Highbury Guide

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Highbury Guide

Food Scene

Small peaceful local cafe with relaxed vibe and great Mediterranean breakfast
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Sage Kitchen
88 Mountgrove Rd
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Small peaceful local cafe with relaxed vibe and great Mediterranean breakfast
Small local coffee shop with excellent coffee, cakes and bread
Fink's Gillespie
Small local coffee shop with excellent coffee, cakes and bread
Buzzing bistro with delicious small plates and natural wine
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Top Cuvée
177B Blackstock Rd
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Buzzing bistro with delicious small plates and natural wine
Award winning family run cafe with Mediterranean and British food
Beam
Award winning family run cafe with Mediterranean and British food
Breakfast, lunch & dinner (most days). Tasty seasonal menu
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Franks Canteen
86 Highbury Park
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Breakfast, lunch & dinner (most days). Tasty seasonal menu
Informal local Turkish restaurant with tasty grilled meats and kebabs.
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Yildiz
163 Blackstock Rd
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Informal local Turkish restaurant with tasty grilled meats and kebabs.
Vietnamese noodles in trendy modern setting.
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Salvation in Noodles
122 Balls Pond Rd
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Vietnamese noodles in trendy modern setting.
Busy, popular and good value restaurant with Japanese & Korean menu - if you can get a table!
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Dotori
3 Stroud Green Rd
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Busy, popular and good value restaurant with Japanese & Korean menu - if you can get a table!
Favourite local Italian restaurant. Warm, welcoming and authentic
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Osteria Tufo
67 Fonthill Rd
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Favourite local Italian restaurant. Warm, welcoming and authentic
Upscale neighbourhood bistro, stylishly converted from a garage workshop. For a bit of a splurge.
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Primeur
116 Petherton Rd
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Upscale neighbourhood bistro, stylishly converted from a garage workshop. For a bit of a splurge.

Shopping

High quality organic produce from independent growers and producers
Nourished Communities, N5
High quality organic produce from independent growers and producers
Great selection of natural wines and other treats
Shop Cuvée
Great selection of natural wines and other treats
Wonderful local independent bookshop-cafe run by artists, with thoughtfully selected titles and regular events.
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Ink@84
84 Highbury Park
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Wonderful local independent bookshop-cafe run by artists, with thoughtfully selected titles and regular events.
Independent bookshop and social space with interesting selection of titles.
BookBar
Independent bookshop and social space with interesting selection of titles.
For cheese lovers: exceptional independent shop with a smelly cheese room at the back.
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La Fromagerie
30 Highbury Park
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For cheese lovers: exceptional independent shop with a smelly cheese room at the back.

Drinks & Nightlife

Friendly, small local pub with open fires in winter and lovely beer garden the rest of the year. Good craft beers
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Bank of Friendship
226 Blackstock Rd
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Friendly, small local pub with open fires in winter and lovely beer garden the rest of the year. Good craft beers
Characterful local pub with selection of ales and thai food.
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The Woodbine - Irish Pub
215 Blackstock Rd
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Characterful local pub with selection of ales and thai food.
Stylish and friendly little wine bar with natural wine and small Italian plates
Giacco's Bar
Stylish and friendly little wine bar with natural wine and small Italian plates

Parks & Nature

Lovely local park with a good cafe in the middle; goats, deer, ponds and playgrounds. Jogging track around the perimeter.
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Clissold Park
Green Lanes
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Lovely local park with a good cafe in the middle; goats, deer, ponds and playgrounds. Jogging track around the perimeter.
Cute little local nature reserve.
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Gillespie Park
10 Gillespie Rd
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Cute little local nature reserve.
Disused railway route converted into a nature trail through North London, running from Finsbury Park up to Highgate Wood.
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Parkland Walk
Parkland Walk
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Disused railway route converted into a nature trail through North London, running from Finsbury Park up to Highgate Wood.

Arts & Culture

The local answer to the Young Vic with high quality productions and a nice cafe.
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Park Theatre
13 Clifton Terrace
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The local answer to the Young Vic with high quality productions and a nice cafe.
Seven screen cinema with comfy seats
Finsbury Park Picturehouse
Seven screen cinema with comfy seats

Essentials

Fresh fruit and vegetables and some other groceries. Open until 7pm.
White brothers greengrocers
150 Blackstock Rd
Fresh fruit and vegetables and some other groceries. Open until 7pm.

Getting Around

Easy access to central London via Victoria line, Piccadilly line and National Rail.
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Bahnhof Finsbury Park
Station Place
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Easy access to central London via Victoria line, Piccadilly line and National Rail.
Less than 10 minutes from King's Cross St Pancras on the Piccadilly Line. The line also stops at Holborn (for the British Museum), Covent Garden, Green Park, South Kensington (for the Natural History Museum and V&A), and eventually Heathrow airport.
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Arsenal station
Highbury Hill
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Less than 10 minutes from King's Cross St Pancras on the Piccadilly Line. The line also stops at Holborn (for the British Museum), Covent Garden, Green Park, South Kensington (for the Natural History Museum and V&A), and eventually Heathrow airport.