March and April were dominated by the royal wedding and every bar and restaurant worth its salt tried to introduce some form of Willcat gimmick.
The blog liked the commemorative beer produced by the punk brewing company, Brewdog. Called the Royal Virility Performance, it was said to contain Viagra as well as several other aphrodisiacs.
The beer’s efficacy in the trouser department remains untested but there’s no doubting the virility of Brewdog’s operations. They opened a bar in Edinburgh in April, the first of several units launched by the Fraserburgh company over the course of the year.
Other new openings included Malaga Tapas on St Andrews Road in Glasgow; the short lived Pakistani Cafe at the foot of Byres Road; the new Surf ‘n’ Turf addition to Gordon Yuill’s Merrylee Road; Browns on George Square and the Mansion House on Glassford Street.
][5]Last but not least, the Limelight Bar and Grill, part of the Hotel Indigo opened on Waterloo Street.
Edinburgh saw the launch of a new Japanese restaurant Nagoya Original on Dalziel Place and Caciopepe set up shop in the Hanover Street premises which used to house The Patio.
In St Andrews, the G1 Group opened the Mitchell Deli and Cafe in the old Mitchell butcher shop on Market Street.
In other news, Tim Anderson won Masterchef and The Daily Record diverted attention from the royal wedding with the heart-warming news that Scotland’s cows are the most flatulent in Europe.