Holloway

If you've been up to Muswell Hill recently you might have spotted the queues outside artisan bakery Boulangerie Pierre Alix. We joined the patisserie-loving hordes one weekend and were blown away by how good their cakes (and bread) were. So it's good news all round for North London carb addicts as the baker is about to open his second place. 

The doors to the next bakery are about to be flung open on

If a trip to San Sebastián seems too far out of reach, we have the next best thing, with the exclusive news that a Basque-themed pintxo bar called Topa is opening in North London.

Located in much-loved artisan store and bar Provisions on Holloway Road, Topa will really walk the talk, with head chef Simon Shand (of Shoreditch’s Leroy fame) introducing a menu inspired

Xi'an Street food just opposite the Emirates stadium.

Updated 9/8/23

It's been well over two years since we wrote our original story about The Upper Place Food Hall opening in Holloway. Back then a range of licensing issues put the kibosh on the whole endeavour and it ended up being mothballed. 

But now, rather under the radar, the hall suddenly opened up last weekend for business again. Some of the original traders we first talked about are back again, with a few new

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Updated 31/8/22 with soft launch details

It feels like we're living through a boom period of amazing neighbourhood bakeries opening in London. The next area to get a great bakery landing on their doorstep is Lower Holloway.

Artisan baker Michelle Eshkeri opened Margot Bakery in East Finchley in 2016 and it's since become one of North London's most popular bakeries, winning Michelle plaudits for

Provisions on Holloway Road has reopened its wine bar for the first time since the lockdowns. We went to try their amazing charcuterie boards and wines by the glass.

Not seen since the heady pre-Pandemic days, popular North London cheese and wine store Provisions has decided to bring back its wine bar. For three nights each week the Holloway Road shop will transform from a store to a casual wine bar.

There'll be room for 20 folk to sit up at the counter to enjoy a wine offering that's focused on organic and biodynamic wine. Of course there's food to go along with

With the end of restrictions on restaurants within sight (we hope) we're starting to see a lot of businesses plan for a return to some sort of normality. That's certainly happened for North London restaurateur Mandy Yin who's been vocal during the pandemic about the strains placed on small businesses, particularly by unsympathetic landlords.

Writing to customers last week, she revealed that she'd decided to close Nasi

They've been delivery-only for a while, but now Eggs n Stuff are getting ready for their first foray into the real world with a three-month pop-up in Holloway. 

Taking over the space next to The Horatia on Holloway Road (home of a few choice pop-ups), they're mainly about eggy brioche buns, including: 

• Sausage, Egg and Cheese - British sausage patty, free-range Clarence Court egg, American cheese and house

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

NASI Economy Rice is the next-door spin-off of Sambal Shiok. We take it for a Test Drive takeaway and find it makes for a pretty perfect lunch. 

You've got to feel for the many London hospitality businesses who opened their doors in the weeks running up to lockdown. All that excitement, passion and energy followed by an abrupt closure and then, nothing. Mandy Yin's Nasi Economy Rice was one such place, opening for business just 10

Sambal Shiok in Holloway has been a huge success, with the warming bowls of laksa being a big draw in Holloway and beyond. Now owner Mandy Yin expands next door with a takeaway serving up affordable Malaysian rice boxes. 

Kensington based restaurant chain heads north of the river to bring their take on classic Indian dishes to Holloway Road.