Earlier this week, we blogged about a ticket for the Glasgow Restaurant Awards which had been put on eBay. We said it was going to be a hot ticket and the bids are currently going crazy for the much sought after invite. Having...
With less than a week to go until the Glasgow Restaurant Awards the finalists in all the categories will be crossing their fingers and hoping victory will be theirs on Monday night. Having been a kitchen porter for a few years, your...
[][1]Tickets to the Glasgow Restaurant Awards: rarer than hen’s teeth, more valuable than gold Earlier this week, we told you that the Glasgow Restaurant Awards were going to be bigger than Strictly and more popular than I’m a...
One of the most interesting categories at the Glasgow Restaurant Awards is the Greenest Restaurant prize. The shortlist for the award comprises the recently opened Cup Tea Lounge, Urban Bar and Brasserie plus the newly refurbished Bonne...
I’m a Celebrity… Whatever… Strictly…Meh… the most gripping competition in town is the 2012 Glasgow Restaurant Awards. Organised by the Glasgow Restaurant Association (GRA) in partnership with Glasgow City Marketing...
This is the 5pm blog’s first December posting – a respectable point at which to look ahead to the festive season and guess which foods are likely to be testing our belts over the next few weeks. If this article in The Mail is...
[][1]Jigging and perhaps even capering seem likely It’s St Andrew’s Day tomorrow and there are all sorts of Saltire-flavoured shenanigans taking place across the Central Belt as part of Scotland’s Winter Festivals. Events in Glasgow kick...
[][1]Time for the mo’ to go As Movember draws to a close, it’s a time of mixed emotions. Those of us with magnificent, waxed, handlebar moustaches may be sorry to see them go. Those with patchy, ginger bum fluff are more...
[][1]A new liquid twist on Christmas Dinner from BoBar The bar staff at BoBar in Glasgow’s West End have been busy in their cocktail lab. They have come up with a Christmas Dinner cocktail made with Chopin potato vodka, red wine,...
[][1]It’s hands-on at the Edinburgh New Town Cookery School As you may have surmised, Christmas is coming. Sure, you can try and hide or just ignore it but, sooner or later, you’re going to have to face the tinsel. If you are on...
[][1]Scaramouche: once a film, now a pub The 5pm blog is running hard (yes, we are wheezing) to keep up with all the new pub openings in Glasgow. One of the newbies is The Scaramouche on Elderslie Street. Apparently, a much older version...
[][1]Acrylic Iqon are one of the bands playing at the new Broadcast cafe, bar and venue on Sauchiehall Street Glasgow’s music fans were left weeping into their hoodies earlier this year when the Captain’s Rest in the West End...
[][1]Bradford’s Bakery ATM keeps the cupcakes coming Where Los Angeles goes, Glasgow follows. Or at least that seems to be what is happening after Bradford’s Bakers unveiled their Bakery ATM in the St Enoch’s Centre today. Beverly...
[][1]The Italian flag: practically synonymous with dinner in Glasgow Glasgow loves its football teams, fashion and music but the 5pm blog has a sneaking suspicion that, if asked to choose the best invention ever, then the city would opt...
Blythswood Square have just announced their new season of film screenings. Starting in January, they take place most Sundays except on Valentine’s Day when, naturally, they will be screening the Julia Roberts film Valentine’s...
[][1]Masala Twist on Byres Road has branched out into the city centre There must be something in the water in Glasgow as new restaurants continue to join the city’s already packed restaurant scene. Say Ole to tapas First up,...
