Grease is the word
John Travolta as Danny. No need to ask ‘Is he or isn’t he… wearing half a pound of SlickBoy Pomade’ Tomorrow is Burns Night but the 5pm Restaurants blog recognises that not everybody goes completely cray cray for...
Glasgow Eating and Drinking archives
Cookbook or doorstop?
[][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...
Finger-lickin' on Sauchiehall Street
[][1]No prizes for guessing what’s on offer at Cocktail & Burger. Pic by Pamela Graham for [James vs Burger][2] Never a man to let the grass grow under his feet, Colin Barr, a veteran of Glasgow’s night time economy, is at the...
New restaurants in Glasgow
[][1]Pucker up for Ciao Bella in Burnside 2013 represents a brave new dawn for a number of recently launched restaurants and bars in Glasgow. Thanks to Dram magazine, we learn that Pinxto on Dumbarton Road has become the New York Kitchen....
5pm restaurant sale
[][1]Great restaurants without bank-busting bills OK, we’re not actually selling restaurants – they’re a bit bulky and hard to wrap – but the 5pm January Sale is now underway. We know the festive period can be...
The Sparkle Horse is out of the starting gate
[][1]The Sparkle Horse: a new addition to Partick Opening just before Christmas, The Sparkle Horse is a new addition to the Byres Road/Partick pub circuit. Formerly the traditional Dowanhill Bar, the new venture is trying to stake a claim...
2012 on the plate
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...
2012 in food news
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...
What we ate in 2012
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,...
2012: a culinary recap
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...
Hogmanay Ceilidh dinner
[][1]The magnificent Trades Hall of Glasgow. Pic by by Steven Cadman and published on Flickr. We realise that Christmas is still to come but you don’t need to be a woggle-joggling scout to benefit from the old advice to ‘be prepared’. In...
It's the end of the world… what's for dinner?
[][1]In the event of a nuclear winter, foraging will become more fashionable According to the ancient Mayans and numerous assorted fruit loops, the world is going to end on Friday. It’s unfortunate timing – the 5pm Christmas...
It's all new
[][1]The bar at the recently launched Buff Low Cafe: you will never see it this quiet again The 5pm Restaurant site has welcomed a number of new venues over the last couple of weeks. The two Ad Lib restaurants on Hope Street and Ingram...
Sexy and they know it
[][1]Winner of the Aspiring Front of House Manager award, Claire McCulloch, of Restaurant at Blythswood Square, flanked by Willie McCurrach (City of Glasgow College, left) and Willie Jones (Manager Gleneagles, right) Last...
Dodge the Beast from the East – visit the 5pm Christmas gift page
[][1]A meal at Ingram Wynd would make a welcome stocking filler The papers have been full of stories about the the imminent arrival of the Beast from the East – the Siberian weather front which is supposed to savage the UK in its...
Glasgow Restaurant Awards
[][1]Top Glaswegian chefs Brian Maule, Guy Cowan & John Quigley will be at the awards The nibbles are being prepared; the fizz is on ice and the finalists’ nerves are all a-flutter. It can only mean one thing: the Glasgow Restaurant...