Back in December, the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned the new restaurant at the Nira Caledonia boutique hotel in Edinburgh’s New Town. Called Blackwood’s Bar & Grill, it launched officially this week. Scottish produce in...
The recently opened Richmond bar on Park Road is adding to the merriment in Glasgow’s Gibson Street area. The building that once housed Bar Bolo has been completely refurbished and now houses the rather swish Richmond bar and...
The interior of Central Market. Pic by Ash Paterson. Last November, the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned Central Market, a thoughtful new restaurant which had opened in Glasgow’s Merchant City. Staffed by chefs Andy Lambert and Neil...
Curry: the antidote to cold, wet, January days The recently released stat that one in eight Brits now owns a onesie may have confirmed suspicions that nothing good ever happens in January. However, we have an exception in the form of a...
A couple of weeks back the 5pm Restaurant blog mentioned Glasgow’s Cocktail and Burger, a new venture from Colin Barr which serves the dude food staples of gourmet dogs and burgers. ‘When oh when will someone open something...
Jonathan Meades: fascinating food writer Just a quick link to the Talking of Food site where The Guardian’s Matthew Fort interviews Jonathan Meades, the famous former Times restaurant reviewer. The topics range from the Eighties...
The team from The Bay in Stonehaven celebrate victory with Rory Bremner The Bay in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, was last night crowned the best British fish and chip shop in the 25th National Fish and Chip Awards 2013. You can do your own...
John Travolta as Danny. No need to ask ‘Is he or isn’t he… wearing half a pound of SlickBoy Pomade’ Tomorrow is Burns Night but the 5pm Restaurants blog recognises that not everybody goes completely cray cray for...
Field’s interior. Pic by Papajka.com New Year means new restaurants in Edinburgh. The latest to take the plunge are chef Gordon Craig and maitre d’ Richard Conway who have just opened Field on West Nicolson Street. The new venture...
As you might imagine the 5pm Restaurant blog inbox is currently fit to burst with restaurants and drinks companies suggesting how their services might fit into Burns Night. Fair enough. With only three sleeps to go until the official...
The newspaper industry follows certain patterns. For instance, the third Monday of any new year is always hailed as the most depressing day of the year. Blue Monday Bad weather, a lack of sunlight and post-festive bills are all supposed...
Mark Greenaway has opened his new restaurant on North Castle Street. Following on from the 5pm Restaurant blog post about Mark Greenaway moving to new premises on Edinburgh’s North Castle Street, we’re pleased to see that the...
The 5pm blog spent last night at the launch of a new book: The Macsween Haggis Bible. Following in the footsteps of the Stornoway Black Pudding Bible and the Italian Sausage Bible, The Macsween Haggis Bible is a love letter to...
[][1]Burns: you’ll be seeing a lot of him over the next ten days or so There’s just over a week to go until Burns Night and the haggis are quivering in their hillside burrows. A number of 5pm restaurants are running special...
[][1]Horses: causing a few problems for supermarkets The papers have been having a field day with the horse meat burger contamination story. However, one 5pm restaurateur has been reaping the benefits of all the publicity. Fred...
[][1]Heston Blumenthal: not many people are confident that they can cook like him Did you get a cookbook for Christmas? Have you used it yet? Think you ever will? The pesto and pasta maker Sacla’ commissioned a survey looking into...
