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"“The Genesis cinema has a notoriously excellent and thorough security guard who laughs in the face of rustling bags and contraband Haribo. However, I speak from experience when I say that a back pocket chicken tikka roll smothered in raita from Shalamar can be sneaked through. If you power walk past before he clocks the irresistible smell, that is. Both of these places, Shalamar and the Genesis, got me through big chunks of this year. Neither pretend to be anything fancy and both succeed in being lovely, low-cost spaces that welcome anyone and everyone.” — JM" - oliver feldman, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak