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Food news with fast service Changes are afoot in Glasgow, where Tony and Linda Matteo, proprietors of the well-loved City Merchant, extend their operations to give a brand new lease of life to the sadly ailing Brasserie in Regent Street. Currently closed for the overhaul, a new look City Brasserie Will emerge shortly making the most of the venue’s Victorian town house feel and its proximity to the City's business heartlands.
The City Brasserie, 176 West Regent Street, Glasgow, 248 3807
David Ramsden of (fitleenry has recently secured new premises in the Scottish Widows building on Morrison Street, Just across from Edinburgh
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International Conference Centre, and hopes to open a brand new bar and restaurant in the late summer. In January of this year his disenchantment with the Leith scene received widespread publicity, and while (fitz)Henry Will remain in its premises on Shore Place for the time being, Ramsden believes the new venture can be a more prominent showcase for what Edinburgh, and Scotland, can achieve in the eating and drinking scene. Full details about the new restaurant have yet to be announced, but expect style, innovation and a stimulatineg idiosyncratic approach.
I (fi'tz)Henry, 7 9 Shore Place, Edinburgh, 555 6625
Meanwhile, back in Candleriggs, Laurie Keith from Bar 91 will open a new venture, Farfelu, in mid-April. At no 89, upstairs from the bar, the restaurant Will make use of the big Windows and warehouse feel of the space. The food Will concentrate on local produce with a market menu. I Farfe/u, 89 Candleri'ggs, Glasgow, 552 5545
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The Basement
10a-12a
Broughton Street.
557 0097,
Restaurant quality food at pub-grub prices, served 'til 10pm in lively, colourful surroundings.
Cuba Norte
192 Morrison Street.
221 143OBienvenidos!
Welcome to the authentic premier palador. Dance, wine and
dine in Cuba Norte Sunshine.
Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road} 229 5932‘ FILMHOUSE
Relaxed, atmospheric
cafe bar, sewing great value snacks, salads, speCials and brilliant cappuccinos — 10am till late.
Helios 7 Grassmarket (With shop). 229 7884.
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, . iéé Sun 12-5pm. Excellent wit) vegetarian coffee house
serVing really tasty food.
Isabels Cafe
83 Clerk St.
662 4014
Stone walled smoke-free basement oasis serVing homemade veggie/vegan food — fresh, deliCious and cheap! Lianachan
15 Blackfriars St.
556 6922
A relaxed Old Town coffee
shop selling light meals with organic hot drinks and Juices,
Passepartout
24 Deanhaugh Street, Stockbridge. 332 4476. Cosmopolitan CUisine With
daily set price dinner menus from £12.50 (booking advisablel, light lunches, coffees,
beers and Wines.
Ad Lib
111 Hope Street.
248 6645.
Ad Lib gourmet burgers, classic cocktails. Live music & DJs,
Arthouse Hotel
129 Bath St
221 6789
A fusion of contemporary
cUisine and the best local produce. Two restaurants 8 Japanese teppanyakignH
Brel bar : restaurant
39 Ashton Lane.
342 4966.
Unpretentious relaxed continental bar restaurant offering Belgian cuisine
+ vast selection of
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Caffe Latte
58 Virginia Street, Glasgow, 553 2553. C (3 Pizzas, Pastas,Salads, Sandwrches, Snacks.
Licensed until midnight,
seven days. Relaxed, friendly atmosphere.
Pancho Villas
26 Bell Street,
Merchant City
0141 552 7737
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