Take Three

Take three: Outposts of the Gaeltacht

4 Sep 2008

Three top restaurants with Gaelic names.

Take Three: Porky Ties

Get your trotters to these eateries

1 Oct 2009

The Kilted Pig 101b Colinton Road, Edinburgh, 0131 444 1911 www.kiltedpig.co.uk Kilted pigs are sausages wrapped in bacon – also known as pigs in a blanket, as any hotel commis chef could tell you. The pub bearing the name is near Craiglockhart…

Take Three: The three ages of fish restaurant

9 Jul 2009

Rogano 11 Exchange Place, Glasgow, 0141 248 4055, roganoglasgow.com Fitted out in art deco style in homage to the Clyde-built Queen Mary in 1935. It looks expensive and by golly it is. Amid the walnut veneer and polished silver, choose fish bisque…

Take Three: Pubs with some shining dining

22 Jan 2009

MacSorley’s Music Bar 42 Jamaica Street, Glasgow, 0141 248 8581, www.macsorleys.com From the owners of the Sub Club is the ‘Sub Pub’, an old boozer turned boho hang-out. Tatty round the edges, it pumps out an indie dominated soundtrack and packs…

Take Three: Regional redoubts

13 Nov 2008

Dakhin 89 Candleriggs, Glasgow 0141 553 2585, www.dakhin.com Not just another Glasgow curry house but a discreet Merchant City venue dedicated to the food and cooking of south India, with dosas as a mainstay, some lovely seafood dishes from Kerela…

Take Three: Striding the Glasgow/Edinburgh divide

3 Jul 2008

Café Andaluz 77b George Street, New Town, Edinburgh, www.cafeandaluz.com Glasgow-based restaurant chain Di Maggio’s opened their first Spanish style Café Andaluz off Byres Road in 2003. A city centre venue followed in 2005, with their first foray…

Take Three: They were once a Pierre Victoire

5 Jun 2008

Howies 10 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, 0131 225 1721 www.howies.uk.com There’s no question the original PV was in a great restaurant spot: right in the heart of town on one of Edinburgh’s most interesting streets. Howies’ casual, populist style…

Take Three: Antipodean Advances

22 May 2008

Tapa Coffee & Bakehouse 21 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, 0141 554 9981, www.tapabakehouse.co.uk Kiwi Robert Winters is an evangelist for real bread and good coffee, and spreads the word by baking great loaves and brewing a fine cup of joe.

Take Three: Old favourites, new regimes

8 May 2008

A kitchen fire in late 2006 might have spelt the end of this venerable restaurant, but Ryan James, who was already running a brace of Two Fat Ladies restaurants in the city, took it on, enhanced many of the original features and coupled it up to his…

Take Three: Restaurants with sustainable fish policies

24 Apr 2008

Mussel Inn 157 Hope Street, Glasgow & 61–65 Rose Street, Edinburgh, www.mussel-inn.com Established ten years ago by shellfish farmers from the West Coast of Scotland, the Mussel Inns are underwritten by a clear sense of provenance. Mussels are…

Take Three: Animal Magic

10 Apr 2008

The Butterfly and the Pig 153 Bath Street, Glasgow 0141 221 7711, www.thebutterflyandthepig.com The name is a whimsical send up of traditional pub names and matches the gentle, eccentric nature of the place. Decorated like the Mad Hatter’s front…

Take Three: Eating spots with a curious former life

27 Mar 2008

A Room in Leith 1c Dock Place, Leith, Edinburgh 0131 554 7427, www.aroomin.co.uk John Tindal and Peter Knight recently opened their third ‘A Room In’ restaurant, replacing the Waterfront, itself a conversion of a red-brick waiting room once used…

Take Three: Craft bakery-cafes

13 Mar 2008

Tapa Coffee & Bakehouse 21 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow 0141 554 9981, www.tapabakehouse.co.uk The hand-made, traditional ethos of this artisanal bakery, café and coffee roasterie has won it fans across the city despite the unfashionable…

Take Three: New Japanese Restaurants

28 Feb 2008

No 1 Sushi Bar 37 Home Street, Edinburgh 0131 229 6880 This Chinese-run Japanese restaurant is a cross between a style bar and a comfy old-school Chinese gaff, with birds of paradise cavorting over charcoal walls and big mirrors to reflect the…