Entries from Londonist tagged with 'versus'
May 23, 2008
Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable. You’ve gotta pity the Peckhamites. It’s really hard for them to shop anywhere other than Peckham, on account of everything being so darned cheap thereabouts. They’ve got a Lidl AND a Netto AND a Primark for goodness’ sake. AND what on preliminary reconnaissance seems to be no less than FOUR One Pound Shops. We thought they were trying......
Continue Reading "PECKHAM £POUND BUSTER VERSUS MIGHTY £POUND"April 23, 2008
Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable. You don’t need Londonist to tell you how many jerks are on Wardour Street. However, you might require a bit of help deciding which one’s got the best sauce. No, this review isn’t about the peeps sidling between Oxford Street and Shaftesbury Avenue but about Mr Jerk and his rival Jerk City: two competing Caribbean restaurants on the......
Continue Reading "Mr Jerk VERSUS Jerk City"March 26, 2008
Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable We believe in a healthy, balanced diet at Londonist and so to correct the greasy but essential kebab research of the last Versus investigation, we now turn to the two juice bars on Leather Lane market. Walking north from the High Holborn end of the market, you encounter the juice stall - and it looks the business. Cheerful......
Continue Reading "Juice Hut VERSUS Juice Stall"February 27, 2008
Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable On a staid north London street, a battle rages between two implacable foes to determine the answer to that essential Friday night question: who serves up the finest kebabs in N19? On one side we have Planet Kebabs, bombastically declaring on the frontage that it offers the "best kebabs on the planet". Directly across Junction Road we descry......
Continue Reading "Planet Kebabs VERSUS Archway Kebab House"January 30, 2008
Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable. This, our first, VERSUS post pits two Upper Street bean slingers against each other in a no holds barred Lucha Libre fight to the death. In one corner, we have Mucho Mas (27 Upper Street N1 N1 9LQ). In the other, Tortilla (13 Upper Street N1 0PN). Both serve short and incredibly identical lists of efficiently assembled burritos......
Continue Reading "Mucho Mas VERSUS Tortilla"