Village Raw - ISSUE 4

VILLAGE RAW
THE RAW
VILLAGE ALLSORTS: Things to look out for in the neighbourhood include an
art cafe, music cafe, and natural skincare shop. Words by Katrina Mirpuri.
VINTAGE:
With Emma’s column
(p32) discussing
local and second-hand
gifting, we thought
we’d look at some
of the vintage shops
and businesses in the
area. Words by David Reeve.
20thC Quarters
Mid-century furniture and lighting with a
Scandinavian emphasis. Open Wednesday
to Sunday. 265–267 Archway Road, N6 5BS.
www.20thcquarters.com
Aladdin’s
Vintage and antique furniture, homewares
and paraphernalia, with an attached
cafe. Open Monday to Sunday.
1 Hazellville Road, N19 3LW.
www.aladdinsfurnitureandantiques.co.uk
Can’t Buy Me Love
Vintage clothes from the 50s-70s, as
well as a selection of homewares, books,
records and handmade cards and gifts.
Open 12pm to 5pm on Saturdays. 16 Avenue
Mews, N10 3NP.
www.cant-buy-me-love.com
Cha Cha Cha
As well as selling vintage clothing, furniture,
homewares, Cha Cha Cha also regularly
hosts events such as film and music
nights. Open 11am to 5pm on Saturdays.
20-22 Avenue Mews, N10 3NP.
www.cha-cha-cha.co.uk
Floral Hall
Since 1983, this Crouch End institution
has stocked a range of antique and vintage
furniture and homewares. Open
Tuesday to Saturday. Crouch Hill, N8 9DX.
www.floralhallantiques.co.uk
While a touch out of the Village Raw area,
this is such a great and inspiring project
it has to get a mention. As its name suggests,
Grow Tottenham encourages locals
Mosey Home
to grow produce and participate together
An ever-changing stock of mid-century
in a community-led project. Starting as a
vintage furniture and homewares alongside
temporary site, Grow Tottenham is now a
modern designs. Open Tuesday to
council-approved space which success-
Sunday. 28 Stroud Green Road, N4 3EA.
fully runs a community garden, arts venue,
www.moseyhome.co.uk
bar and cafe. It’s open from Wednes-
day to Sunday with events occurring in the
Retro Sistaz
day and night, including gigs, gardening
Vintage clothing, vinyl records and retro
workshops, and other volunteering opportunities.
accessories including jewellery, bags and
Having started in Elephant and
belts. Blue House Yard, Wood Green, N22 7TB.
Castle, Grow celebrates its fourth space
www.facebook.com/retro.sistaz.7
in Tottenham by staying busy with exciting
projects, such as their most recent development
Solomon Retro
of a geodesic dome greenhouse
A selection of vintage and retro homeware
in the garden. Inspired by the masses of
and furnishings. Open Monday to
unused space in London, Grow gives locals
Saturday. 37 Park Road, N8 8TE.
the chance to enjoy a shared space and
www.solomonretro.com
learn new skills. Grow also offers budding
gardeners the opportunity to grow crops
WCD Interiors
on their own personal micro allotment free
Mid-century British, Irish and Scandinavian
of charge, encouraging a more sustainaday
furniture and homewares. Open Monble
way of living. If gardening isn’t your
to Sunday. 84 Highgate High Street,
thing, a meal at the cafe or a drink at the
N6 5HX.
bar will hit the spot, as they offer a new
www.wcdinteriors.com
menu every day alongside a selection of
local beers on tap.
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Forget Me Nots Vintage
A range of vintage and upcycled furniture
and gifts. 22 Aylmer Parade, N2 0PE.
www.forgetmenots-vintage.co.uk
Gonnermann
Specialising in mid-century Danish furnish
ings, Gonnerman offers a range of vintage
furniture, lighting and homewares.
Open Wednesday to Sunday. 408-410
Archway Road, N6 5AT.
www.gonnermann.co.uk
Junk ‘N8’ Disorderly
An assortment of antique, vintage and
junk oddities and retro furnishings from
an ever-evolving stock. Open seven days a
week. 26 Veryan Court, Park Road, N8 8JR.
020 8340 3222
Little Paris
An eclectic range of vintage and modern
homewares, furniture and fashion,
sourced from France. Open seven days a
week. 39 Park Road, N8 8TE.
www.littleparisstore.com
Monstrous Vintage Kids
A local, but online, store featuring carefully
chosen, high quality vintage clothes
for stylish children.
www.monstrousvintagekids.london
Grow Tottenham Mimi’s Café Bistro Avivson Gallery
Mimi’s is Muswell Hill’s newest independent
hangout, offering a family- (and dog-) friendly
space to eat, drink, socialise and relax. Opening
at 8am, during the day Mimi’s fulfils the full
duties of a high-functioning cafe with an allday
breakfast, fresh pastries, and lunch and
a-la-carte menus – all of which have plenty
of options for vegans, vegetarians and those
with other dietary requirements. Taking pride
in freshness and ethics, the cafe serves fantastic
fair trade drinks – including their coffee,
which is ethically sourced by Equal Exchange,
a company which distributes organic produce
made by women in developing countries.
Come evening time, Mimi’s slowly transforms
into a bistro with its own dinner menu and
great selection of drinks, including cocktails,
wine and local beers. If you’re looking to meet
new people, it could be one to watch as they
are soon to introduce a regular senior tea and
board games afternoon every Wednesday
from 3pm to 5pm. Whether you’re looking for a
caffeine pick-me-up or an evening wind-down,
Mimi’s has something for everyone and is open
until 10pm, seven days a week.
www.mimiscafebistro.co.uk
With over 30 years’ experience collecting
art and a history of hosting exhibitions
around the world, Janus Avivson
has opened his newest gallery with his
wife Katarzyna in the leafy streets of
Highgate. Following their most recently
run galleries in the art-centric north
London hotspots of Camden Lock and
Islington, Avivson Gallery sees the beauty
of its surrounding greenery mirrored
in its impressive array of eye-catching
artwork – collected alongside his numerous
past endeavours (including mining,
factory work, bus-driving, stunt performance
and publishing). Avivson Gallery
runs regular monthly exhibitions for the
public to enjoy the finest artwork, and it
is open by appointment from Wednesday
to Saturday for anyone wishing to learn
more about what they have to offer. With
galleries and artwork temporarily popping
up across London, Avivson Gallery challenges
the fast pace of modern art as
it’s found its home and it’s here to stay.
For more information about what Avivson
Gallery has on, head to their website.
www.avivsongallery.com