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Tacos, burritos and quesadillas will be on the menu at the new branch of Pinto on Glasgow’s Gordon Street Fans of Glasgow’s Pinto restaurant are getting fizzy as the opening of a second branch on Gordon Street draws...
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Ashoka open for business in Edinburgh
Ashoka Restaurants have opened a branch in Edinburgh The Ashoka family of Indian restaurants has long been prominent in Glasgow’s restaurant scene. In fact, I don’t know if this still holds true but, for a while, Ashoka was...
The Vintage bar prepares for launch
Richard McLelland mans the taps at The Vintage in Leith We are living in exciting times if you like craft beer. On Saturday, The Vintage: Craft Beer Bar & Kitchen will open to the public on Henderson Street in Edinburgh’s Leith. New...
No mumbo jumbo at Gumbo
Cold beer and hot music are on tap at Bar Gumbo on Byres Road ‘Great music, great food, great drinks’ is the plain talking aim at the recently opened Bar Gumbo on Glasgow’s Byres Road. Formerly The Common Room, the new...
Slurp up
Bowl O’Noodles: packs a punch Just a quickie to draw your attention to Bowl O’Noodles, a new Leith Walk restaurant and cafe that opened yesterday. As the name suggests, noodles in hot broth are at the heart of the menu....
Woodland Creatures come out to play
The bar at Woodland Creatures on Leith Walk Yesterday the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned that The Balfour Bar on Leith Walk was being transformed. After extensive refurbishment (read: removal of decades worth of Artex), the premises have...
Taps on at Munro's
Munro’s: chunky as a Yorkie Bar After decades of being about as popular as sand in your swimming trunks, real beer is back with a bang and craft beer bars are opening all over the place. The latest to open its doors is Munro’s on...
New openings in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Tony Macaroni in Glasgow’s West End: proving popular in Edinburgh The Tony Macaroni company has expanded rapidly since launching in East Kilbride in 2001. As well as branches in Largs, Motherwell, Livingston and Glasgow, the firm has...
Kitchin and Jack to open Stockbridge pub
Chefs Dominic Jack and Tom Kitchin are to open a bar in Stockbridge The 5pm Restaurants blog has just learned that Tom Kitchin and Dominic Jack, the Michelin-starred chefs behind The Kitchin and Castle Terrace are to open a pub in...
Food news in Glasgow and Edinburgh
The Bonsai Bar Bistro on Edinburgh’s Southside is soon to have a Broughton Street brother Edinburgh’s Broughton Street always has a buzz about it and the latest news is that Bonsai Bar Bistro, long a favourite with the...
Afternoon tea at Blackwood's
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...
New openings in Glasgow
The recently opened Richmond bar on Park Road is adding to the merriment in Glasgow’s Gibson Street area. The building that once housed Bar Bolo has been completely refurbished and now houses the rather swish Richmond bar and...
Vinyasa spicing up January
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...
Hot hot dogs at The Huxley
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 kitchen in action
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...
Restaurant Mark Greenaway in new home
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...