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CAFÉ GANDOLFI 64 Albion Street, 552 6813, cafegondolfi.com
BREAKFAST SERVED: Mon-Sat 8am-noon; Sun 9am-noon. The long-standing, Scottish cuisine-focused eatery has beefed up its breakfasts in recent years, resulting in a menu with eight different egg dishes including Hebridean (with Stornoway black pudding) and Alba (with peat- smoked salmon) options to back up the standard Benedicts and Florentines. French toast, pancakes and homemade scones exist for those with a carb-ier meal in mind. (Niki Boyle)
COOKIE 72 Nithsdale Road, 423 1411, cookiescotland.com coffee on the side. (Lauren Mayberry)
BREAKFAST SERVED: Tue-Thu 9am-10pm; Fri & Sat 8.30am-11pm; Sun 10am-6pm; closed Mon.
A cosy Southside joint famed for its community focus and ever- changing menu. The Stornoway Tower is always going to be difficult to say no to (poached eggs, bacon, French toast and black pudding. Ooft.), but the eggs Benedict is also top notch: crispy bacon, a nice and gloopy egg. Get it with a wonderfully rich 34 THE LIST 29 Mar–26 Apr 2012
GUSTO AND RELISH 729-731 Pollokshaws Road, 424 1233. wix.com/gustoweb/gusto- and-relish
BREAKFAST SERVED: Mon-Fri 9- 11.45am; Sat 10-11.45am; Sun 10.30am-noon. This friendly Southside deli offers the full range of breakfast options until noon only, but for late risers there’s still a good spread to choose from, including a hefty
Heart Buchanan sandwich of homemade, chunky Sunnyside pork sausage between doorstops of crusty white bread, or a sweet and buttery Belgian waffle with various toppings. (Laura Ennor)
HEART BUCHANAN 380 Byres Road, 334 7626. heartbuchanan.co.uk
BREAKFAST SERVED: Mon-Fri 8.30-11am; Sat 9am-9.30pm; Sun noon-7pm. A light and airy deli on Byres Road with all brekkie bases
covered, from a takeaway coffee and pastry for £3, via a virtuous- but-tasty granola, yoghurt and fruit bowl to generous helpings of squidgy French toast with bacon and maple syrup, all served up on chunky wooden boards. Delicious. (Laura Ennor)
THE HYNDLAND CAFÉ 96 Clarence Drive, 334 2719, thehyndlandcafe.co.uk BREAKFAST SERVED: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; Sat 8.30am-5pm; Sun 9.30am-5pm. Deliveries from 10am.
A tiny neighbourhood café, deservedly popular with tender west-enders popping in for a hangover-banishing bacon or sausage roll to take away. It’s well-priced, no-nonsense greasy spoon fare, with any number of combinations available, up to a generous full breakfast at a very reasonable £5.45. And if you’re really suffering they’ll even home deliver (for an extra £1) within the west end at weekends. (Laura Ennor)
MARTHA’S 142a St Vincent Street, 248 9771, mymarthas.co.uk BREAKFAST SERVED: Mon-Fri 7.30-11am; closed at weekends.
From the plastic trays to the waitresses’ super-cheery greetings, this place has been designed to fit the fast food mould. But the certificates on the wall honouring ‘hero suppliers’ give a clue that, while the produce used here may be of Scottish origin, there will be no superfluous Mc- prefixes on the menu. Great for a good, simple bacon roll or a hearty smoothie on the go, Martha’s is filling a gap in the market. (Laura Ennor)