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Adam Zyw gives his views on Gallery Grub.
‘ In Glasgow, playing a crucial role in
probably Scotland‘s most prestigious modern building, visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, is a very poor restaurant. This is an extraordinary circumstance; in The Burrell Restaurant, surrounded by the sumptuous evidence of the history of world culture, including table ware
’ and eating and drinking vessels from
many nations’ palaces, second rate fare is served in a first rate setting.
That fails to make good business
5 sense, and the hard-nosed Sir
: William would not be pleased.
. Moreover, this does not match the
j spirit ofthe building, its contents,
3 nor the aspirations of its visitors.
2 They, after all, have come to see The
Burrell Collection because of its excellence. Artistic endeavour
I should not end where the culinary ; exhibits begin.
In the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, in Belford Road, Edinburgh. meanwhile, is housed a magnificent collection of 20th Century art. In the Gallery Cafe,
3 soon, I hear, to be extended into the ' open air, culinary art reigns. The
visitor, sizzling with the visual stimulation he has received above, may stimulate the baser man below. There is an imaginative emphasis on
: home-baking and soup-making, and 2 prices, while not quite at garret level, § are moderate. The formula is right,
: and worthy of adoption elsewhere.
Back in Glasgow, may I pass
briefly over The Third Eye Centre,
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Sauchiehall Street. which offers simple food with an unambiguous leaning toward the vegetarian. The prices are high for the quantity of low-cost wholesome ‘fuIl-of-beans’ served here but the surroundings are
pitched right for the eating section of
a busy, active contemporary arts centre.
At the Royal Scottish Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. the
canteen is also full of beans and so, if
I may say so, seem most of the happy customers. The egg and cress fingers make a distinctly refined accompaniment to beans and mash, and pie and gravy and beans, and other excellent computations. To date. I class this as the cheapest edible meal in Edinburgh. Keep it up. RSM!
o The Burrell Collection Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. 041 649 7151. Restaurant open Mon-Sat. mam—4.30pm, Sun 2—4.30pm. Full meals and snacks. Bar.
0 Third Eye Centre 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, 041 332 7251. Cafe open Tue—Sat, 10am—6pm. Hot dishes and snacks. Bar.
0 Gallery 01 Modern Art Belford Road,
Edinburgh, 031 556 8921. Restaurant open Mon—Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, Sun 2-4pm. Full meals and snacks. Licensed.
0 Royal Museum at Scotland Chambers Street, Edinburgh. 031 225 7534. Cafe open Mon—Sat 10am—4pm. Full meals and snacks.
Alter wading through your entries lor
the two lree trips to Paris, we are at last able to announce a winner. Reasons lor
wanting to climb the Elliel Tower ranged lrom the sick to the arcane to the unlortunate (tough luclt, A. Trainer at Glasgow) to the frankly
unimaginatlve. Virtually all of you got the answers right, which were Jim Morrison, lle de la Cite, La Sorbonne and 1889 Paris Exhibition. The eventual winner Is Brian Howell — bring us back a bottle of wine and we won’t tell anyone the reason you want to climb the Eitlel Tower.
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