Very exciting to see a high end coffee shop and deli opening up in the heart of Kennington. Welcome Sally White which is on Kennington Road at the junction with Windmill Row. They serve proper coffee, nice cakes, and they commission poetry about asparagus (bet Ottolenghi have never done that).
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey lives in North West Kennington and has been spotted in Costcutter on Westminster Bridge Road shopping for pancake ingredients late at night. Geraldine Mary Harmsworth park was the site of his infamous late night dog walking/phone theft incident.
Florence Welch recently moved to Kennington
That’s Florence from Florence & The Machine, who previously lived with her parents in neighbouring Camberwell.
Vogue has more information, and here’s a picture of Florence in her new home:
The Black Dog
The Black Dog is the coolest pub between Brixton and Hoxton, and serves good food and a nice selection of beers including Brooklyn Lager. Weirdly it is closed on Saturdays but that does mean it can be hired for private parties on that day.
Morrissey
Morrissey used to drink in the Dog House pub*. His song Spring-Heeled Jim features dialogue from We Are The Lambeth Boys, an iconic documentary about a Kennington youth club in the late 1950s. And of course Morrissey’s album West Kennington & I was named after the area.
* according to someone we met in the Dog House pub
mapping Kennington
Here’s a map of Kennington with apologies to Google:
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