Focus on business
Golborne Life first met Susan Osbourne in 2013 when she had just opened her shop at 83 Golborne Road selling antiques. Now, she's reupholstering French and English antique chairs – and the business has a new workshop with four employees
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John Doe is the new restaurant at 46 Golborne Road, most recently the site of La Sophia and back in the 1990s an Antony Worrall Thompson venue. The latest venture majors on wild meats cooked over charcoal and craft beers
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Gloria Daniel opened Unite & Type at 341 Portobello Road in September 2012, adding another independent and quirky business to the thriving stretch of Portobello Road between Golborne and Bonchurch roads
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Golborne's thriving interiors scene saw a new addition in April 2013, Susan Osbourne Maison Française at 83 Golborne Road. Susan Osbourne started out designing interiors for friends this snowballed to the extent that she's now opened her own shop
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One of Golborne's favourite street food stalls, the Moroccan Soup Stand just opposite Le Marrakech grocer and butcher at 64 Golborne Road, has won the 2012 BBC Radio Four Food Programme Best Street Food award
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Georgia Hendey has recently opened Hutch at 61 Golborne Road, selling a range of furniture, homewares and gifts. Stock includes French and English antique furniture, Swedish and Portuguese ceramics, linen cushions and cotton throws
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Ally Lloyd is the woman behind the new Ally Capellino shop on the corner of Portobello and Golborne Roads. The shop sells bags, satchels and rucksacks designed with timeless styling and made with materials like waxed canvas and leather
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Golborne Deli has been serving hungry locals and visitors since 2002, but it’s recently had a revamp. New owners George and Alex took over the business in 2011, and they’ve given the café a new, contemporary style and updated the menu
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Once the Carnarvon Castle, lately the Fat Badger, the pub on the junction of Golborne, Bevington and Portobello Roads re-opened as Pizza East Portobello in May 2011
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If it’s your dream to have a home with chic, personalised styling, then a visit to the antique and retro furniture and interiors shops of Golborne is a must
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Top fashion designer Alice Temperley has named her two favourite London shops - Les Couilles du Chien and Rellik, both on our very own Golborne Road
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Here, we focus on two businesses, both jewellers, and both based in the Portobello Green Arcade under the Westway. Linda Atkinson’s Isis is at Unit 3 and Sarah Bunting, London (pictured) is at Unit 22
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If you like to cook, shopping for food on and around Golborne Road is real pleasure because of the choice and quality available. Read about three of our favourite places
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For delicious and authentic Spanish food, you need look no further than an old Golborne favourite, the Galicia. Walk into the restaurant’s bar at the front, and you could imagine you’d stepped straight into a bar in Spain
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Portfolio first opened in 1981 as a photographic gallery on Portobello Road and Jayne Diggory opened Portfolio at 105 Golborne Road some 20 years ago selling a beguiling range of cards and gifts
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Sam Harley has been running the Cloth Shop at 290 Portobello Road for 17 years. His stock includes antique Swedish rag rugs, Indian silk shawls and cashmere blankets
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Reg Thackeray has been running Clarke’s, and living above it, for 31 years. The shop has an extraordinary collection of novelty goods, toys and memorabilia
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Originally from Morocco, Omar Serroukh has lived in London since 1986 and he’s been running his shop Fez, at 71 Golborne Road, for the last ten years
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Haroon Amin has been running the Golborne Pharmacy, partnered by his wife, Nelly, for the last three years. It’s a friendly local chemist which offers a personalised service to its customers
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Dave Lucas has been running his antique shop, 88 Antiques which, amazingly, is at 88 Golborne Road, for the last 30 years
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At Courier Systems' Kensal Road offices, you don't find a scruffy little room with four blokes shouting down radios. Instead, you step into a large open-plan office with giant plasma screens, and around 40 people engrossed in their work
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Maramia Café is a new place on Golborne road to get excellent, freshly prepared food at very reasonable price
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