Football and fashion
[][1]They think it's all over. It will be on Sunday. After last night’s matches, we now know that on Sunday the winner of this year’s World Cup will either be Spain or the Netherlands. For most blokes this is vitally...
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New Glasgow Bar
[][1]The bar at The Pioneer A new bar has opened on Elderslie Street in Glasgow. Called The Pioneer, it has started pouring the pints on the former site of the Bollywood Indian restaurant. Those with longer memories might recall that it...
Tastes of the East in Glasgow's West End
Fans of Eastern cuisine will be pleased to hear of two Glasgow restaurants that have recently joined the 5pm site – a very warm welcome to Bukharah and to Yen Oriental and Teppanyaki Restaurant! Bukharah can be found in the Lorne...
New restaurant in St Andrews
[][1]View of the Old Course from Rocca Your correspondent once tried to smack a golf ball down a fairway and ended up with the golf club thirty yards nearer the hole while the ball finished behind me. Much to the relief of groundskeepers...
Where's the beef?
The meat eaters out there will appreciate two of the latest additions to the 5pm site – especially as you may recall Jonathan previously mentioning them here on the blog. Both located in Glasgow’s West End, we’re pleased...
Jamie's Italian gets cooking
[][1]OMG! Jamie's Italian opens today It’s not every day that one of the UK’s biggest cooking stars opens in your town but that’s what’s happening in Glasgow today as Jamie Oliver opens his long awaited...
Ed Farmers' Market hits double figures
[][1]Edinburgh Farmers' Market is ten years old Happy birthday to Edinburgh’s Farmers’ Market which celebrates its tenth anniversary tomorrow. It wasn’t the first (that was Perth in 1999) but Ed Farmers’ Market has...
Perthshire on a plate
[][1]Gino D'Acampo: the King of the Jungle is coming to Perth. Photo: Rex Features Perth is celebrating its 800th anniversary as a city this year and one of its big food-related events kicks off today as Perthshire on a Plate gets...
Cocktail World Cup results
[][1]Adam, Nick, Aaron are Team Scotland Following on from this week’s earlier blether about the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup, we have a regional winner. Nick Reed from Raconteur, Aaron Jones from Rick’s and Ben McFarlane from...
Edinburgh restaurant news
[][1]Ruya Iridag and Stuart Anderson have got each other's back in Nargile There’s big news brewing in Glasgow for next week (think Jamie) but, at the mo, all the goss is happening in Edinburgh. Turkish restaurant Nargile has just...
Even more 5pm newcomers!
All systems are go here at 5pm as we welcome three new restaurants to the site! In Edinburgh we’re happy to have on board L’Escargot Blanc on Queensferry Street in the city’s West End, and sister restaurant...
Pinkies out
[][1]Swans: 'One couldn't eat a whole one' A partner of one of the in-laws was recently invited down to the Garden Party at Buckingham Palace; an invite which caused sharp intakes of breath among the more republican wings of the family. A...
Cocktail World Cup in Edinburgh
[][1]The heat rises at the World Cocktail Cup Your favourite team may or may not still be in the football World Cup. To any readers who follow the England team, this blogger offers his genuine commiserations but I was still tickled by the...
Female friendly food
[][1]Are your restaurant customers this pleased? It’s an old topic but one worth revisiting: how do catering businesses make themselves more attractive to women? Normally, the question is asked of publicans and the time tested...
Eat Scotland Gold for 63 Tay Street
Congrats to chef Graeme Pallister whose work at 63 Tay Street in Perth has been recognised with an Eat Scotland Gold Award. According to VisitScotland, organisers of the awards scheme, Gold award restaurants ‘must demonstrate...
Free sushi
[][1]The Harajuku girls: out to convert sushi virgins They say there is no such thing as a free lunch. Yo! Sushi in Glasgow is keen to prove that notion wrong as it embarks on a drive to convert sushi virgins to the delights of raw...