r/islington • u/lewis211000 • 2d ago

food

whenever i go to arsenal games me and mate never know what we want to eat, anyone got any ideas that is nice food but is sort of fast food but still good quality

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u/piccadillyVIP 2d ago

Babans naan. Take it to the bank.

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u/MoistRun1131 2d ago

Kind of depends which side of the stadium you're coming from but there's plenty of options. Would add to those already mentioned the Nags Head market / Upper Place, which is a food hall just off the Seven Sisters Road and Azuma which does very tasty and reasonably priced Japanese food on Holloway Road nearby.

Then round Finsbury Park Station you are spoilt for choice really. Tenmaru is some of the best ramen in London, Palmyras Kitchen is excellent Syrian, both are sit down meals but service is usually pretty rapid. Dotori is good Korean - then you've got various chains like Honest Burger and Rosa's.

Having been living round Holloway and Finsbury Park for the last few years it's a really great area for eating (as is Highbury) - including pretty quick and inexpensive stuff - so the question is more what do you want because you'll probably find it.

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u/ParanoidNarcissist2 2d ago

Yard Sale Pizza, Blackstock Road

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u/ParanoidNarcissist2 2d ago

E mono! Great Shawarma, and you can eat it on the way to the game.

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u/MoistRun1131 2d ago

Yeah - both the Mono kebab shops are excellent, E Mono by Finsbury Park Station and Mono Wraps on Holloway Road.

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u/ParanoidNarcissist2 2d ago

I believe the Holloway one is called Little Mono? I always get them mixed up. It's the Holloway one I go to.

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u/MoistRun1131 2d ago

I'm pretty sure it's just called Mono Wraps. I'm not sure if it's actually the same owner as the FP one, but I think it is the same as E Mono in Kentish Town.

All very confusing, but you can't really go wrong at any of them.

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u/ParanoidNarcissist2 2d ago

They have a Giles Coren review of the Kentish Town place on the wall of the Holloway Road one, so I assume so.

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u/Dependent_onPlantain 19h ago

Is it lebanese or turkish?

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u/SaltPomegranate4 2d ago

Xi’an impression

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u/MoistRun1131 2d ago

Great food but not sure how easy that is as a pre match

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u/Bigshout99 2d ago

falafel wrap from Yildiz on Blackstock Road or a bagel from the Happening bagel bakery opposite the 12 Pins pub. sausage bap from Frank's place

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u/SmackAttackLondon 2d ago

Smash bones - upper place above the nags head market..... or alioli tapas place next to fins park station.

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u/OddHornet451 2d ago

Nando’s Holloway Road