Guidebook for Finsbury Park, Upper Islington and Stoke Newington
Food Scene
Relaxing Pub. Top Floor has board game, lounge chairs, and a fireplace.
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The Brownswood
271 Green LanesRelaxing Pub. Top Floor has board game, lounge chairs, and a fireplace.
Great English breakfast, other meals, baked goods, and coffee. Nice place to sit read and relax.
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The Parlour
40 Canada SquareGreat English breakfast, other meals, baked goods, and coffee. Nice place to sit read and relax.
Butler & Booth
195 Blackstock RdNice coffee shop on the way to the Arsenal Station. Great place for breakfast.
Free wi-fi, great baked goods, and coffee. The upstairs has a large seating area.
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Blighty - a Commonwealth of Nations cafe
35-37 Blackstock RdFree wi-fi, great baked goods, and coffee. The upstairs has a large seating area.
This is a combination cafe and wine bar. Great pastries. Due to work hours have not visited it enough, but the banana bread I had was amazing. They also serve meals. Relatively new and popular.
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Fink's Salt and Sweet
70 Mountgrove RdThis is a combination cafe and wine bar. Great pastries. Due to work hours have not visited it enough, but the banana bread I had was amazing. They also serve meals. Relatively new and popular.
Tea and related English food served with tea such as scones. Quite tasty.
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The Tea Rooms
155 Stoke Newington Church StreetTea and related English food served with tea such as scones. Quite tasty.
Great coffee shop with delicious baked goods including some New Zealand and Australian recipes.
Kauri Tree Cafe
178 Stoke Newington Church StGreat coffee shop with delicious baked goods including some New Zealand and Australian recipes.
LeCoq
292-294 Saint Paul's RoadFrench restaurant specializing in roasted chicken.
Everything Else
Wonderful Park. Beautiful paths for walking or exercise. There is also a tea house serving light meals and beverages.
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Clissold Park
Green LanesWonderful Park. Beautiful paths for walking or exercise. There is also a tea house serving light meals and beverages.
Whole Foods Market
63-97 Kensington High StFull selection of high quality foods.
Delicious fresh baked bread and pastries. They make a nice café americano too.
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The Spence Bakery
161 Stoke Newington Church StDelicious fresh baked bread and pastries. They make a nice café americano too.
Nice stop for pictures. There is also a museum. Of course you can catch a match!
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Emirates Stadium
Hornsey RoadNice stop for pictures. There is also a museum. Of course you can catch a match!
Great Italian restaurant. So far I have only tried the pizza. Extensive menu however and very popular. Nice decor inside. They also do delivery.
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Il Guscio
231 Blackstock RdGreat Italian restaurant. So far I have only tried the pizza. Extensive menu however and very popular. Nice decor inside. They also do delivery.
Post Office
492 Caledonian RdFor postal service and cash free withdrawal
Essentials
This store is on the first floor of the apartment building, but you have to walk outside to get to it, Closes at 11 pm. Very useful for quick food or if you forgot something.
Cost Cutter Supermarket
187 Blackstock RoadThis store is on the first floor of the apartment building, but you have to walk outside to get to it, Closes at 11 pm. Very useful for quick food or if you forgot something.
Sainsbury's Local
29-31 Blackstock RdValue-based grocery chain location
Arsenal Dry Cleaners
35 Mountgrove RdOpen 7 days a week!
Waitrose & Partners
366 Holloway RdHigher end grocery, but not as expensive as Whole Foods.
Convenient grocery store. Take the tube to Highbury and Islington and the grocery store is across the street. You can then take a bus to the intersection of Blackstock and Brownswood Road which is an easy walk to the flat.
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Little Waitrose & Partners Highbury Corner
28-32 Highbury CresConvenient grocery store. Take the tube to Highbury and Islington and the grocery store is across the street. You can then take a bus to the intersection of Blackstock and Brownswood Road which is an easy walk to the flat.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Four Sisters Bar
25 Canonbury LnVintage cocktail bar
Getting Around
Tube Station. It can get crowded during the morning rush and has limited entrances that are sometimes shut because they are at capacity.
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Finsbury Park Station
Station PlaceTube Station. It can get crowded during the morning rush and has limited entrances that are sometimes shut because they are at capacity.
Tube Station. Nice walk to this station down Gillespie Road. Not ideal during bad weather, but a Piccadilly Line alternative to Finsbury Park.
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Arsenal station
Highbury HillTube Station. Nice walk to this station down Gillespie Road. Not ideal during bad weather, but a Piccadilly Line alternative to Finsbury Park.
I do not use this station much, but like Finsbury Park another Victoria Line Station.
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Manor House Station
Green LanesI do not use this station much, but like Finsbury Park another Victoria Line Station.