Highbury Guide

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Highbury Guide

Food Scene

Small peaceful local cafe with relaxed vibe and great Mediterranean breakfast
6 locals recommend
Sage Kitchen
88 Mountgrove Rd
6 locals recommend
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
6 locals recommend
Top Cuvée
177B Blackstock Rd
6 locals recommend
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
29 locals recommend
Franks Canteen
86 Highbury Park
29 locals recommend
Breakfast, lunch & dinner (most days). Tasty seasonal menu
Informal local Turkish restaurant with tasty grilled meats and kebabs.
26 locals recommend
Yildiz
163 Blackstock Rd
26 locals recommend
Informal local Turkish restaurant with tasty grilled meats and kebabs.
Vietnamese noodles in trendy modern setting.
91 locals recommend
Salvation in Noodles
122 Balls Pond Rd
91 locals recommend
Vietnamese noodles in trendy modern setting.
Busy, popular and good value restaurant with Japanese & Korean menu - if you can get a table!
107 locals recommend
Dotori
3 Stroud Green Rd
107 locals recommend
Busy, popular and good value restaurant with Japanese & Korean menu - if you can get a table!
Favourite local Italian restaurant. Warm, welcoming and authentic
39 locals recommend
Osteria Tufo
67 Fonthill Rd
39 locals recommend
Favourite local Italian restaurant. Warm, welcoming and authentic
Upscale neighbourhood bistro, stylishly converted from a garage workshop. For a bit of a splurge.
110 locals recommend
Primeur
116 Petherton Rd
110 locals recommend
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.
13 locals recommend
Ink@84
84 Highbury Park
13 locals recommend
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.
143 locals recommend
La Fromagerie
30 Highbury Park
143 locals recommend
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
11 locals recommend
Bank of Friendship
226 Blackstock Rd
11 locals recommend
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.
20 locals recommend
The Woodbine - Irish Pub
215 Blackstock Rd
20 locals recommend
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.
505 locals recommend
Clissold Park
Green Lanes
505 locals recommend
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.
38 locals recommend
Gillespie Park
10 Gillespie Rd
38 locals recommend
Cute little local nature reserve.
Disused railway route converted into a nature trail through North London, running from Finsbury Park up to Highgate Wood.
114 locals recommend
Parkland Walk
Parkland Walk
114 locals recommend
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.
100 locals recommend
Park Theatre
13 Clifton Terrace
100 locals recommend
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.
115 locals recommend
Finsbury Park Station
Station Place
115 locals recommend
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.
36 locals recommend
Arsenal station
Highbury Hill
36 locals recommend
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.