SUMMERHALL’S SUMMER BEER FESTIVALE RETURNS Summerhall 15 – 16 May 2015 Tickets available now – Strictly over 18s Edinburgh’s homegrown festivALE of the hop …
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Pastaval is Back! Find the Best Mac and Cheese
Help crown the best Mac and Cheese in Shawlands! Eat your way through 5 Mac and Cheese and vote for the best! Can Waverley Tearooms …
Food Review: Gusto, 14-18 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6QY
The new Gusto Restaurant and Bar is now open on Bothwell Street after a £1.3m refurbishment. With its Gatsby-era feel, think parquet flooring, glistening silverware …
Bang Bar at Blow Finnieston
After the burger invasion we now have “bangs”, or fringes as they were called in my day. BLOW Finneston now launch their bang bar to …
Food review – La Boca, 189 Hope St, Glasgow *CLOSED*
Finally a proper tapas bar in Glasgow. La Boca is next to Opium on Hope St (best remembered as the street the buses go up!) We love it …
Carmelite, Stirling Street, Aberdeen Review
Located in the city-centre of Aberdeen, The Carmelite Hotel is near to the main train and bus stations and handy for public transport as well as amenities. …
Beer Garden Time – where to find them in Edinburgh and Glasgow
There’s something yellow in the sky so time for a beer, or a cheeky Aperol Spritz to chill out. Here are some of Edinburgh and …
Food review: Porter and Rye, 1131 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8ND
We recently ventured into Porter & Sons, or is it Rye & Co? No, it’s Porter & Rye, the latest venture from Kained Holdings (The Finnieston, Lebowski’s, …
Whisky Month
As Scotland continues to celebrate the Year of Food and Drink 2015, this May sees the return of Whisky Month, a unique programme of events …
Scottish salmon on a bed of Asian ginger noodles
Scottish salmon with an Asian twist A recipe from Chef Jean Paul Giraud celebrating one of Scotland’s finest ingredients, this dish puts an Asian twist on …
Food review: Nice ‘N’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LG
In January 2013 readers of jamesvsburger.com voted MeatHammer LTD at Nice N Sleazy the best burgers in Glasgow, but somehow we had managed to avoid them until now… Back …
Baltic Ice Bar, Soar at Intu Braehead, G51 4BN
Located at the side of the snow-filled Snow Factor Soar at intu Braehead is Glasgow’s newest attraction – Baltic Ice Bar. We were invited along for a …
April Fool!
Gastro Punx Unhostile Kitchen Takeover
Gastro Punx pop-up returns this month with a menu featuring a mini all day breakfast with wild nettle potato scones and quail’s eggs, plus a …
Coffee & cake review: Gesso Lounge, 20-22 St Georges Road Glasgow
Another recent addition to Glasgow’s not-quite-west-end café district is Gesso Lounge. We’re not sure why this place is called Gesso Lounge, perhaps it’s some link to Margaret …
Food Review: Opium, 191 Hope Street, Glasgow
We’d been meaning to visit Opium for years, mainly because we love dim sum and they have a dim sum menu, but just never got around to it …
Drink Review: Kosmonaut, 10 Tariff Street, Manchester M1 2FF
We’d done a bit of bar-hopping in Manchester’s Northern Quarter but we could have safely spent all our time in Manchester here. At Kosmonaut Food, good beer, a …
Food review: Kervan Palace, 61 Bridge Street, Glasgow, G5 9JB *CLOSED*
Just across the Clyde in a curious section of street that boasts a Rangers pub, an Egyptian restaurant, an African social club and one of Glasgow’s …
Food Review: Byron, 115 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2NW
Byron is making a name for themselves down south and they’ll be heading to Glasgow soon. We’d considered visiting them in London a year or two ago …
Ibis Styles, 19 St Andrew’s Square, Edinburgh Review
Mrs Foodie was invited to visit Ibis Styles at 19 St Andrew’s Square, Edinburgh and take part in their Capture Styles blogger event. Check in …
Food Review: The Butterfly and The Pig @ The Corona, 1039 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow
The Corona has been around for very long time – 1912 to be exact and at the end of its previous incarnation it certainly looked like …
Food review: Pommes Frites, 476 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow
I made the trip along to one of my least favourite parts of Glasgow – the Charing Cross end of Sauchiehall St for a gig …
Review: Bikram Yoga, 32 Eastwood Avenue, Shawlands, Glasgow
Ive always fancied trying yoga but have been too scared to try it, or too scared to go to a class and find that it …
Last Days for your votes @ Scottish Entertainment Awards
The fourth annual Scottish Entertainment & Hospitality Awards, Scotland’s largest and most prestigious hospitality event will soon be here. Votes are from the public, so …