The contemporary interior at La Bonne Auberge La Bonne Auberge in Glasgow is celebrating its 40th birthday today. When many restaurants don’t survive long enough to see five candles on their cake, hitting the big four zero is really...
Calabrian pork fillet dish from the tasting menu. Pretty much any restaurant with serious ambitions will offer a tasting menu. It’s the chef’s chance to open up the culinary throttle and show his best dishes. At the G&V...
Some of the brewing kit at Stewart Brewing, one of the companies showing beers at the festival. T in the Park will almost certainly take the lion’s share of the headlines but the Tennent’s sponsored festival is not the only...
The kitchen brigade at the new giraffe in Glasgow. Have you spotted the giraffe in Glasgow city centre yet? We are, of course referring to the new giraffe restaurant (yup, the lower case is deliberate) which has just opened on the corner...
L-R Sammy Bishop, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Weronika Celmer at VDeep. Pic: Paul Johnston at CopperMango The 5pm Dining blog is torn on the subject of competitive eating. The sheer gluttony required always seems obscene. On the other hand,...
The emphasis is on Sardinian specialities at Cafe Accento. There are lots of new places which have either recently opened or will do soon in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. Strap in. In Glasgow this weekend, Accento Café joined the...
One Square Gin will be slaking thirsts at Savour this weekend. Looking for something to get your teeth into at the weekend? The second Savour festival of food and drink offers plenty to chew over. Taking place in Edinburgh’s...
Tackle a Tomahawk at The Butchershop Bar and Grill. For the last five years, The Butchershop Bar & Grill has been on a mission to serve Glasgow the best possible steak. Featuring meat from grass-fed Black Angus and Limousin cattle,...
Cousins Mario Gizzi and Tony Conetta are the directors of Di Maggio’s Group – Scotland’s largest family of independent restaurants. Since opening the first Di Maggio’s in Glasgow’s West End in 1983, the...
The Scottish berry season is in full flow. The sun is very much here and Wimbledon has started. If you needed any more proof that summer has definitely arrived then please put your hands together for today’s launch of...
Tim Dover from The Roost is one of the chefs appearing in the Cookery Theatre. Once again the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Scottish Game Fair is taking place in the grounds of Scone Palace. Running from Friday to Saturday,...
Growing Underground: taking the Tube for farm to fork freshness. Today’s post is possibly a little off the 5pm Dining blog’s usual patch but it really tweaked our curiosity. After all, it’s not every day that you...
When it comes to food, the 5pm Dining blog reckons that you can never start planning too early for each meal. We’re usually in for a bad night’s sleep if we haven’t locked down tomorrow’s dinner before...
Scottish langoustines are always a catch at Gamba. The 5pm Dining blog would like to congratulate Glasgow’s Gamba restaurant. Last night, the West George Street business was named the UK’s Restaurant of the Year 2015 at a new...
The 5pm Dining blog keeps on hearing good things about Dukes Bar on Old Dumbarton Road. Handy for Kelvingrove, it has been through several incarnations since first opening way back in 1877. Having recently come under new management...
It’s all about the barbie at Brazilliant. Restaurants with a South American theme have been increasingly fashionable in London for a couple of years now. With the recent opening of Brazilliant Churrascuria and Steakhouse on...
