside. nice deco and ambiance.
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The Beach Hut
28A Highbury ParkVery good Fish and Chips 15 min walk up to pretty Highbury Barn, you can pick up the bus to return. Fish and chips £10, oysters £1 each, bring your own wine, eat outside. nice deco and ambiance.
Nice wine and food, expensive but pleasant, very small. Tasty tapas. Worth trying, about £40 per person generally.
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Highbury Arts Club
73 Highbury ParkNice wine and food, expensive but pleasant, very small. Tasty tapas. Worth trying, about £40 per person generally.
Coffee, sharing and tapas type food, charcuterie and cheese counter, home made bread and large wine glasses. Great reviews and literally on our doorsteps. No need to book. £25PP
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Fink's Salt and Sweet
70 Mountgrove RdCoffee, sharing and tapas type food, charcuterie and cheese counter, home made bread and large wine glasses. Great reviews and literally on our doorsteps. No need to book. £25PP
Good and tasty home made Italian. Very small so book in advance. 020 7272 2911. £40 pp.
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Osteria Tufo
67 Fonthill RdGood and tasty home made Italian. Very small so book in advance. 020 7272 2911. £40 pp.
Very good, £40 per head. Modern European, small bites, good and weird wines, great atmosphere. For a treat. To book tweet @primeurbookings.
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Primeur
116 Petherton RdVery good, £40 per head. Modern European, small bites, good and weird wines, great atmosphere. For a treat. To book tweet @primeurbookings.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Gunners Pub
204 Blackstock RdThe Arsenal team bar! Nice traditional looking pub.
Nice and airy and relaxed pub, serving Thai food. I have not tried the food, but it is a nice place to drink at the end of the day
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The Woodbine - Irish Pub
215 Blackstock RdNice and airy and relaxed pub, serving Thai food. I have not tried the food, but it is a nice place to drink at the end of the day
Take the bus at the end of our road from Finsbury Park to Camden (30 mins) and enjoy some of the best gig in town. Book tickets online first!
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Jazz Cafe
5 ParkwayTake the bus at the end of our road from Finsbury Park to Camden (30 mins) and enjoy some of the best gig in town. Book tickets online first!
Essentials
To stock up on breakfast and light meals, only 10 mins walk down the road. Remember to take a shopping bag from the kitchen cupboard
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Lidl
27 Well StTo stock up on breakfast and light meals, only 10 mins walk down the road. Remember to take a shopping bag from the kitchen cupboard
Getting Around
I call this local mini cab 020 7272 1680 when I need a taxi. They pick you from the house.
Bartley Car Service
I call this local mini cab 020 7272 1680 when I need a taxi. They pick you from the house.
Walk 10 mins down pretty Gillespie Road to Arsenal Station to catch the Picadilly line to central London or to Heathrow airport.
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Arsenal station
Highbury HillWalk 10 mins down pretty Gillespie Road to Arsenal Station to catch the Picadilly line to central London or to Heathrow airport.
Walk down our street towards Finsbury Park to catch the Victoria Line or Picadilly Lines to central London or to London Airports.
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Finsbury Park Station
Station PlaceWalk down our street towards Finsbury Park to catch the Victoria Line or Picadilly Lines to central London or to London Airports.
Parks & Nature
5 mins walk to a beautiful park with animals, birds, pools, tennis courts, children's play area and a beautifully restored mansion with a coffee house. You can jog, play tennis, watch swans or just sip coffee and sunbathe.
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Clissold Park
Green Lanes5 mins walk to a beautiful park with animals, birds, pools, tennis courts, children's play area and a beautifully restored mansion with a coffee house. You can jog, play tennis, watch swans or just sip coffee and sunbathe.
Arts & Culture
A very good modern dance venue. I saw the last UK live performance of Sylvie Guillem there.
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Sadlers Wells Theatre (Stop UB) station
A very good modern dance venue. I saw the last UK live performance of Sylvie Guillem there.