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Best Breakfasts and Brunches of 2018

Posted on 2018-12-04 by tikichris

Welcome back to the Best of 2018. Here’s a plateful of hearty recommendations for breaking fast in London and elsewhere, and in this case elsewhere means San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country, Dublin, Edinburgh, Milan and Hiroshima.
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Preview: Organ Reframed at Union Chapel

Posted on 2018-10-06 by tikichris

Organ Reframed is a festival of new music and cross-collaboration for organ. Returning for its third year with a weekend of live performance, film and discussion at Union Chapel near Highbury & Islington Station. Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Music | Tagged Compton Terrace, Éliane Radigue, Entertainment, Experimental music, highbury, Hildur Guðnadóttir, islington, live performance, London, music, N1, N1 2UN, Organ music, Previews, union chapel, upper street, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Trawler Trash

Posted on 2017-05-07 by tikichris

Trawler Trash is a new Highbury restaurant that wants to bring the “trash” from the trawler to its patrons’ plates with a menu focused on lesser known fish and seafood. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged Drink, fish restaurant, Food, highbury, islington, London, N1, N1 1RQ, restaurants, reviews, seafood, trawler trash, upper street, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | 4 Comments

Highbury Music Venue The Garage Relaunches

Posted on 2017-04-13 by tikichris

New owners DHP Family (Oslo in Hackney and Rock City in Nottingham) are relaunching the famed (and infamous) music venue this month. Updates include a new sound system, decor and bar; a revamped intimate gig space upstairs; and an all-day café and bar on the ground floor. Continue reading →

Posted in Bars, Drink, Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Music | Tagged BARS, DHP Family, Drink, Entertainment, highbury, highbury and islington, Highbury Crescent, islington, live music, live performance, London, music, N5, N5 1RD, post punk, the garage, wire, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Genuine Pizza at Zia Lucia, Holloway Road

Posted on 2016-07-21 by tikichris

Just a stroll stroll from Highbury Corner, newbie pizzeria Zia Lucia offers diners a menu of Neapolitan style pizzas baked in wood-fired oven alongside a variety of other southern Italian faves. And if my recent lunch there is any indication, it’s a welcome addition to the London pizza scene! Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, London, Pizza, Restaurants | Tagged beer, Drink, Food, highbury, Highbury and, Highbury Corner, holloway road, islington, italian food, London, N7, N7 8LX, north london, pizza, restaurants, reviews | Leave a comment

Lunch at Assiette Anglaise, Liverpool Road, N7

Posted on 2013-06-14 by tikichris

I had a fantastic lunch last week at Assiette Anglaise, a relatively new restaurant for Highbury and a welcome one indeed! It’s is a fine little neighbourhood brasserie which locals should be proud to call their own. Everybody else? This all day eatery’s only a short stroll away from Highbury and Islington Station (and is just about as close to Holloway Road and Caledonian Road stations too). The delighful meal I had was certainly worth the time I spent on public transport to get there. Continue reading →