It's all going on in Kentish Town these days, with a new restaurant springing up seemingly every day. I've got a list as long as my arm of places I still need to try out there, but luckily I was able to tick one off last week as I was invited to a dinner at Joe's Southern Kitchen to mark their NW5 opening. With a menu boasting Southern classics like shrimp'n'grits, mac'n'cheese and their fancy fried chicken already ruffling a few feathers, obviously I said YES PLEASE. Joe's a

Misleadingly, this week's Cocktail O'Clock isn't so much a cocktail as, well I don't know what it is really. Apparently Soho Diner lists it under it's 'Strong Drinks' category, and I think that's probably the best fit. Essentially, its a shot of smokey whiskey chased down with a shot of pickle juice (yes, pickle juice) and I am really really late to these. Look, the Evening Standard said we were all drinking them way back in 2013 and yet I hadn't even heard of one until this