20 YEARS OF THE EATING & DRINKING GUIDE

For two decades The List Eating & Drinking Guide has brought you the best of Glasgow and Edinburgh’s rapidly changing food scene. Donald Reid looks back at the highlights

1999

2000 2001

2002 2003

With the sixth edition we publish over 100 pages for the i rst time. The guide goes online for the i rst time.

New in Edinburgh are the Mussel Inn, La P’tite Folie, A Room in the Town and The Tower. New this year in Edinburgh are The Apartment, Oxygen Bar & Grill, Rhodes & Co, Restaurant Martin Wishart.

Talked-about arrivals in Glasgow include Air Organic, Bar Gaudi, Gamba and Tinderbox. Notable openings in the city of Glasgow include Ad Lib, Eurasia, Mao and Rococo.

High and low points for each review and an Out of Town section are introduced. New entries include Café Marlayne, Gordon Yuill & Company and Tchai Ovna.

Arrivals in Edinburgh include the Forest Café, La Garrigue, Oloroso, Rogue and Yo! Sushi. Rhodes & Co has gone. New in Glasgow are Brian Maule at Chardon d’Or, Delizique and Quigley’s.

To mark the 10th edition, the Eating & Drinking Guide Awards are launched. New in Edinburgh are David Bann’s Vegetarian Restaurant, Forth Floor, The Outsider and Spoon Café.

Edinburgh catches up with Glasgow as Martin Wishart earns a Michelin Star. You could eat lunch there for £12.50 for two courses.

Andrew Fairlie departs for Gleneagles, as soon-to-be very famous Gordon Ramsay moves into One Devonshire Terrace with Amarylis. Notable openings in Glasgow include Arisaig, The Dhabba, Mono and The Sisters. Ian Fleming takes over The Buttery with Willie Deans as head chef.

2009 2010

2011

2012 2013

The guide records over 120 new openings in the year more than one each week in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Newcomer of the Year gongs are collected by L’escargot Bleu and Crabshakk.

Martin Wishart opens a restaurant in Cameron House by Loch Lomond. Khushi’s on Victoria Street closes after a dramatic i re.

Roy Brett’s new restaurant Ondine wins our newcomer award. In Glasgow, Jim Kerr’s new venture The Dining Room opens, but doesn’t last the year. The death is announced of pioneer restaurateur and chef Ronnie Clydesdale of the Ubiquitous Chip.

Edinburgh’s Michelin Star total reaches i ve as 21212 joins the party.

Hello and newcomer awards to Castle Terrace, Bia Bistrot and The Pelican Café in Glasgow. Our Judges’ Special Award goes to Henderson’s, the vegetarian deli, café and bistro that celebrates its 50th birthday.

Our newcomer award to Criterion in Glasgow is tinged with sadness as proprietor Allan Mawn died during 2010. Other Edinburgh arrivals are Restaurant Mark Greenaway at Hawke & Hunter and The Honours. Atrium and Blue close.

The newcomer awards go global, with Mithas (upmarket Indian), Kanpai (stylish Japanese), La Famiglia (homely Italian) and Martha’s (healthy takeaway) scooping the awards.  Michael Caines closes at Abode in Glasgow.

It’s edition 20. This year you can read every entry in the guide on your smart phone. Oloroso, Creelers and Heart Buchanan close.

More openings than ever before, with 140 new places including Timberyard, two Galvin’s restaurants at the Caledonian Hotel and Central Market in Glasgow.

THE 2013 VERSION OF THE EATING & DRINKING GUIDE IS RELEASED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS EDITION OF THE LIST. IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH NEWSAGENTS, BOOKSHOPS AND SUPERMARKETS 18 Apr–16 May 2013 THE LIST 15