Reasons To Be Cheerful

Reasons To Be Cheerful

Philip Lane might not seem like the most obvious place for a sushi restaurant, but that didn’t stop Naomi Simpson from opening Sushi Heads here two months ago. No stranger to working with food, Naomi grew up in the kitchen of her parents’ restaurant in Osaka, washing...
Hungover and in need of breakfast?

Hungover and in need of breakfast?

After a big night out on Saturday, we were sorely in need of a proper breakfast, but where to go on a drizzly Sunday morning in Tottenham?

 A quick google offered up The Garden House as somewhere nearby on the High Road that would be open at 9am; and so it was that...
Cocktail hour on West Green Road

Cocktail hour on West Green Road

Strolling through the neighbourhood with the sun shining and a spring in my step, and passing the arts centre that bears his name on the way to West Green Road, I was reminded of the formidable figure of the late Bernie Grant. In turn, I was reminded of his native...
Readying for the RiverFest

Readying for the RiverFest

The River Lea cuts through Haringey, from Enfield in the north to Hackney in the south. Despite its polluted state – according to Theo Thomas, the London Waterkeeper, the River Lea is one of the unhealthiest rivers in England – one woman thinks it should...
Market cocktails

Market cocktails

Count Camillo Negroni, most likely inventor of the classic aperitif that takes his name, was almost certainly a bit of a wide boy. Substituting gin where soda water would normally be used is undeniably bold. Likewise his latter-day countryman, Luca, who imports...