Just a slip of a post to point out that the Institut francais in Edinburgh is hosting two screenings of Entre les Bras: la cuisine en héritage. For decades, Michel Bras has run the kitchen at Bras in the Aubrac region of France. Awarded...
The bar at Woodland Creatures on Leith Walk Yesterday the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned that The Balfour Bar on Leith Walk was being transformed. After extensive refurbishment (read: removal of decades worth of Artex), the premises have...
Indian, Italian, Mexican and Chinese are available at Spice Fusion So, Monday morning and we have blue skies and bright sunshine. If it wasn’t minus two then you could almost imagine that spring had sprung. But while the snowdrops...
Munro’s: chunky as a Yorkie Bar After decades of being about as popular as sand in your swimming trunks, real beer is back with a bang and craft beer bars are opening all over the place. The latest to open its doors is Munro’s on...
Hendrick’s Gin; an ideal mid-afternoon pick-me-up One Square bar and restaurant in Edinburgh’s Sheraton is pepping up its afternoon tea offer with a stiff shot of Hendrick’s Gin. Afternoon tea The G & Tea Afternoon Tea is...
Anodised pans: a survey suggests that many women would love a set for Valentine’s Day. We would suggest safer alternatives. It seems unlikely that anyone could have overlooked the fact but tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and the...
Yatai on ‘s Langstane Place: Aberdeen’s answer to Tokyo Aberdeen’s restaurant scene is never quiet but the last few months have been particularly hectic. The latest news is that, after many delays, Mr Oliver is opening...
Tony Macaroni in Glasgow’s West End: proving popular in Edinburgh The Tony Macaroni company has expanded rapidly since launching in East Kilbride in 2001. As well as branches in Largs, Motherwell, Livingston and Glasgow, the firm has...
Chefs Dominic Jack and Tom Kitchin are to open a bar in Stockbridge The 5pm Restaurants blog has just learned that Tom Kitchin and Dominic Jack, the Michelin-starred chefs behind The Kitchin and Castle Terrace are to open a pub in...
The Kelvingrove Cafe many, many moons ago The 5pm Restaurant blog likes the look of the Kelvingrove Cafe which is coming to life on the west end of Argyle Street. It bills itself as ‘Glasgow’s 1st proper Cocktail Bar...
The Bonsai Bar Bistro on Edinburgh’s Southside is soon to have a Broughton Street brother Edinburgh’s Broughton Street always has a buzz about it and the latest news is that Bonsai Bar Bistro, long a favourite with the...
Fiona Houston: no Magimix here The 5pm Restaurant blog may drool over the latest dude food joint or marvel at news of the UK’s first cat cafe but, much as we enjoy the shock of the new, we sometime like to kick it old school. Eighteenth...
Mattia Camorani: Head Chef at Cucina makes the case for getting passionate over the pans Is Italian the most romantic language in Europe? The Italians would say so although the French may beg to differ. At Edinburgh’s Hotel Missoni this...
The bar area at Blackwood’s: sink into the sofas Last week, the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned the launch of Blackwood’s Bar & Grill – a swish new restaurant specialising in Scottish produce which is now open for business in...
Mark Greenaway is one of the chefs competing in the Scottish heat of the Great British Menu. The eighth season of the Great British Menu is well underway and this week it’s the turn of the Scottish chefs to compete to see if one of their...
The Grill Room at 29 It’s Friday and all over Scotland workers are looking at the clock on the wall and waiting for the big hand to point to gin o’clock. Hard pressed workers in Glasgow may be interested in a new Friday night, after work...
