Eat Deli

The 2012 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).

This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.

The rather prosaic name gives no indication of the high quality of food served and on sale here. Bei & Nannini coffee, Ferrarelle mineral water, Suki fair-trade tea and Stornoway black pudding are just a few of the superior brands. There’s clearly a lot of taste and experience involved in the set-up, which has crammed in eager customers for a decade. Table space is tight but there's a 'grazing shelf' at the window beside the busy deli/takeaway counter. Soup may be the successful sweet potato and coconut or French onion. Portions are very generous and the linguine with chicken, chorizo, plum tomatoes and olive oil is satiating – although there is plenty more chicken and oil than chorizo and tomato. Still, the menu of delicious platters, salads, mains and sandwiches includes such 'cut above' combos as goat’s cheese and artichoke bruschetta that it’s hard to quibble – and then the wonderful cakes leave one so speechless it’s impossible to. Watch out for possible later night opening this summer – more chance to experience this excellent eaterie.

• High point: Top-notch bread
• Low point: Can overflow at peak times

Listed in The Larder – in the shops now or buy online.

This Italian-influenced deli and café is well known as a place to stop for a Bei Nannini espresso and a pastry, but it also has an astonishing range of dried foods, organic juices, chocolates and home-made dishes. Highlights include The Fine Cheese Co fennel crackers and Findlater's Fine Foods excellent pâtés but it is probably the various lasagnes, available in generous portions, that make Eat such a well-loved feature of the Clarkston high street.