The stylish interior at Barolo Grill Just a quick one to draw your attention to the steak nights which Glasgow’s Barolo Grill runs every Wednesday from 6pm. £15 (plus £0.45 booking fee) buys a prime Scottish rump steak, a...
Hendrick’s Gin; an ideal mid-afternoon pick-me-up One Square bar and restaurant in Edinburgh’s Sheraton is pepping up its afternoon tea offer with a stiff shot of Hendrick’s Gin. Afternoon tea The G & Tea Afternoon Tea is...
Anodised pans: a survey suggests that many women would love a set for Valentine’s Day. We would suggest safer alternatives. It seems unlikely that anyone could have overlooked the fact but tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and the...
Yatai on ‘s Langstane Place: Aberdeen’s answer to Tokyo Aberdeen’s restaurant scene is never quiet but the last few months have been particularly hectic. The latest news is that, after many delays, Mr Oliver is opening...
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...
Mattia Camorani: Head Chef at Cucina makes the case for getting passionate over the pans Is Italian the most romantic language in Europe? The Italians would say so although the French may beg to differ. At Edinburgh’s Hotel Missoni this...
The Grill Room at 29 It’s Friday and all over Scotland workers are looking at the clock on the wall and waiting for the big hand to point to gin o’clock. Hard pressed workers in Glasgow may be interested in a new Friday night, after work...
The interior of Central Market. Pic by Ash Paterson. Last November, the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned Central Market, a thoughtful new restaurant which had opened in Glasgow’s Merchant City. Staffed by chefs Andy Lambert and Neil...
Jonathan Meades: fascinating food writer Just a quick link to the Talking of Food site where The Guardian’s Matthew Fort interviews Jonathan Meades, the famous former Times restaurant reviewer. The topics range from the Eighties...
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...
[][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...
Eye-opening stories all over the press today based on a report which reckons that up to half the food produced in the world goes to waste. The Guardian’s take is here while the Daily Mail’s is here. ...
Late last year, there was a storm in a teacup concerning The Haven, a small caff in Leith which suddenly found itself at the top of TripAdvisor’s Edinburgh restaurant listings. Obviously, newspaper reports jumped on the story; all...
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,...
