The bar area at Blackwood’s: sink into the sofas Last week, the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned the launch of Blackwood’s Bar & Grill – a swish new restaurant specialising in Scottish produce which is now open for business in...
Back in December, the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned the new restaurant at the Nira Caledonia boutique hotel in Edinburgh’s New Town. Called Blackwood’s Bar & Grill, it launched officially this week. Scottish produce in...
Curry: the antidote to cold, wet, January days The recently released stat that one in eight Brits now owns a onesie may have confirmed suspicions that nothing good ever happens in January. However, we have an exception in the form of a...
A couple of weeks back the 5pm Restaurant blog mentioned Glasgow’s Cocktail and Burger, a new venture from Colin Barr which serves the dude food staples of gourmet dogs and burgers. ‘When oh when will someone open something...
Field’s interior. Pic by Papajka.com New Year means new restaurants in Edinburgh. The latest to take the plunge are chef Gordon Craig and maitre d’ Richard Conway who have just opened Field on West Nicolson Street. The new venture...
As you might imagine the 5pm Restaurant blog inbox is currently fit to burst with restaurants and drinks companies suggesting how their services might fit into Burns Night. Fair enough. With only three sleeps to go until the official...
Mark Greenaway has opened his new restaurant on North Castle Street. Following on from the 5pm Restaurant blog post about Mark Greenaway moving to new premises on Edinburgh’s North Castle Street, we’re pleased to see that the...
[][1]Heston Blumenthal: not many people are confident that they can cook like him Did you get a cookbook for Christmas? Have you used it yet? Think you ever will? The pesto and pasta maker Sacla’ commissioned a survey looking into...
[][1]Bar Soba has crossed the M8 and launched in Edinburgh The 5pm blog spent the run-up to Christmas with its nose firmly attached to the grindstone. Still, we don’t know how we missed the fact that Bar Soba, a long time hit in...
[][1]Probably doing the work of three men, Mark Greenaway is setting up his new restaurant on North Castle Street. So , 2013, what’s happening? First up, Mark Greenaway has announced that he is to re-open his eponymous restaurant on...
What will be the big food trends of 2013? Hmmm, well, let’s see. Tricky one. Right from the start, we may as well say that the 5pm blog does not have a great track record when it comes to predicting food trends. Although we did say...
The 5pm blog will be taking the next couple of days off but, before we do, here’s our final look back at the culinary events which shaped the blog in the last few months of 2012. Have a fantastic Hogmanay and we’ll be back the...
What rocked your taste buds in 2012? As we get ready to see in the New Year, the 5pm blog looks back at the foodie stories which made the news over the last twelve months. August 2012 The Hilton Glasgow celebrated 20 years in business by...
Continuing our culinary round-up of 2012, we look at what happened on our plates in the months of May to July. May 2012 Man v Food style challenges seemed plentiful last year. Glasgow’s Grill Room, part of 29 Royal Exchange Square,...
The 5pm blog will be taking a break for the next couple of days but we’ll be back on the 27th of December. Until then, here’s the first installment of our culinary look back at 2012. Have a great Christmas. January...
Yesterday, we blogged about the Hogmanay Ceilidh Dinner taking place at the Trades Hall in Glasgow. Today, we’re shifting across the M8 and taking look at Drambuie’s Extraordinary Hogmanay. The drinks brand is taking up residence in the...
