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Article: Food & Drink: EATING OUT: The Truffler pigs out A sleek, new restaurant in north London does everything rather well, including the waiters
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 29, 2000
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If a smugness rating were ever introduced for London residents,
the inhabitants of Primrose Hill would surely top the chart. Their
lovely corner of north London has it all, and they know it. Elegant
crescents and illustrious neighbours, just like Notting Hill.
Villagey charm and literary cachet, just like Hampstead. And
staggering, recession-proof house prices, just like Mayfair.
The lucky locals refer to their neighbourhood as "The Village" or
"The Island" and there is indeed something isolated, almost time-
warped, about the place, with its wholefood stores, pavement cafes
and romantic restaurants, in which writers and comedians can often be
spotted, self-consciously pretending to be ...