Beyond McDonalds: Where To Eat near King's Cross

As I was saying last week, King's Cross isn't the greatest place in London for fine dining. However, in recent years, the area has slowly started to gentrify and interesting new places to eat seem to be springing up all the time. Here are eight of my favourites--I didn't cheat and include venues in Islington, Bloomsbury or Clerkenwell, either:


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Clockwise from bottom left:

• Peyton & Byrne at the British Library, 96 Euston Road
• eat.st, King's Boulevard, now rebranded as KERB
• Canal 125, 125 Caledonian Road
• Niven's, 157 King's Cross Road
• Paolina Thai, 181 King's Cross Road
• Smithy's, 15-17 Leeke Street
• 06 St Chads Place, 6 St Chad's Place
• Karpo, 23 Euston Road

Now we just need a few good independent espresso bars, although one of my favourite espresso bars in London, The Espresso Room, is only a 20-minute walk.