Food and Drink
The Skinny food and drink guide. We bring you restaurant reviews offering an alternative take on food writing, from the visual food column to the annual Food and Drink Survey. Monthly food and drink news keeps you up to date with the latest in food.
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ReviewsTex Mex 2
The warm pink-purple and lime green interior of Tex Mex II could be described variously as intimate, cosy, close, or uncomfortably cramped. Having been dazzl... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsWindows Restaurant
For a city with such an architecturally diverse skyline, Glasgow is curiously bereft of rooftop restaurants. While Edinburgh boasts The Tower, Oloroso, The F... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
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The Ubiquitous Chip
The Chip has certainly lost none of its celebrity pulling power - sadly, I arrived too late for Kylie and too early for Jay Z. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Pints and Progress
Dave Hynes and Louise Loftus look at two inner city boroughs clinging on to their drinking culture in the face of 'regeneration', and ask how harmoniously gloss sits with grit. Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
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Fyne Dining at Connect
This year’s Hydro Connect Festival may have musically swapped leftfield for lad rock (last year Bjork, and MIA playing the main stage - this year Paolo... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
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Striped Bass
Occupying the top-floor unit of Glasgow's upmarket Prince's Square mall that previously housed doomed cocktail bar Hemingway's, Striped Bass is a seafood res... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008
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Tempus
“Drop in for a glass of Veuve Clicqot Rosé after shopping at Harvey Nichols” advises the Tempus website. If you do you will be met by a la... Read more »| 10 Jun 2008 -
ReviewsIGGS: Spanish Temptations
A mainstay in the Edinburgh scene for over 20 years, this Spanish restaurant is very well known for quality and expense. However, since sister restaurant Ba... Read more »| 09 Jun 2008 -
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BoBar
Situated in Glasgow's cosmopolitan West End, Bobar is actually part of the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor – only a stone’s throw away from Byres Road &... Read more »| 09 Jun 2008 -
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Food For Free: The Glasgow Diary
In the concluding episode of our Freegan diaries, Louise Loftus tries the rabbit trick on every fruit and vegetable shop in the West End, and the haul is impressive Read more »| 08 Jun 2008 -
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Food For Free: The Edinburgh Diary
The plan is to find a bin full of loaves of bread... George Penny finds a large can of hairspray as he tries to live like a Freegan for a few weekend Read more »| 08 Jun 2008 -
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Food For Free: Foraging For 'Bush Tucker'
As an errant Devonian, now residing in the (comparatively) big city, I get the occasional Thoreau-esque pang for open spaces and fresh air. This is compounde... Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
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Food For Free: Interview with the Freegan
Louise Loftus talks to a a full-time Freegan to find out exactly why it's appealing Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
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That's The Spirit
Francis De La Boe invented gin and was sure it would cure one third of all diseases. If it doesn't, George Penny reckons cheese wine probably will, sort of Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
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Voujon
Situated close to Pollock Halls and the synagogue, Voujon has been open for almost three years. Inside is bigger and more stylish than its shopfront implies,... Read more »| 03 Jun 2008