The Dining Room at Contini Cannonball. Congratulations are due to Victor and Carina Contini’s Cannonball Restaurant. Located by Edinburgh Castle, the restaurant has been shortlisted as a regional finalist in the Visit Scotland...
Check the frescoes on the ceiling at Bavaria Brauhaus. While it seems to be having some teething problems (check their Facebook for updates), it looks as though the Bavaria Brauhaus on Glasgow’s Bothwell Street is going to be a...
Last month the 5pm Dining blog was waxing lyrical about The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen which had just launched on Edinburgh’s George Street. As we noted, the project has some high profile names behind it. The concept, design...
Colin Fleming, Head Chef at Edinburgh’s Printing Press Bar and Kitchen, showed us how to make this popular pigeon dish. Watch Colin cook the recipe in the video below and we’ve put the recipe below for those who want to try at...
The Famous book. Earlier this week, the 5pm Dining blog was at the launch of Famous for a Reason: the Story of The Famous Grouse. Written by whisky guru Charles MacLean, the 400 page tome is an in-depth examination of the best selling...
Strathearn Distillery has added to the range of Scottish gins available. Scotland and gin – it’s the love affair that continues to burn brightly. Strathearn Distillery officially launched its gin range at 56 North in Edinburgh...
Thaikhun restaurant interiors are designed to look like Bangkok street scenes. Thaikhun opens today in Glasgow’s Silverburn centre. Following in the footsteps of Scotland’s first Thaikhun in Aberdeen, it’s a Thai...
Nichola Fletcher’s venison with vegetable ribbons. Following in the footsteps of The Macsween Haggis Bible and The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible, Edinburgh-based publishers Birlinn have just launched The Venison Bible. It has been...
Mackintosh’s House for an Art Lover. Congrats to The Art Lover’s Café in House for an Art Lover. Earlier this week, the team were announced the winners of the Best Informal Eating Experience in the 2015/2016 Central South West...
The Anchor Line is to be joined by The Atlantic Line. A few bars and restaurants in and around Glasgow are planning on opening in the run-up to Crimbo. Classic French Open just over a year, the groovy Anchor Line on St Vincent Place is...
Bar a Vin launched officially on Monday. Congratulations to Fred Berkmiller, regular of the 5pm Dining blog and the chef patron at L’escargot blanc and bleu. Along with Betty Jourjon, Fred has launched Bar à Vin on Queensferry...
Some of Skyfall’s most dramatic scenes were shot in Scotland. These are glorious days in which to be alive. Not only is there a new Bond film out but 5pm Christmas Gifts have launched. This 5pm Dining blog scribbler has often...
WoodWinters: when they say ‘Big Tasting’, they mean ‘big’ As you may have noticed from the launch of our 5pm Christmas Gifts, the festive season is not far over the horizon. In the run-up to the party season, many...
Conducta – Who is Chala? will have its UK premiere at the film festival. Back in the Eighties, there used to be a cinema advert which showed a beautiful woman sashaying through the surf on a sunny, Caribbean beach. I can’t...
Cocktails: you never know how your night will finish. Those of you who can remember September may recall that we blogged about the Cocktails in the City event taking place in Edinburgh in October. Well, we don’t know where the time...
Paul Brennan, Stuart Muir and new friend start renovations on Dine with Stuart Muir. Pic: Tony Marsh. After thirteen years at the helm of Harvey Nichols’ Forth Floor restaurant, bar and brasserie in Edinburgh, Stuart Muir is to launch an...
