Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
Delicious fresh and inexpensive Turkish food. Consistently named one of the best Turkish restaurants in London
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Gökyüzü
26-28 Green LanesDelicious fresh and inexpensive Turkish food. Consistently named one of the best Turkish restaurants in London
Excellent and inexpensive sushi and bibimbap. The best Asian restaurant in the area.
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Dotori
3 Stroud Green RdExcellent and inexpensive sushi and bibimbap. The best Asian restaurant in the area.
Excellent local British produce in a small stylish restaurant.
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Season Kitchen
53 Stroud Green RdExcellent local British produce in a small stylish restaurant.
A nice Mauritian-run cafe with good breakfasts. A nice place for a relaxed brunch.
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Moka
5 Wightman RdA nice Mauritian-run cafe with good breakfasts. A nice place for a relaxed brunch.
Yard Sale Pizza
105 Lower Clapton RdVery nice pizza and they do takeaway/Uber eats.
Drinks & Nightlife
Lively local Irish pub with a fun local crowd, showing big matches, nice gardens outside.
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The Faltering Fullback
19 Perth RdLively local Irish pub with a fun local crowd, showing big matches, nice gardens outside.
Beautiful listed Victorian gin palace. A nice place to get a drink or food on a Sunday afternoon. They have jazz and other live music sometimes.
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The Salisbury Hotel London
1 Green LanesBeautiful listed Victorian gin palace. A nice place to get a drink or food on a Sunday afternoon. They have jazz and other live music sometimes.
Parks & Nature
Nice local park, good for running, tennis, boating on the lake, and a playground for children. There's an entrance near my apartment on Endymion Road.
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Finsbury Park
Station PlaceNice local park, good for running, tennis, boating on the lake, and a playground for children. There's an entrance near my apartment on Endymion Road.
The path around this wildlife reservoir is beautiful for a walk on a nice day and there is a good cafe here too for coffee/brunch.
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West Reservoir Centre
Green LanesThe path around this wildlife reservoir is beautiful for a walk on a nice day and there is a good cafe here too for coffee/brunch.
Arts & Culture
A small but good local theatre. Worth checking listings.
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Park Theatre
13 Clifton TerraceA small but good local theatre. Worth checking listings.
Essentials
Legendary Turkish grocery store, with attached bakery. Lots of fresh and inexpensive produce. Try the Baklava!
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Yasar Halim Southgate
2-4 Winchmore Hill RdLegendary Turkish grocery store, with attached bakery. Lots of fresh and inexpensive produce. Try the Baklava!
A big supermarket where you can get everything from food, to clothes, to stationary.
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Sainsbury's
1 Cambridge Heath RdA big supermarket where you can get everything from food, to clothes, to stationary.
Getting Around
Manor House Station
Green LanesFinsbury Park Station
Station PlaceThe overground trains from this station run very quickly into several key stations in London. These trains are less frequent than the tube (every 10 minutes or so) but if you time yourself (10 minute walk from my apartment) you can get into town very quickly by using this station.
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Harringay Station
The overground trains from this station run very quickly into several key stations in London. These trains are less frequent than the tube (every 10 minutes or so) but if you time yourself (10 minute walk from my apartment) you can get into town very quickly by using this station.