\ The 5pm Dining blog dropped by Heads and Tales, the West End, Edinburgh, basement bar which is also home to Edinburgh Gin Distillery. As you might expect from a bar which contains numerous gin stills, the bar staff at Heads and Tales...
La Petite Mort is looking alluring. Last week, the 5pm Dining blog penned a brief post about La Petite Mort, a new restaurant which recently opened in Edinburgh’s Tollcross. As you may recall, the restaurant is in the side bar of...
Brian Maule at Chardon D’Or has a new look for spring. First of all, we’ll nip across to Brian Maule at Chardon D’Or which has just re-opened after a refurbishment. It all looks very chic. We also liked the look of his...
Monteiths is a boutique cocktail bar and restaurant in the heart Nathalie McLay of Monteiths. of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Just off the Royal Mile, it is discreetly tucked away at the end of an inviting, sparkling terrace. The interior is a...
It’s all go at the TriBeCa group of restaurants. Trumpeted as ‘the original New York kitchen’, the group started out with the TriBeCa Café Bar on Dumbarton Road. TriBeCa’s donuts are so good that American cops hop...
Last weekend, the 5pm Dining blog was mooching around Edinburgh’s Tollcross before going to see Force Majeure (a word of advice, it’s not a date movie) at the Cameo. While in mid-mooch, we noticed that the back room of the...
[/su_youtube] We will all be clinking our glasses to Whisky Month in a couple of weeks time and, as always, there are lots of intriguing events taking place across Scotland. One in particular caught the eye of the 5pm Dining blog. Held...
The pizza oven at La Favorita is getting hungry. There is much excitement among the pizza-lovers of Glasgow’s West End as La Favorita gets ready to rock on Gibson Street. The pizzeria will open to the public tomorrow after a much...
Yes, please. Pic from Artisan Cheesecakes. STV’s Edinburgh app has a story about a new cheesecake shop which is setting up shop in Edinburgh. The new venture is the second branch of Artisan Cheesecakes, a business which is already...
To Edinburgh, where Ryan’s Cellar Bar on Hope Street has been replaced by Usquabae Whisky Bar and Larder. The bar takes its name from Burns Tam O’Shanter poem in which the poet reckoned that ‘Wi usquabae we’ll...
Just a swift one to say that Glasgow’s new Gusto restaurant officially opens its doors to the public tomorrow. The Italian has been trialing its operations this week with a series of soft openings. If you can get a table today then...
The interior of the Contini’s Cannonball. Unless you have spent the last four months having a duvet day then you’ll know that 2015 is a Year of Food and Drink in Scotland. The idea is that we should all shout more loudly and...
Portobello: Edinburgh’s answer to Vegas. The sun has got his hat on. Hip! Hip! Hip hip hooray! Few things make the 5pm Dining blog smile quite as much as sunshine does. Especially when there is the promise of more sunny days to...
Macsween chef Colin Bussey will be demonstrating the versatility of haggis. Easter traditionally sees the starting gun being fired on the festival season and this year is no different. On Saturday, people can enjoy the inaugural Highland...
The Butchershop Bar and Grill: a brief stroll from the Mitchell Library. Now in its tenth year, the Aye Write! book festival gets underway on Friday 17th April in the Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. While the 5pm Dining blog likes...
Hardeep in VDeep Pic: Paul Johnston at Copper Mango Having launched VDeep restaurant in Leith at the end of February, the broadcaster, writer and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli has plans to extend his craft beer and curry concept....
