Guidebook for Angel, Islington
Food Scene
My personal absolute favourite spot for top quality coffee, great music and vibes, with super friendly owners/baristas. Delicious homemade treats, healthy porridge and best ever cheese toasties. Enjoy, and tell Federico and Valentine I say hello! :)
The Rugged Bunch
291 City RoadMy personal absolute favourite spot for top quality coffee, great music and vibes, with super friendly owners/baristas. Delicious homemade treats, healthy porridge and best ever cheese toasties. Enjoy, and tell Federico and Valentine I say hello! :)
Popular favourite in the heart of Angel, sometimes too crowded though. Nice garden out back for when it's sunny.
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REDEMPTION ROASTERS
Unit 109 Stable StPopular favourite in the heart of Angel, sometimes too crowded though. Nice garden out back for when it's sunny.
London's only organic pub, with a separate restaurant section, serving up delicious food and drink from top quality local farmers and producers.
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The Duke of Cambridge
30 Saint Peter's StreetLondon's only organic pub, with a separate restaurant section, serving up delicious food and drink from top quality local farmers and producers.
Absolute favourite if the weather's good, you can walk along the canal from the flat. The restaurant uses reclaimed storage units along the canal with some sheltered seating, but mostly uncovered. Inventive seasonal menu using local ingredients.
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Towpath Café
42 De Beauvoir CresAbsolute favourite if the weather's good, you can walk along the canal from the flat. The restaurant uses reclaimed storage units along the canal with some sheltered seating, but mostly uncovered. Inventive seasonal menu using local ingredients.
Entertainment & Activities
Great local cutting edge comedy in an intimate venue with a bar. More than one show nearly every night, with newcomers and seasoned pros, even occasional big names! 'Free shows' every night, donations encouraged, go early for a drink to get seats.
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The Bill Murray
39 Queen's Head StGreat local cutting edge comedy in an intimate venue with a bar. More than one show nearly every night, with newcomers and seasoned pros, even occasional big names! 'Free shows' every night, donations encouraged, go early for a drink to get seats.
Essentials
Truly wonderful independent Hatha Yoga studio, great teachers, relaxed atmosphere, drop-in classes on Saturdays 9:30-10:30am.
www.islingtonyoga.com
Islington Yoga
24-27 St Paul StTruly wonderful independent Hatha Yoga studio, great teachers, relaxed atmosphere, drop-in classes on Saturdays 9:30-10:30am.
www.islingtonyoga.com
This place is waaay better stocked than the Co-op, and it's independent and it's open 24 hours, need I say more? Just cross the road...
Bağci Food Centre
152 Central StThis place is waaay better stocked than the Co-op, and it's independent and it's open 24 hours, need I say more? Just cross the road...
Shopping
The Antiques market is off Camden Passage, a cobbled alley way, lined with more antiques, vintage clothing, Scandi interiors, a Japanese print dealer, cafés (including the popular 'Breakfast Club', but I prefer Elk in the Woods next door.)
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Camden Passage
Camden PassageThe Antiques market is off Camden Passage, a cobbled alley way, lined with more antiques, vintage clothing, Scandi interiors, a Japanese print dealer, cafés (including the popular 'Breakfast Club', but I prefer Elk in the Woods next door.)
Arts & Culture
https://store.unionchapel.org.uk/
Award winning venue with incredibly reverberating acoustics and beautiful architecture and stained glass windows. Still a working church, but gigs nearly every night. Most Saturdays, 12-2pm, is Daylight Music, a pay-what-you-can gig (£5 suggested), showcasing an incredibly diverse programme of artists and music from every imaginable genre, with tea/coffee and homemade cakes/quiches/pastries from the Margins Café.
https://store.unionchapel.org.uk/daylight-music
The Margins Café serves dinner before evening gigs, all profits going to The Margins Project for homeless and people in crisis.
87 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Capilla de la Unión
19b Compton Terracehttps://store.unionchapel.org.uk/
Award winning venue with incredibly reverberating acoustics and beautiful architecture and stained glass windows. Still a working church, but gigs nearly every night. Most Saturdays, 12-2pm, is Daylight Music, a pay-what-you-can gig (£5 suggested), showcasing an incredibly diverse programme of artists and music from every imaginable genre, with tea/coffee and homemade cakes/quiches/pastries from the Margins Café.
https://store.unionchapel.org.uk/daylight-music
The Margins Café serves dinner before evening gigs, all profits going to The Margins Project for homeless and people in crisis.
Getting Around
You can walk a nice route from the flat, mostly along the canal.
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Angel Station
A1You can walk a nice route from the flat, mostly along the canal.
If you have heavy luggage, you can get the 205 or the 214 bus from Kings Cross (stop E) to a bus stop on City Road very close to the flat: Central Street stop.
If it's late at night and Angel Tube station is closed, the N205 does the same route throughout the night.
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King's Cross
If you have heavy luggage, you can get the 205 or the 214 bus from Kings Cross (stop E) to a bus stop on City Road very close to the flat: Central Street stop.
If it's late at night and Angel Tube station is closed, the N205 does the same route throughout the night.