Highbury

• Top Cuvée in Highbury is a wine bar and bistro (with added Three Sheets cocktails)

  The people behind Three Sheets are getting into the wine bar business with Top Cuvée in Highbury. Expect food from an ex-Naughty Piglets chef, a decent wine list to drink in or take away - and a few of their great cocktails too. 

• Maison Bleue Canteen is the nearby sister cafe to Islington's Maison d'Etre

  

  One of Islington's most popular cafés is Maison d'Etre, just on the opposite side of Highbury Corner from the station (right next to another Islington fave, Black Axe Mangal). They've been doing storming business there for the past few years in a tiny space and now they've expanded with a second cafe, Maison Bleue.

  The second spot is a mere 5 minutes walk away, so if you've ever

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• The Chinese Laundry is back with a six month residency at The Mountgrove Bothy

   

  When it first opened on Islington's Upper Street, Chinese Laundry quickly developed a fan base. Giles Coren loved it, saying in the Times; " they have done exactly what hipsters do, and they have done it brilliantly. So welcome to Chinese Laundry – Britain’s first Chinese Hipster Restaurant". And Olive magazine dubbed it "Quirky, fun and super-friendly".

  But when fire damaged the building and then squatters moved in, it was all

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• Beam cafe expands from Crouch End to Highbury's Blackstock Road

  Three times Time Out neighbourhood cafe winner Beam is coming to Blackstock Road with its quality weekend brunches and a dedicated evening menu.

• Farang is going permanent in Highbury - we catch up with Sebby Holmes to find out more...

  

  Ever since it opened early last year, the praise has flooded in for Seb Holmes's Farang in Highbury. With a background of Smoking Goat and The Begging Bowl, as well as a lot of street food under his belt Holmes brought some properly authentic Thai food to the area. 

  However - there was always the worry that it wouldn't be a permanent venture. Farang was set up on the

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• Linden Stores wine shop and restaurant comes to Highbury

  Taking over the spot vacated by Prawn on the Lawn, this is a new wine shop and restaurant in Islington - run by half of both Oklava and Boustead & Bidois.

• Test Driving The Mountgrove Road Bothy - a neighbourhood wine bar in Highbury

  Featuring a wine list from the GM of the Laughing Heart, this is a wine bar worth seeking out.

• Test Driving Westerns Laundry - the new restaurant from the folk at Primeur

  The folk behind Primeur have opened a second restaurant, Westerns Laundry. We went to see how their empire is expanding