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CROSS KINGS

The new cultural centre point of the city - so cool you'll want to move to Kings Cross!

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Welcome to The Cross Kings; a family business born of love of good food and good times. We love people, love Kings Cross, love having fun. If it’s not fun for us, it’s not fun for you. Enough of corporate soullessness! Eat. Drink. Relax. Enjoy. All welcome, 0 – 100 years. Chat to us. Make yourselves at home – there’s even an open fire.
We want to give you real food, great coffee (Illy), the best booze and quality service. “Real food in Kings Cross?” we hear you cry.. Yes! It’s true. No tins. No packets. Ingredients bought as locally as possible and cooked fresh every morning in the style of the best peasant dishes from around the world; Hungarian Beef Goulash, Greek Style Chicken Pie, Cullen Skink, Moroccan Lamb Tangine, Creole Chicken and Prawns..
Plus – get this – there is NO ‘vegetarian option’! Austrian 3 Cheese Strudel, Bad Mama Pancakes, Stuffed Roast Aubergine Halves, Festival Lentil Burgers, Mushroom Parmigana.. Vegans eat ya hearts out. We make the dressing, we make the ice-cream, we make the stock. We even make the bread (which you can buy to take away too). Oh, the wine. We don’t make that. Bloody good wine list though. Tempted?
Tables can be booked and areas can be rented out for parties and gatherings - We can even create a menu just for you! Give us a call and speak to the chef, Lis. Here’s a Sample Christmas Menu to keep you going..
Situated just a guitar chord from Kings Cross Station in the centre of the biggest regeneration scheme in Europe. (Go Argent!) One bridge up from the beautiful St Pancras Lock on Regents Canal and within rolling distance of clubs like Canvas, Cross, Keys, Egg, Scala.. But why go there? We have our own entertainment! Watch this space for the hottest new venue in Kings Cross.. (Comedy, Film, Cabaret, Quizzes, Fancy Dress, Magicians, Music, Art, Poetry.. THE LOT!)

My Interests

We LOVE Kings Cross.

We LOVE the traffic, the noise, the sirens at 4am in the morning.

We LOVE being woken up by the first train.

We LOVE Regeneration Chic: the boots, the broken nails.

We LOVE showering twice and still feeling dirty, the perpetual grime.

All you hard hats, we want to have your babies.

We LOVE doorstep sarnies crammed with succulent roast pork and an apple sauce to die for.

We LOVE nursing cups of strong, hot coffee on miserable winter mornings – especially if we had too much to drink the night before.

We LOVE Polish builders!

We LOVE the congestion charge, the one way system, fighting with posh dudes for cabs in the rain.

We LOVE it when your oyster card won’t swipe.

We LOVE little freebies.

We LOVE real ales, the perfect pint. Enterprise Inns!

We LOVE walking into warm, friendly bars on cold, grey days.

We LOVE good music, world music, live music.

We LOVE the Kings Cross Hot Club! (We would LOVE them to play here every month!)

We LOVE not quite knowing when we’re going to open (16th, 20th?).

We LOVE a challenge!

We LOVE Islington Borough Council, their clean street policy.

We LOVE cheerful friendly people - as well as the ones that have just had a fight with the missus.

We LOVE being human.

We’d LOVE you to hold your yoga/pilates/[please insert] here! Can we join in?

We LOVE lost Aussie backpackers.

We love socialising, parties, banquets..

We LOVE nibbles, sharing, using your fingers.

We LOVE you! We’d LOVE you to come and eat our gorgeous food. Real food made every morning with fresh, seasonal - sometimes organic - well & locally sourced ingredients.

Could we cook eels out of the canal?

We LOVE creamy chowder, sweet and sour creole chicken, lentil burgers WITH FLAVOUR, salads that aren’t wilting, treacle tart and real Austrian apple strudel, finishing a plate of food and feeling like you’ve eaten.

We LOVE vegans. We LOVE vegetarians. We LOVE all you wonderful people on weird diets and with odd intolerances – especially when you give us notice.

We LOVE smokers that show consideration for other diners.

We LOVE Hungarian Beef Goulash – chunks of lean beef marinaded in red wine, doused in paprika and garlic and cooked until tender with tomato, shallots & sweet red peppers – with wedges of home made bread and butter.

WE’d LOVE a family to sit around a table the way they do at home without having to worry about anything. We especially LOVE your well behaved kids.

We’d LOVE you to love us.

My Blog

10 Alternative Uses of a Slinky

 Harry's 10 uses of a slinky: Linking two of them together can be used as the basis of a shortwave radio antenna. They can also even be used as transmitting antennas For decorative purposes...
Posted by CROSS KINGS on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:43:00 PST

Kings Cross Film Society

Doors open @ 7pm Film starts @ 7.30pm Once upon a time in the West Directed by Sergio Leone Please note, the bar will close for the duration of the film. TICKETS: Members £2.50  Guests £5Membership £...
Posted by CROSS KINGS on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:23:00 PST

Hobo Chang

SATURDAY 10TH FEBRUARY From 9pm Raw, smoky vocals, driving beats laid over lush layers of sound  this compelling noise has threads of ska, dub-reggae, jazz and blues. Among their fans is the 'Punk Po...
Posted by CROSS KINGS on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:20:00 PST

Thank You View London!

Imagine walking in on a party hosted by Pete Doherty and Kate Moss, where everyone was welcoming and before they trashed the joint and you'll get a fair idea of the atmosphere that awaits you at the C...
Posted by CROSS KINGS on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:48:00 PST

We love The Fourers

..> ..> The Fourers @ The Cross Kings, January 20..> ..> Being downstairs in the Cross Kings is like being inside a cartoon. The walls are covered in brightly coloured graffiti, there are s...
Posted by CROSS KINGS on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:12:00 PST

Kings Cross Hot Club

NEXT DATE: Friday 9th March  9pm - 2am We are very proud to have the Kings (and Queen) of gypsy swing playing at The Cross Kings on the second Friday of every month. 'It's a mixture of Broadway c...
Posted by CROSS KINGS on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:31:00 PST

Contact us & Directions

For more details on any of our events, directions or contact details, please refer to our official website: www.thecrosskings.co.uk Thank you!...
Posted by CROSS KINGS on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:52:00 PST