Mackerel, samphire, smoked potatoes, chard and redcurrants from Lovage. As the Edinburgh Fringe begins to loom on the horizon, the capital’s restaurant scene usually goes into a frenzy of fresh openings. Contemporary Scottish and...
The bar at VinYard 28. In Glasgow’s West End, VinYard 28 is bedding in at the former Booly Mardy’s site on Vinicombe Street. Billed as a bar and kitchen, it joins the Byres Road Old Salty’s, Epicures of Hyndland and...
MasterChef: one of the factors driving change on the High Street. This 5pm Dining blogger will be on Radio Scotland’s Kitchen Café show this afternoon (starts at 1.30pm) to talk about the changing food landscape of the High Street...
Raise a glass to Gindependence Day at Mother’s Bar on Monday 4th July. You don’t need to be a regular reader of the 5pm Dining blog to know that when it comes to gin we are mad for it. Judging by the popularity of our latest...
Helen Vass in Lego form. The 5pm Dining blog has had a long love affair with the spectacular desserts created by the Scottish chef Helen Vass. The pastry chef at Number 16 on Byres Road, Helen was one of the three-strong team that won the...
Three Sisters Bake will be back in the Cookery Theatre. Pic: © Sandy Young 07970 268944 The 5pm Dining blog finds that the best antidote to Monday mornings is to look ahead to the next weekend. This weekend, there is food-themed fun to be...
Wine dinner at Woodstock Estate: coming to The Buttery at Two Fat Ladies. Last week, we pointed out a few of the more interesting wine dinners which are taking place in Edinburgh over the next few weeks. For this blog, our attention turns...
The new Rollo on Broughton Street. Maybe we’re just missing the goss but, recently, Glasgow seems to have been relatively quiet on the new openings front. The exception to the rule is the Hippo Taproom which has opened on...
Tony Reeman-Clark, founder of Strathearn Distillery, at the cider brandy launch. Scotch whisky is famous around the world and we are also cornering the market in gin with 70% of the gin produced in the UK being made in Scotland. Now an...
Along with his partner Jane, Jason Gallagher runs the two AA Rosette Stockbridge Restaurant in Edinburgh. Jason has been chef proprietor at the St Stephen Street restaurant for twelve years. Before that, his career took him from...
Lebowskis South: just add customers. After much to-ing and fro-ing over planning permission, the Kained bar and restaurant group will open the doors of Lebowskis South this Saturday. The Kained team took over the old Sammy Dows Pub on...
Beauty and the beast: from cows to the catwalk, the 2016 Royal Highland Show has it all! Pic: janebarlowphotography@gmail.com The 176th Royal Highland Show will get underway on Thursday 23 June. Over four days, the best of farming, food...
The Marvellously Mixed Musical Martini Maker: the bar tender’s rotating friend. Just in case you needed any more proof that summer has definitely started, Edinburgh’s One Square bar has launched its summer terrace campaign....
Executive chef Fraser Allan leads the kitchen brigade in the Pompadour by Galvin. Pic: Paul Johnson, Copper Mango. It is all go at The Caley over the next few months. We have already told you about the Galvins’ Week dinner and the...
The 5pm Dining blog is always happy to receive press releases which have more than a touch of the fruit loop about them. However, a recent missive sent on behalf the Northern Ireland Tourist Board is quite the most batty we have been...
The Secret Gin Garden will return to 56 North this Fringe. __We don’t want to tempt fate so we will whisper this but it looks as if we may actually get a proper summer this year. One with actual sunshine and temperatures in the...
