Please note, Crown & Goose is now closed. Time Out Food & Drink editors, Feb 2016.
Set a little way from the main Camden beat, this is a delightfully relaxed gastropub, a polite young professional in casual after-work clothing.
The bar and the dining area fit around a half-hexagon bar counter, with the whole intimate single space imbued with the wafts of gravies and sauces from the kitchen at the back.
A soundtrack of Janis, Aretha and the Velvets plays as regulars sup on Sagres, Adnams or Guinness (or bottles of Leffe, Budvar and Moretti) against a backdrop of framed butterflies and circular brass light-holders. Laphroaig, Bushmills and other whiskies are served over the cramped bar counter, while diners at the back tuck into pan-fried salmon, butternut squash Thai curry and the inevitable steaks.