Nice neighbourhood butchers with informative and helpful staff. They commonly stock some of my…read morefavourites like venison and calves' liver. Recommend!

This store has a great selection of both fresh produce as well as flowers. While the prices are…read morebeing adapted to the more posh surroundings, the quality of all of the products is really amazing! On top of that, the staff is always very friendly, which makes shopping there always a nice experience ...So, if you want to cook a really nice meal for your friends and you want to use really good ingredients...and you happen to live in or near Highgate, I would very much recommend to come here for your shopping... Also, once you're done, you can stroll through the nearby Waterlow Park and gather your strenghts for the upcoming cooking marathon.

This place simply deserves my five stars...just because I am always looking forward to shopping…read morehere! (Yeah, I'm kind of weird that way - looking forward to be shopping at a greengrocer.) But seriously, I always find their fruit and vegetable selection to be impeccable - fresh, beautiful and bountiful! On top of that, they have a huge variety of resasonably priced organic products, such as all kinds of dried beans, pasta, cheeses, müslis, spreads, dried fruits etc etc etc. I mean, this store is jam-packed with healthy goodies and you cannot be leaving this store not feeling good about yourself! On top of that, and this is really where they've won me over, the folks working here are always super-friendly. Not the in-your-face, let me chat-you-up-kind-of-friendly, but a friendliness that is subtle, but extremely agreeable to me. In other words: need your five-a-day and wanna support the local business scene at the same time? Broadway Fuiterers are your mates!

The best fruit and veg shop in Crouch End. The staff is always helpful and smiley. The oranges and…read moretomatoes are real! Yay! They taste like fruit! I forgot what it is like after years buying fruit and vegs in Tescos or Lidl. They have always seasonal stuff and it is worth a visit: you will love their vegs. Also they have variety of olives, something I really miss from home! You can pay by card with a minimum of 10 pounds. I love this shop!

This is a great little Asian supermarket with a friendly and chatty owner. It's not one of this…read morehere-you-can-find-it-all shops, but the owner has put together an eclectic selection of "Asian stuff": from ready-to-go meals like dumplings and noodles, to typical Chinese sweets and other far-eastern delicacies. My partner, who is originally from Taiwan, likes to come here after a bad day at work sometimes to pick up some feel-good snacks that will put his mood at ease... The owner also runs the Traditional Chinese Medicine shop next door.

There is only one place where my household buy their fish within the local area, and that is Walter…read morePurkis and Sons. They have been here for years and is extremely well kept. The guys who serve are really friendly and once you go a few times, they will remember you and buying your fish becomes like a social event. I am no fish expert, but I really love eating it, and everything here is of a real high quality. Beats the supermarkets by far. They have a huge selection and walking in gives you that fresh feeling. You can also find some decent jars of sauces that are good to cook fish in and they would have no problems in giving some advice. The best fish in London!

Outstanding local butchers. The guys are friendly, knowledgable and really have great produce…read more Always get some steaks, lamb and Toulouse sausages. Proper gem.

Don't buy much in this butchers but one thing i can recommend is the sausages especially the thai…read moreones - fantastic. Also worth asking if you don't see what you want sometimes they may have whatever it is you want in their storage unit but not on display.

I have to admit, I was very sceptical when this shop opened in Muswell Hill not long ago: frozen…read moreconvenience food - seriously? On top of it, they come along with this cheezy-sounding marketing splur: "On every COOK dish you'll find the name of the chef who prepared your food." Yet, sceptical or not, my curiosity outweighed and so I popped in the other day and browsed their selection. The folks in the store were very friendly and offered samplings, which is always a nice touch. I then asked someone for a recommendation and the she told me that I should try the "Moroccan Harissa Chicken" and the "Minted Couscous" on the side. And so I followed her advise, as well as the cooking instructions on the packaging later at home. And let me tell you, I was seriously surprised as how good this tasted. Indeed, the folks at Cook are definitely staying true to their motto: "Our food looks and tastes homemade (maybe even a bit better!)" I'm convinced of this great concept and I'm planning a trip to the Cook store in Muswell Hill as I'm typing this. It might be not as affordable as the stuff you get at Coop or Sainsbury's, but it tastes so much better!

The Cook range of gourmet frozen food stores opened in my neck of the woods in Surrey in 1997…read more However, I noticed recently that their store in Epsom has shut and was a little worried about the future of the business So, I was happy to see they seem to be going strong in Muswell Hill when I was here for a UYE at Chooks today. They carry the same range of frozen meals and ready to eat snacks. They're always innovating and I interested to see a range of Indian dishes today I have tried some of their frozen desserts, which were great. Today, I contented myself with some bags of satay peanuts after my large meal at Chooks

A good green grocer in Crouch End. The quality of their fruits and vegetables is very good and you…read morecan even find a small variety of all kinds of more or less exotic fruits as well. Outside they have the produce and inside you can find a wide variety of oils, nuts, dried fruits, spices and other condiments. I have to admit though, that I do prefer going to Broadway Fruiterers, as their products seem to be higher end and their staff is just a tad friendlier ;-)

Contrary to Uli B's opinion, I think Clocktower far and away the best greengrocer in Crouch End and…read morehave shopped there for over 30 years. Broadway is also fine, although what Mr B regards as "more high end" I have no idea. My experience of California was that it had no greengrocers at all, so his experience may be quite limited.

As convenience stores go, this is one of the best I have ever seen in regards to produce. The…read morestorekeepers have thought of everything, including random items you'd otherwise struggle to find. With a wide range of fresh fruits and vegetables outside the front of the store, this is one of few convenience outlets you can purchase something healthy and fresh. The inside of the store is set up superbly with a useful selection things you would find in a supermarket. With the incredible booze selection you'd be forgiven for thinking the people of Kentish Town had a drink problem. Saying that on the night I popped into Everbest Food and Wine there was a lady careering across Kentish Town Road clearly out of her mind, unable to see the big shiny metal death wagons hurtling towards her. Luckily her not quite so smashed friend who had a glass of Lambrini or two less, dragged her to the safety of the pavement. The downside of this well provisioned independent store is the inflated prices. There seems to be a trend of local stores selling food stuffs at a much higher price than the supermarkets. Thus if you have the energy, it is worth your while checking out the branded stores down the road. But if you are just after a quick compulsive buy, Everbest is excellent.