[][1]Alison and Fabrice with both their Scottish Restaurant Awards prizes Since 2007, chef patron Fabrice Bouteloup has run Barley Bree in Muthill, Perthshire, with his wife Alison. A restaurant with rooms, Barley Bree was named...
[][1]Time travel to the Fifties and beyond with the Vintage Festival, part of this year’s Merchant City Festival For months now, the world has held its breath while waiting for one of the most momentous events to ever happen in Great...
[][1]The Inn on the Mile is set for a busy summer season As usual in Edinburgh during the run-up to the festivals, there has been a flurry of new bar and restaurant openings. In the last week, The Inn on the Mile; Port of Siam in the New...
[][1]Street food from the Hanoi Bike Shop is one of the attractions The 5pm Restaurants blog is enjoying the unusual weather but it is murdering our will to anything productive at the stove. Essentially, it’s too hot and I’m...
[][1]Getting ready to cook Peruvian style The 5pm blog had a fun afternoon yesterday at a ceviche master class run by Martin Morales at Mark Greenaway’s restaurant in Edinburgh. Mr Morales is the founder of the Ceviche Peruvian...
[][1]Scottish langoustine: best food ever? Did anyone else see the story about the Dorset beach hut which is for sale at a cool £200,000? Now the 5pm restaurant blog likes to be beside the seaside as much as the next salty old seadog but...
[][1]Iggy Pop is rock ‘n roll. A nice souffle is not. Pic from Wikipedia The 5pm blog switched into grumpy old man mood a couple of days back when we received a press release from Latitude festival about the line-up on their Kitchen...
[][1]Will Maurice Taylor’s Bonne Auberge win the Glasgow’s Favourite Business Award? Yes, they can can. Nearly forty years old, La Bonne Auberge in Glasgow’s Theatreland has long been a hit with 5pm diners. Now the city centre...
[][1]Check out the chandelier at EH2 Tempus The 5pm blog recently spent a fun night at EH2 Tempus in Edinburgh’s George Hotel. The George Street restaurant was launching its new summer menu with a tasting of the key...
[][1]Your blogger in holiday gear Not normally one for delayed gratification, the 5pm blog is not going on holiday until much later in the year. While my fur might not feel the warmth of Spanish, French or Asian sunshine this summer,...
[][1]The scene is set for Burgher Burger to return to The Signet Library in Edinburgh The run-up to the Edinburgh Festival is always a lively time for the capital’s eating and drinking scene. Existing businesses scrub up for the crowds of...
[][1]Beers such as Hoggleys’ Pump Fiction are amng the starting line-up at Growler Beers These are exciting times for craft ale lovers. The 5pm blog has blethered copiously about new brew bars such as Inn Deep, The Hanging Bat and...
[][1]Whisky maturing in the cask at Deanston Distillery With exports booming, these are joyful times for Scotland’s whisky industry and the entire sector seems to be fizzing with activity. Formerly mothballed distilleries such as Tamdhu...
[][1]Ready for action! Alan and Michael take on the burger challenge. Alan and Michael are 5pm’s resident office gannets. Their appetites know no bounds – the biscuit corner doesn’t stand a chance when they’re...
[][1]Dennis Malcolm: there isn’t much he doesn’t know about whisky The 5pm blog had a memorable night recently at a whisky dinner for Dennis Malcolm, a man who was happily celebrating half a century in the whisky...
A Summer of 5pm has launched! Beginning this week, we’ll be sharing our best offers to help get you in the mood for summer. Don’t worry if you’re not going overseas – from eating al fresco to dining by the...
