Heavenly gates open
Next week is National Vegetarian Week, which coincides nicely with the opening of Heavenly, a new bar, cafe and music venue on Glasgow’s Hope Street. The premises used to house The Candy Bar and may have had a few more...
Next week is National Vegetarian Week, which coincides nicely with the opening of Heavenly, a new bar, cafe and music venue on Glasgow’s Hope Street. The premises used to house The Candy Bar and may have had a few more...
[][1]Opening mid-June After a good number of decades delivering dinner dances and Italian classics to Glasgow,the much loved L’Ariosto closed its doors in March. Ever since then, the old warhorse has been stripped down, reassembled...
[][1]They're going to pay someone £10k to drink it A number of the papers are carrying stories about Budweiser’s latest marketing wheeze. They are looking for someone to be their beer executive officer at live music festivals. The...
[][1]Which button is for flush? The blog liked this round-up of restaurant toilets from around the world. From the dilemma of unisex lavvies to gender translation problems, it’s all there. This is not a new observation but your...
[][1]Can you name all these different cuts of steak? The Guardian is plugging The Ginger Pig Meat Book with a vengeance and, as part of the plug, they have a great article in today about the different cuts of steak. Can’t tell your...
[][1]There will be an open day to celebrate a quarter century of the Edinburgh School of Food and Wine The Edinburgh School of Food and Wine celebrates its 25th birthday this year and to mark the happy event they are holding an open...
[][1]Beer: goes well with curry Sometimes all an event title need do is spell out what will happen at the event. Step forward Glasgow Beer Week, a straightforward no-nosense type of title which leaves little to the imagination. Starting...
The blog has just been told that Hector, as mentioned a couple of posts ago, is in no way German. As we would have known had we read of Hector’s primary school curry exploits in the West End of Glasgow. ‘Entschuldigung,...
The Tony Macaroni chain of Italian restaurants are expanding at a rate of knots. The existing branches in East Kilbride, Largs, Livingstone and Glasgow’s Byres Road have just been joined by a new outlet in the Italian Centre on...
[][1]The colourful Cucina restaurant Cucina at Hotel Missoni Edinburgh is hosting a charity dinner event to support the Abruzzo Earthquake Appeal. Taking place this Thursday from 7pm, it will feature the artist Charles Harris. One of Mr...
[][1]Tom Urie will be tickling the ivories and noising up the celebs Forget the X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent can kiss my bahookie. The real star-studded action can be found at Tom’s Got Talent. Taking place in the recently relaunched...
[][1]Could scales soon be a common sight in Scottish restaurants? There are a couple of interesting food pieces in the weekend’s papers. On a Scottish tip, The Telegraph’s Xanthe Clay made a trip to Bute and wrote about Iain...
There are changes afoot in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge area. La Concha Italian has gone to the great restaurant resting place in the sky but it has been replaced by The Italian Kitchen. Zanzero is also no more although its website...
[][1]Little dab of mayo and you've got a feast If you fancy breathing in some fresh country air while stuffing your face with top notch scoff then make tracks for the Loch Fyne Food Fair which is taking place this weekend. As well as Loch...
The blog understands that a new Russian-themed or Russian-owned bar is opening in Glasgow shortly. That’s about all the info I have. Does anyone know anything more? ...
[][1]So that's one flat white, a latte and a mocha? Stag Espresso is a new cafe which opened earlier this week in Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios. Freshly baked, pastries and scones, open sarnies and, of course, mucho local sourcing are...