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Edinburgh vegetarian restaurant Henderson's receives The List Eating & Drinking Guide's Special Award 2012

Edinburgh vegetarian restaurant Henderson's wins List award in 50th year

Pioneering business wins Eating & Drinking Guide's Special Award 2012

24 Apr 2012

2012 marks a notable anniversary in Edinburgh’s dining history: Janet Henderson’s first city venture dedicated to vegetarian food opened 50 years ago. In 1962 Janet, along with husband Mac, an East Lothian farmer, set up a ‘farm shop’ in the city…

Le Bistro Beaumartin adds a French flavour to Glasgow's culinary palette

Le Bistro Beaumartin adds a French flavour to Glasgow's culinary palette

24 Apr 2012

‘French’ tends to be a label that’s very loosely slapped on a restaurant in Glasgow – often truly being ‘French with a twist of this or that’. That’s changed, however, with Le Bistro Beaumartin popping onto the petite-yet-elite scene to teach Glasgow a…

The best breakfasts in Glasgow

The best breakfasts in Glasgow

The best all-rounders in the west, plus a few specific breakfast-item highlights

29 Mar 2012

Café Gandolfi 64 Albion Street, 552 6813, cafegondolfi.com Breakfast served: Mon-Sat 8am-noon; Sun 9am-noon. The long-standing, Scottish cuisine-focused eatery has beefed up its breakfasts in recent years, resulting in a menu with eight different egg…

The best breakfasts in Edinburgh

The best breakfasts in Edinburgh

The finest cafes, bistros and restaurants in the capital for a morning meal

29 Mar 2012

Broughton Delicatessen 7 Barony Street, 558 7111, broughton-deli.co.uk Breakfast served: Mon–Sat 8am–3pm; Sun 11am–3pm. What does this place not do well? A great deli, healthy lunches and superb, made-from-scratch breakfasts from morning until 3pm…

Steak, Edinburgh's new meat-loving restaurant

Steak, Edinburgh's new meat-loving eaterie

The brash new restaurant makes no claims of subtlety with full-on flavours and pumping music

26 Mar 2012

‘Where beauty meats the beast’ is the strap-line for brash new arrival Steak, archly attached to publicity shots of ladies, puckering their lips in readiness under dangling raw t-bones – although ‘where beauties eat the beast’ might be just as apt.

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Popular events

CAMRA Aberdeen Grampian and Northern Isles Beer Festival
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The Campaign for Real Ale's most northerly festival features a range of real cider, perry and bottled continental beers alongside its massive selection of 100 real ales from around the UK. Among the events in the 2012 edition is the Olympic-themed 'Thirst Among Equals' session.
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31 May–2 Jun Thu 4pm–midnight; Fri 3pm–midnight; Sat noon–11pm Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
West End Festival
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One of the widest-ranging multi-arts festivals in the country, the West End Festival seems to swallow the West End's entire cultural output for the three weeks of its duration. The sterling music line-up (which in 2011 featured The Horrors, Alasdair Roberts and the Fence Collective) and the carnivalesque Festival Sunday are especially noteworthy. On the final Saturday, The Hidden Lane Festival opens the door on the city's creative collective, including open studios and exhibitions .
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1 Jun–24 Jun Times vary West End, Glasgow
Olympic Torch at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
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Celebrations include music, fun, Olympic-inspired cakes and food as the Olympic Torch pauses to visit the birthplace of The Bard.
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8 Jun 10.30am Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Ayr
FyneFest 2012
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Located on a working farm an hour outside Glasgow, FyneFest is strongly focused on the local side of food, drink and music. Food comes from the likes of Winston Churchill Venison and Loch Fyne Oysters, with plans for a hog roast in 2012, and beer comes from both the farm's own brewery (Fyne Ales) and microbreweries around the UK.
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1 Jun–4 Jun Times vary Fyne Ales, Cairndow
Aberdeen International Street Market
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Street market with over 70 stalls selling produce from all over the world.
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1 Jun–3 Jun Fri–Sun 9am–6pm Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen
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Popular places

Earthy Canonmills
1–6 Canonmills Bridge, Edinburgh, EH3 5LF
With two popular food markets and a thriving café under their belt already, the Earthy empire is set for further expansion in April 2012 with the arrival of their new Canonmills enterprise. As well as another store, the site (formerly Dionika) will also…
Tinderbox
118 Ingram Street, Glasgow, G1 1EJ
Tinderbox’s original Byres Road coffeshop café opened in 1998 but the interior still feels contemporary and enticing. No food is prepared on the premises though, with savoury options being either pre-prepared sandwiches or salad/noodle bowls. It’s an…
Truly Scrumptious Cupcake Cafe Bar
Westerwood Farm, Torphichen, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 4NQ
Bibi's Bakery (Edinburgh)
37 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PJ
Henderson's Vegetarian Restaurant
94 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DR
This subterranean gathering spot has been the beating heart of Edinburgh’s vegetarian scene for half a decade, and justly celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012 – no mean feat considering how our appetites and attitudes towards food have changed over…
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