[][1]The new interior at La Bonne Auberge in Theatreland The 5pm blog has noticed that the restaurant trade is a cruel one with many ventures perishing before they have even had the opportunity to blow out two candles on their birthday...
Edinburgh-based chef Mark Greenaway is to move his 36-seater restaurant from No. 12 Picardy Place to an undisclosed location in the capital’s city centre. A lease is currently being arranged on new and larger premises, details of which...
[][1]Boudoir celebrates its second birthday on Friday This weekend is shaping up to be a busy one on the food front in the west of the country and, naturally, the 5pm blog has the skinny on events. On Saturday, the broadcaster and writer...
[][1]The Buccleuch beers line up The 5pm blog usually concentrates on food but we’re not averse to the occasional glass or two. The latest set of bottles to pass through the 5pm taste labs is a new range of Buccleuch beers. Brewed by...
[][1]Madhur Jaffrey flies the flag for Anglo-Indian cooking Madhur Jaffrey certainly didn’t introduce the Brits to the delights of a decent bhoona but she probably did more than anyone to popularise Indian cooking in the home. Three...
[][1]One Pig being performed The 5pm blog may not be the most appropriate place for this one but, if you are really interested in the relationship between the meat on our plates and the animals that produce it, then you might want to catch...
The shortlist of finalists for the Glasgow Restaurant Awards was announced today by Glasgow Restaurant Association chairman Ryan James. The public voted in their thousands to nominate their favourite city eatery, with over 17,000 votes...
[][1]Team 5pm on one of the better mornings So it’s Halloween and the 5pm office looks like the extras’ rest room for the Thriller video. I can hardly hear myself think over the howls of werewolves, the sinister laughs of Bela Lugosi...
The 5pm blog would like to say ‘Buongiorno’ to Quattrozero, a new Italian restaurant, cafe and takeaway which has opened its doors on Edinburgh’s Queensferry Street. Breakfast to supper Open from 7.45am every day, the extensive menu...
[][1]Glasgow’s Indian restaurants will rise again There has been disappointment in Glasgow today after Bradford was announced as the Curry Capital of Britain 2012. Glasgow, which has won the competition four times previously, was...
[][1]Le Brunch is a new feature at Edinburgh’s Hotel du Vin The Americans may have invented brunch but Hotel du Vin is doing its best to perfect it by adding a little French flair. Recently launched in Edinburgh’s Hotel du Vin...
[][1]Break bread in Peebles this Sunday If you would like your weekend to have a gastronomic bent then head for Peebles on Sunday. The Borders town is hosting a food festival in its Eastgate Theatre. As well as a producer’s market...
There has been a bit of a reshuffle on Edinburgh’s Turkish restaurant scene recently. Nargile on Hanover Street has become Yeni Meze Bar. As we reported way back in 2010, Ruya Iridag and her partner and chef Stuart Anderson are...
[][1]Neil Forbes: a dab hand with floury fingers and green fingers Always wanted to make bread but never known how? Or worse – had a go at making bread and produced something that the building trade could use in construction. Scottish...
[][1]Burke and Hare’s death masks It will soon be Hallowe’en and the streets will be filled with pint size goblins and ghouls. As a very enjoyable alternative to staying at home and being besieged by trick ‘n’ treaters, you may care...
[][1]The paneled interior of the North Bridge Brasserie The North Bridge Brasserie at The Scotsman Hotel is doing its bit to banish the start of the week blues by launching their Monday Supper Club. Available every Monday evening,...
