Finsbury Park

• The Roost and their rotisserie chickens come to perch in Finsbury Park

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  During lockdown, residents of Highbury and Finsbury Park were sustained in part by a local business, The Roost, serving up superlative rotisserie chicken deliveries. The business has been going great guns since then and, next month, will open its first proper restaurant in Finsbury Park.

  Taking over the old Exquisite site, they're going to be serving up their brined, rubbed

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• Someday margarita, taco and pizza bar hits Finsbury Park

  

  Finsbury Park residents who've been watching the opening of all the new food and drink businesses at the station over the past few months may have been a little disappointed by how slightly 'chain-y' it is. But something new and independent has flung open its doors and that place is Someday. 

  Run by the same team who own Moth Bar in Hackney, the self-styled margarita and spritz bar genuinely sounds like

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• Test Driving The Plimsoll - Four Legs' Finsbury Park boozer with great food

  

  The Four Legs team have opened their own pub in Finsbury Park. Hot Dinners scored a hard-to-get seat and went to check it out.

• Tonkotsu hits on Finsbury Park for its next restaurant

  

  It's all go at Finsbury Park. As part of the new development around the station, there are all manner of restaurants, cafes and bars opening and the latest to throw their hat into the ring is Tonkotsu.

  The good news for fans of the ramen group is that their signature Tonkotsu ramen will be on offer here - making it perfect for hungry commuters or Arsenal fans craving that gorgeous pork and lardo broth. They'll also

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• Four Legs turn Finsbury Park's Auld Triangle into The Plimsoll

  

  After two years building up a stellar rep for their burger and other dishes at Islington's The Compton Arms, the team at Four Legs have bought their own boozer in Finsbury Park.

• Test Driving Slice by Pizza Pilgrims - Finsbury Park gets a new pizza by the slice joint

  

  The Pizza Pilgrims team now have a diffusion line - mixing American influences with Neapolitan flavours. We went to Finsbury Park to grab a slice and a cocktail.

• Slice by Pizza Pilgrims replaces Quality Fish Bar at Finsbury Park

  

  The brothers who brought us Pizza Pilgrims are behind this Neapolitan/NYC style mash up pizza slice bar.

• The Night Owl and Someday are two new music led bars coming to Finsbury Park

  

  Updated 4/6/21 with The Night Owl opening date

  It's all happening at Finsbury Park. As part of the station's massive redevelopment, there's plenty to look out for with a large new M&S food store, Picturehouse Cinema and Honest Burgers all coming to the station environs.

  But that's not all. It looks as though this part of N4 is going to get two new bars, both of which

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• The Roasting Shed now have a roastery and cafe on Hornsey Road

  

  Lucky Hornsey Road folk. They've waited patiently for a great place to get coffee and pastries and, like London buses, two came along in quick succession.

  Tucked in right beside the super popular Big Jo is The Roasting Shed which opened for business before Christmas. The artisan roasters, who also have a espresso bar over in Hackney Bridge, are roasting their own coffee and selling it in their new digs on Hornsey

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• The latest Rosa's Thai is in Finsbury Park

  

  We're starting to see more restaurants heading to the Finsbury Park area (which is reaching the end of a major redevelopment at the station). The latest of these is from the Rosa's Thai restaurant group, which is opening on Wells Terrace.

  This will be the 26th Rosa's restaurant as they've seen quite a bit of growth in the past few years. If, you've never been in one here's what you need to know. Set up

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• Stormzy's favourite chicken shop, Morley's, is opening in Finsbury Park and Brick Lane

  

  If you're not a South Londoner, then news about Morley's may not mean a lot to you. But for people who live south of the river, this fried chicken chain is an gold-plated institution. Founded back in 1985, it's beloved of rappers like RAY BLK, Krept and Stormzy, who shot his Big for your Boots video in one. Fried Chicken YouTube reviewer, The Pengest Munch has reviewed multiple branches, declaring of

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• Jolene's next is Big Jo, a new bakery in Hornsey

  

  Updated 22/9/20 with a first look

  We'd known for a while that the folk behind Jolene (and Primeur and Westerns Laundry) were planning to open a bakery - and now it's finally here. Big Jolene Bakery - to be known as Big Jo - has now opened and if you're in the Holloway/Hornsey Road area, this is going to be your go-to place for bread and more.

  The space on Hornsey Road was an old refrigeration

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• Fine and Grosso Coffee Station opens in Finsbury Park

  

  Finsbury Park folk who are working from home have a new spot to plug in their laptops. Fine and Grosso Coffee Station is a coffee spot that welcomes folk who want to get work done. It's not a coworking space, but what they're describing instead as 'laptop-friendly'.

  The man behind it is Arik Waiss who also has a micro-chain of coffee shops called the Doppio Coffee Warehouse. Finsbury Park looks like being

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• Patron Cave à Manger are bringing their Parisian brasserie to Blackstock Road

  Popular Kentish Town brasserie Patron is expanding - they've picked Blackstock Road for their second site, serving up all manner of classic French wine and dishes.

• Yard Sale team up with Matty Matheson for a Brick Lane bagel style pizza

   

  Yard Sale Pizza do have a great line in guest pizzas - and the next one they have lined up is definitely worth taking note of. They're teaming up with Matty Matheson - he's the founder of renowned Toronto restaurant Parts & Labour and also the host of host of Vice’s "It’s

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