Reckon you got what it takes to make a kick-ass chilli? Well, you may want to sign up for Glasgow’s first ever Chilli Con Carnival. The chilli competition takes place in Ad Lib Merchant City on Saturday 5th May – also known as Cinco de...
[][1]The world is your oyster at Cook and Indi’s World Buffet The 5pm Restaurants blog has already mentioned the growing popularity of global buffet restaurants. In the last few months, The World in Musselburgh and Cosmo in Aberdeen...
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society are behind Edinburgh Whisky Fest 2013 These are fine times to be a whisky lover and the next few months are looking especially tasty. At the beginning of May, the Spirit of Speyside Festival will get...
American and Scottish craft ales are a big part of the offer at Jake’s Place Five years ago, most blokes under forty wouldn’t have been seen dead clutching anything other than a big name lager. Real ale was for your Dad and locally...
The typewriter signage ties in with the name of the Newsroom Bar and Eatery Edinburgh’s News Room has just launched a new edition. Hot off the press, the latest incarnation of the Leith Street bar is now known as The Newsroom Bar...
A new glasshouse is one of the major changes at Balloch’s Tullie Inn It’s deffo spring and some of Scotland’s bars and restaurants have been freshening up for the new season. One of the more spendy makeovers has taken place at...
Scottish ingredients such as langoustines are championed at Arisaig The 5pm Restaurant blog had a brilliant night at the Feast of Scotland event held at Arisaig in Glasgow’s Merchant Square a couple of weeks back. As a result, we had an...
Italia Restaurant at Si! in Irvine Congratulations to the SimpsInns group which opened Si! In Irvine a little over a month ago. Built from scratch on the site of the old Golf Hotel, the new development features a Mediterranean cafe, bar...
Blackfriars has launched in the former Black Bo’s premises Your blogger felt a pang of nostalgia yesterday as I stood outside Blackfriars, a new restaurant and bar on Edinburgh’s Blackfriars Street which sprung into life last...
Legacy of Angostura – best kept for sipping rather making a punch The 5pm Restaurant blog spent a very enjoyable chunk of yesterday at The Balmoral Hotel tasting Legacy by Angostura. Billed as the world’s most expensive rum,...
No shortage of chandeliers at The Angel’s Share The 5pm Restaurant blog fluttered by the new Angel’s Share hotel on Edinburgh’s Hope Street yesterday. Formerly The Hudson Hotel, it has been taken over by Billy Lowe who...
A chic ‘n’ boutique motel is the latest venture from the Lewis family Interesting news, believe it or not, from the A84 where the people behind the splendid Monachyle Mhor hotel and Glasgow’s much loved Deli/Cafezique have just...
Lovely April Fool post from the BeerCast. Could Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens really become home to the world’s longest bar? ...
Scotland meets Scandinavia at The Scran and Scallie Last night saw the press launch of The Scran & Scallie, the latest venture from the Michelin-starred team behind The Kitchin and Castle Terrace restaurants. A gastro pub, the business...
There are lots of fun and games in the pipeline as the 30 Days of IPA event comes on tap this weekend in Edinburgh. A celebration of the popular Indian Pale Ale style of beer, the festival debuted last year and proved so popular that...
Penny Latin, presenter of Kitchen Cafe, is one of the judges at the Scottish Restaurant Awards Ever fancied running your own food business? That’s the topic up for discussion on today’s Kitchen Cafe on Radio Scotland at...
