Home from Home: Hungry Wolf, Edinburgh
A one-room, family-run Georgian restaurant is a home away from home for Emilie Roberts – and handily, it isn't very far from home at all
When tasked with writing about a venue that embodies the word ‘community’, choosing The Hungry Wolf was a no brainer. The Georgian restaurant on Iona Street quite literally looks like someone's kitchen – or rather, someone's granny's kitchen. There's only about four tables inside, covered in wax tablecloths with mismatched chairs, giving the air of a hastily assembled kids table at a family get-together (and I mean that in the most complimentary way).
The menu is entirely contained to one side of an A4 sheet of paper, which suggests they know what they're doing, and they absolutely do – the food is incredible. Cheesy, beany, bready goodness and some of the best potato wedges I have ever tasted in my life. I'd ask them what they put on them but I don't want to know, I am just happy knowing they exist and I can get them in a cosy, friendly establishment that is literally one minute and ten seconds away from my flat.
Ideally, The Hungry Wolf is also located maximum four minutes away from the flats of my best friends, which makes it the perfect place to convene with them, sharing meals, watching the food getting made behind us in the open kitchen, chatting to the other patrons and enjoying the artwork on the walls of wolves wearing clothes. It's so close to where we all live, in fact, that if we were so inclined we could just go home to pee. I mean, come on, that's luxury. Oh, and you can do all of this while sipping on a cold, crisp pint from the Tourmalet next door. That's community, baby, and it's perfect.
Hungry Wolf, 16 Iona St, Edinburgh; Mon-Sun, 4.30-10pm
This article is from issue two of GNAW, our new Scottish food and drink magazine. Free copies are available in venues across Scotland, or read the full thing via Issuu. Follow GNAW on Instagram @gnawmag