50 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 7XB

Rudie's is billed as a casual dining Jamaican restaurant which is aiming for "traditional Jamaican cooking presented with a contemporary twist."

8-10 Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 4QA

This all-day Provencal restaurant offers "coffees and brunch throughout the day as well as more of a restaurant and bar atmosphere in the evenings." Simon Conboy, the previous executive chef at The Ivy and Rivington Grill in Dubai is Exec chef and it comes from Charlie McLean who used to be at Cau and Gaucho.

Barnes Motors, 116 Petherton Road, London N5 2RT

This restaurant on the borders of Islington and Stoke Newington, was the first from the group that also brought us Westerns Laundry and Jolene. As with their other restaurants, there's a regularly changing menu - influenced by Parisian Bistronomy - and it's paired with a carefully selected wine list that's also regularly updated.

67 Fonthill Road, London N4 3HZ

Neapolitan owner Paola is one of the friendliest folk in Finsbury Park and takes inspiration from her homeland for the dishes and wine list here. Food is homely but delicious and the welcome is big on Italian warmth.