Hoagies and Lagom eye up opening while Inn Deep goes deeper. We have all the Glasgow restaurant and bar happenings.

We’ll kick off with the news that Hoagies is due to open on Cathcart Road on Friday.

Run by the same team as Gumbo on Byres Road, Hoagies promise BBQ and grill grub.

The name has nothing to do with the much mocked hoagie boxes by the way.

It is the American name for a long filled roll, like a sub or a hero.

Hoagies: the origin story

Depending on which dictionary you click on, the word originates in Philadelphia or New Jersey and may have a connection to the hogs which were originally used to fill the rolls.

Or it may be something to do with the sandwiches being popular with the inhabitants of Hog Island.

Every day is a school day, huh?

Anyway, it won’t just be filled hoagies on the menu. Sit-in and takeaway customers can also chow down on burgers, nachos, ribs, pizza and lots of craft beers.

Lagom lines up opening date

Looking forward to Thursday 9th of November and Lagom is pencilled in to open on Victoria Road.

Taking over the Bakery 47 premises, it is a breakfast, brunch and lunch place with cake and coffee at all points in between.

If the Sunday supplements are right, ‘lagom’ is another Scandi concept, a bit like like ‘hygge’.

While ‘hygge’ seems to mean cosy companionship, ‘lagom’ translates as ‘balance’, ‘just enough’ or ‘sufficiency’.

Which is all very admirable. However, a quick squiz at the pics on their Facebook reveals dishes so gorgeously presented that ‘never enough’ might be more apt.

Inn Deep rolls out more beer

We also note that the craft beer bar Inn Deep has expanded its Great Western Road premises.

It now has a third converted arch and another bar. Apparently, the extension means that Inn Deep has gone from twelve beer taps to 29.

Is this going to be like men’s razors with bars vying to have one more tap than its competitors?

Finally, the Drum and Monkey on St Vincent Street has just had a reported £300k refurbishment.

Perhaps the most eye-catching feature are the new Innis and Gunn beer tanks which have been installed.

Tank-fresh beer from the Innis and Gunn brewery in Inveralmond is now being poured.