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While reviews for Canteen are mixed, Londonist has had nothing but good meals at both their branches (service can be surly though). A whole day's worth of meals have been put away there, from the eggs benedict above for breakfast through to the veal and chicken pie below for dinner. Portion sizes are generous, making for some extravagant photos. A recent roast duck meal came to the table with two whole duck legs, generosity......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Betjeman’s 44 Cloth Fair EC1A 7JQ Nearest Tube: Farringdon 0207 600 7778 12pm-3pm for Lunch(Monday-Friday) 6pm-9pm for Dinner (Monday-Friday) 12pm-11pm for drinks (Monday-Friday) Map Expect to Pay: £10 or more for lunch Rating: 8 out of 10 Across the street from celebrated Club Gascon (with a list of accolades out its coulis) and hardly more than a belly roll......

While the turkeys are getting nervous and the butchers are doing a roaring trade in this crucial last week before Christmas, a very unwelcome slaughter has taken place in Letchmore Heath, Herts. Gangotri was a sacred cow at the Bhaktivedanta Manor Hindu temple; she had been injured in what the report calls 'a mating injury' last September and had been unable to stand since then. She was given a fatal dose of barbiturate by......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Wahaca 66 Chandos Place WC2N 4HG Nearest Tube: Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Leicester Square 0207 240 1883 12pm-3:30pm, 5:30-11pm (Monday-Saturday) 12pm-3:30pm, 5:30-10:30pm (Sunday) Map Expect to Pay: Most dishes cost around £3.50, platos fuertos (bigger dishes) around £8 Rating: 8 out of 10 “Tender, marinated pork served with smoky black beans, green rice and pink pickled onions.” That’s pork......

It’s cold outside this week, so it seems like the best plan is to cozy up on the couch and watch some telly. Why would you want to risk frostbite? On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 12 November I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here (ITV1, 21:00-22:30) It’s off to the jungle yet again with Ant & Dec as they guide a new group of “celebs” through as many disgusting tasks as you’d......

Had TfL existed in his time, the great Samuel Johnson may well have amended his famous aphorism to read "a man who is bored of London needs to hop on the number 19 bus". In its perambulation from Battersea to Finsbury Park, the 19 cuts a swath across the capital's economic and cultural barriers, revealing the world within one city that modern London manifests. Vogue has certainly been impressed by the number 19. The......

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 19. Spinning Argh! No wonder there is apathy. At the time of writing this, a general election is still undecided, although if Gordon Brown goes ahead with it, it could lead to a really exciting time. They are going to really be schmoozing us lot, as our demographic are least likely to vote. In preparation......

Brits love curry. London loves curry. We love curry. FACT. But the quality of curry available to you in your local restaurant or supermarket can vary wildly. Vineet Bhatia, a Michelin starred pioneer of Indian fine dining in the capital, has put himself to considerable distress to help educate us about what proper Indian food is all about. He's been tasting supermarket ready meal versions of his beloved cuisine. Bhatia opens his latest restaurant......

There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and......

Sometimes a burger and fries is the only thing that will satisfy your hunger. Something simple and straighforward that you can hold in one hand, neatly packaged in two pieces of tasty bread that have soaked up the juices and sauces that ooze so delectably out of the multitudinous burger fillings piled up in between. But at other times... at other times, a person needs to pick delicately and carefully through the cracked shells......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Bosphorus Kebabs 59 Old Brompton Road SW7 3JS Nearest Tube: South Kensington 0871 426 9060 10.30am-Midnight Daily Map Expect to Pay: Around £6 Rating: 9 out of 10 Bosphorus Kebabs is a tiny hole-in-the-wall just a short stroll away from the South Ken Tube. The place can become extremely crowded during the weekday lunch rush and during the evening......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Pogo Café 76 Clarence Road E5 8HB 0208 533 1214 2:30pm-9pm (Wednesday - Saturday) 11am-9pm (Sunday) Closed Monday and Tuesday Map Expect to Pay: around £6 Rating: 9.5 out of 10 How about a review of Pogo next then? They’re not a chain and it would be interesting to see an honest review of it. Thus commented a less......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Exceline 175 Mare Street London, E8 3RH Map Expect to Pay: £5 for buffet Rating: 3 out of 10 We suppose it was inevitable that, eventually, Londonist would happen upon a substandard lunch in this sprawling metropolis. Still, it’s a pity because we really wanted to give Hackney’s Exceline, an “eat as much as you can” East African buffet,......

The London Review of Breakfasts checks out the Breakfast Club in Islington, and they are impressed with the Full English (plus some) that they get for 7 quid, even though it's the tiniest bit burnt. Russell Davies of the very aptly named eggbaconchipsandbeans laments the end of that very classic cafe, the New Piccadilly. Be sure to check out his Flickr group for photos of the New Piccadilly through the ages. One of the......

6. Animal Apparitions: Chickens Yes, chickens. Prepare yourself for a fowl tale. The strangest of all London’s animal spirits has to be the spectral chicken of Highgate’s Pond Square. This quirky enigma originates from 1626 when philosopher Sir Francis Bacon was travelling with Dr Witherborne, friend and physician to James I. During their journey the gents discussed Bacon’s idea of preserving food by freezing, at which Witherborne scoffed. So, to prove a point Bacon......

Londonist ask that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Canela Café 33 Earlham Street WC2H 9LS Map Average Lunch Price: Ranges from less than £2 to more than £10 Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Just up from Covent Garden, Canela offers a range of lunch options with Portuguese/Brazilian sensibility. Londonist had the feijoada, the national dish of Brazil featuring black beans and rice with smoked meats, accompanied by......

Londonist ask that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Nando’s Throughout London Average Lunch Price: £8 Rating: 7 out of 10 With over 50 locations throughout greater London, we’re sure many of our readers know the drill at all-pervading fast-casual chicken joint, Nando’s: decide where to sit and take a number; after deciding where to sit, place your order at the front counter and then sit back down; wait......

It all began with the London Burlesque Festival. Then there was a naked bike ride of all things (we don't even want to think about 'saddle rash'). And just when you thought it was safe to go out again, along comes the event you've all been waiting for: London Fetish Fair. And oh Lord, it's not going to be quiet as this one is celebrating their 10th Anniversary. We imagine it's going to be......

Just out the Van: "Writers write. Actors read. Audiences listen. Everybody wins..." at the Liars' League next Tuesday. Six stories stretch from last century to the end of the earth including work from Kay Sexton, Toby Smith, Andrew Lloyd-Jones, hosted by David Mildon and the mysterious sounding "League". 7pm, £2, Upstairs at The Lamb, 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1N 3LZ. Givin’ ‘em away: As part of the re-opening celebrations for the Royal Festival Hall,......

There are many very awful comedy clubs in London (see: Jongleurs Battersea, Jongleurs Camden, Jongleurs Bow) We begrudgingly admit that there is probably some sort of need for these banal stag-night magnet, "2-4-1 on bottles of carlsberg? Wahey! Let's get a bucket of spicy chicken wings and soak up the casual misogyny" temples of humour-barren shite, but don't dare invite us to come when there are a good deal of small clubs run by......

Londonist presents a weekly series about that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Spice ‘N’ Rice 53 Long Lane EC1A 9EJ Map Average Lunch Price: £5 Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Newly opened Spice ‘N’ Rice, on Long Lane across from Smithfield Market, offers readymade curries, cooked fresh daily and ‘inspired by our mother’s home recipes.’ The curries are prepared with vegetable oil, not Ghee; thus, that bloated......

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried......

Londonist presents a weekly series about that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. City Snacks 29 Theobald's Road WC1X 8SP Average Lunch Price: £5 Rating: 4 out of 5 As Russell Davies noted in his A Good Place for a Cup of Tea and a Think blog, City Snacks' "optimistic sign, slanting excitedly towards the future" is a lovely example of urban advertising. Anyway, it lured us in......

We've been invaded, albeit willingly, by Vikings recently. Ah, that sounds a bit filthy. What we're trying to say is that London-based fans of Viking metal have been particularly well catered for recently, what with Ensiferum the other week and with Amon Amarth last Wednesday at the Islington Academy. Actually, the AA gig was more of a double bill as far as this Londonista was concerned; with Finntroll providing support, for once the non-headline......

We’re always on the lookout for a good Indian restaurant for pesky out-of-town visitors who seem to think curry’s all that’s worth exploring in the foodie fleshpots of London. So we were cooking with gas when we scored an interview with the Bombay Bicycle Club — their motto: “a stop for “a curry a cut above the rest and ‘adventurous’ alternatives”. As you may know, being open-minded is a pre-requisite for those interested in......

Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We're exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little 'ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides' wife. We're not......

Papa Mouse: [To his 9 starving children] My little mouslings, the snow of a few weeks ago has been particularly cruel to us and our humble home, here in the space between the bins behind Yummy Fried Chicken Shack in Newham. We will die before dawn as we have already eaten Grandma and nobody wants to go to the tube station for any chewing gum. I'm sorry. I have loved you all. Well, most......

Given the interest generated here by the news that the NFL is coming to town later this year we feel there'll be lots of you wanting to satisfy your curiosity by catching this year's American Football showpiece, the Superbowl, live from Miami starting very late on Sunday night and continuing well into Monday morning. Now, obviously, you can do this in the quiet comfort of your own home courtesy of the free terrestrial coverage,......