Opening date for new Edinburgh restaurant

Edinburgh-based Vittoria Group have today revealed the opening date and menu for their latest new eaterie, Bertie’s Restaurant & Bar.  The 300-cover Bertie’s restaurant in Edinburgh’s Old Town will open on Monday, 10 December, and will be the group’s first foray beyond the Italian food markets, having opened their first restaurant in 1970 in the Leith neighbourhood.…

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Pancakes for Christmas dinner? You’ll be amazed…

Everyone is always looking to try something a little bit different at Christmas time. We know what we like all year round, but we tend to enjoy the familiar, come the holiday season, but with a twist. That’s exactly what’s on offer with Stack & Still’s alternative Christmas menu – it’s the food you know…

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Hotel-whisky tie-up toasts special order of rare spirit

A Scottish hotel is emerging as a must-visit destination for whisky afficionados – thanks to a unique partnership with Scotland’s most acclaimed supplier of rare single-cask whisky. Edinburgh’s Nira Caledonia  is working with Adelphi Selection to provide guests with the opportunity to buy and sample exclusive and highly-collectable limited runs of Scotland’s spirit. Its latest…

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Opening a New Chapter with the winter menu

The cosy, candle-lit, dark grey and gold interior of New Chapter on Eyre Place was certainly a welcome port in a storm that felt as if it had lasted for days. New Chapter opened around three years ago and despite our visit being on a particularly inclement weeknight it was busy with diners in the…

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Italian tapas are a surefire hit at Spuntini

The concept of dining with small dishes is nothing new – the Chinese with dim sum, and the Spanish with tapas. However, the latest Italian restaurant in Glasgow opened its doors this week, and it’s providing something rather different from the norm. Spuntini has opened in Gordon Street, in Glasgow city centre, the latest restaurant…

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Festive cocktails to get you into the Christmas spirit

 The Ivy on the Square has launched a special menu of seasonal cocktails to help get you into the festive spirit. From a Merry Martini to a GIN-ger Fizz and The Ivy’s Mulled Wine, the trio of festive tipples is The Ivy on the Square’s own take on a must-have at Christmas. It’s a great…

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You’ll be walking in the air with this special event

V&A Dundee will launch a festive Winter Nights season with a special talk from Robin Shaw, the award-winning animator and illustrator of the Irn-Bru Snowman advert. As well as directing Irn-Bru’s original Christmas campaign in 2006, Shaw and a team of animators at Lupus Films’ London animation studio have just completed the sequel which will…

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The main event is worth the wait at Otro

On a drizzly November evening my partner and I made our way to Edinburgh’s West End, in the hope that a warm, comforting meal awaited us at our destination. Thankfully away from the throngs of people flocking to the Christmas market and the surrounding festivities and not too far from Haymarket, we arrived at Otro…

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Nico’s new menu will take you back to your childhood

Six by Nico restaurants in Glasgow and Edinburgh have announced their latest theme – and it’s set to take you right back to growing up. In the latest offering Chef Nico Simeone has created a menu filled with fun, laughter and reminisce; recreating dishes inspired by memories of all our childhood. Everyone seems to have…

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Spreading the word of game with Moor to Eat

An event to help raise awareness of where to buy and how to cook local game meat in the Lammermuirs took place earlier this week. Brian Grigor, executive chef consultant for Albert Roux OBE at the Roux Group Scotland, conducted a cookery demonstration for guests at the Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, a country house hotel in…

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