The local area
Wood Green High Road
Medium sized Sainsburys and Lidl – larger Morrisons up towards Wood Green tube station (at the other end of the high road). Street stalls with v cheap veg and V good fresh fish (plus 2 more large fishmongers)
Small market on ground floor of shopping city (now known as The Mall) (right at the back, nr Primark) – Veg /fish / Chinese/Greek groceries / Halal meat.
Crouch End has Waitrose, Coop supermarkets and more small specialist shops.
Lots of new street food places on Wood Green High Road– Krispy Dosa is excellent!!
. Petec patisserie sell gozleme and Turkish / balkan pastries– great snack or breakfast
The ‘Goodness’ brewery and tap room – good local beer and pizzas (open Thursday-Sunday) behind Mayes Rd. towards Alexandra Palace. 
Bakery delivery – Wednesday and Friday, orders before midday the previous day. Delivery by bicycle in the morning. https://www.paindamisbakery.co.uk/

Turnpike Lane
Indian and Turkish shops – ‘Buy to Save’ good big Kurdish supermarket.
Penang Satay a local institution, cheap Malaysian restaurant has been a great favourite for years. Food has been a bit variable of late.
Best Indian takeaways Salim Spice (but quite spicy) Thali Taal (less so).
The ‘All Good Bookshop’ independent bookshop
Green Lanes
Full of cafes, Turkish restaurants (‘Selale’ possibly the best atm.), a great baker – ‘Dusty Knuckle’, several small bars, venues
Salisbury – a great trad London pub w fab interior
Hornsey High Street
Great Northern Railway – good pub for craft ales. Nice indoor and outdoor spaces.
Tomo and La Gioconda – both great Italian restaurants, Tomo best pizzas, La G. best pasta.
ZappZaa – good spicy Thai restaurant
Crouch End
Loads of Restaurants, cafes, and pubs. Japanese, Thai, European etc

Local venues
‘Jam in a Jar’, Green Lanes (15 min. walk) – bar with food – mostly burgers and virtually nightly free music – v. eclectic mostly ‘world music’ Balkan / African / Cuban / folk etc. advertised on FB page https://www.facebook.com/jaminajar.co.uk/?locale=en_GB
Also newly opened at King’s Cross ‘Jamboree’ similar venue with bar sometimes ‘pop-up’ restaurant. https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/
Three Compasses, Hornsey high street (10-12 min walk). Great big band jazz live music (Spanner band 16pce) alternate Wednesdays – free (donation).

2 Multiplex cinemas in Wood Green – Cine World and Vue
2 art house cinemas in Crouch End (Tottenham Lane) The ‘Art House’ – good cheap cocktails and ‘Picturehouse’
Local walks
Alexandra Palace (“Ally Pally”) – nice, with great views over the city approx. 20 minutes up to the top of the hill.
Parkland Walk https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/viewer?ll=51.58119374904656%2C-0.12677430537094692&z=14&mid=1YhSWkeIUH5rWiOYdlT0nImV-s-4
Linear urban nature reserve on a disused railway line.
Woodbury wetlands
https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/woodberry-wetlands-nature-reserve
Walthamstow wetlands and Lea Valley
https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/walthamstow-wetlands-nature-reserve
https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/river-lee-country-park
You can walk along the river Lea up to Hertfordshire and all the way to the Thames in Docklands with a varied environment including wetland reserves, canal boat moorings, cafes & pubs. Plenty of access points by public transport.