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Glasgow’s curry scene is as active as ever with the opening of Dining In with Mother India, essentially an expansion of the Mother India Café on Argyle Street, offering takeaway food, a mini Indian deli and a handful of tables serving a simple menu. In…

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More foody going-ons

The BBC Good Food Show Scotland, now in its third year, will be at the SECC in Glasgow from Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November. Alongside the usual array of big-name cooking demos, there’s a strong showing from smaller local producers including…

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The main feature of The Yard, a new family restaurant and bar off Bonnington Road near Leith, is a large enclosed courtyard for outdoor eating with a decent chunk of it given over as a children’s play area. Run by the family behind Molly’s play area in…

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Roy brett, chef-director of the Dakota Hotel Group, is to open up his own restaurant, Ondine (the name of a mythological water nymph), within the new Missoni Hotel on George IV Bridge in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Brett previously worked with…

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The Big Tent Festival in the lovely setting of Falkland Palace’s orchard and grounds takes place over the weekend of Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July. As the biggest eco-festival in Scotland, and the birthplace of the award-winning Fife Diet a couple of…

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The Brand new Hotel Missoni on the corner of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and George IV Bridge is the first collaboration between the Italian fashion house and the Rezidor Hotel Group. The first-floor La Cucina restaurant has a large sharing table, outside…

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Having passed over the running of Roti last year to Ryan Singh of Mr Singh’s Restaurant in Glasgow, Oloroso chef-proprietor Tony Singh has unveiled his new venture, Tony’s Table. A bistro-style restaurant, together with an on-site bakery and sandwich…

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Just two months ago we featured an interview with an ambitious young chef, James Stocks, who was about to open his own place in Edinburgh just a few months after revelations of an over-egged CV had led to his resignation from his high-profile post at…

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Glengoyne Distillery by Killearn is hosting a free Christmas Food and Drink event from 10.30am on Saturday 6 December, featuring Edenmill farm shop’s barrel smokers, beer from WEST and Brewdog, cooking demos from Monachyle Mhor’s Tom Lewis and lots of…

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Earthy Foods & Goods, opened in Edinburgh’s Southside earlier this year, has introduced online shopping with a home delivery service. Now the vast majority of lines in the store – which focus principally on good food producers in the Lothians, Borders…

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● Agua Restaurant has been re-launched with a seafood theme under head chef John-Paul Persighetti. For anyone tracking the oyster index, six west coast bivalves are doing well at £9.50. Prawns, mussels, cockles and crab also feature at the new crustacea…

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Sith (pronounced ‘shee’ – Gaelic for ‘peace’) is a new cafe at 459 Dumbarton Road just around the corner from Partick Underground station in Glasgow. Run by two women with strong connections in the Gaelic and Gay/LGBT communtities, it incorporates a…

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Ex-corinthian chef Iain McMaster has opened up Tattie Mac’s on a nice wee site at 61 Otago Street in Glasgow, which in recent years has seen more change than a busker on Byres Road: you may remember it as Otago, the Cheese Bar or, most recently, Pizazz.

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News to nibble on

As ever, the eating and drinking scene on Byres Road is constantly evolving. Recent arrivals include Otto, an independent bar and grill in the former Rubaiyat pub on the corner of University Place, Atrio, a restaurant linked to Sauchiehall Street’s…

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Glasgow’s more experienced diners know full well that the Two Fat Ladies fish restaurants had nothing to do with motorcycling cooks Clarissa and Jennifer, and everything to do with the address of the original site at 88 Dumbarton Road. However, the…

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Gourmet Glasgow, the annual promotion run by Glasgow Restaurateurs Association, kicks off this week and runs through to Sunday 31 August. Over 40 restaurants around the city are participating in the Dine Around scheme, which features fixed priced menus…

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Brothers chris and paul Charalambous of Cail Bruich restaurant in Quarriers Village by Bridge of Weir has opened up a city branch, taking over the premises of the former Parthenon Greek restaurant next door to Oran Mor. Cail Bruich (West) offers…

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Urban Angel has opened a second branch on Forth Street in the former Tapas Tree premises just off Broughton Street, Edinburgh. Compared to the Hanover Street original it’s open earlier (from 8am), has more space and is serving much the same local…

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The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston opens on Thursday 19 June for its annual four-day celebration of food, farming and the countryside. The Food Hall ranks as one of the largest gatherings of Scottish food and drink in the calendar with over 100…

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Martin Wishart, now one of Scotland’s best-known chefs, has just released his first cook book. Despite the elevated culinary status of his Leith restaurant, Wishart is keen to emphasise that his recipes are designed with all abilities in mind. ‘Anybody…

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The harlequin group of restaurants, best known for their curry houses, now have a second Spanish-themed tapas restaurant in their portfolio after Las Ramblas in Bearsden with the opening of Torres at 327 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Tapas dishes are…

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While we realise you might be bowled over by the sheer quantity of information in our Eating & Drinking Guide, one new arrival to keep an eye out for is the List Card, registration now open, our dining promotion scheme that offers two-for-one meals at a…