SIDE DISHES
In Glasgow, the inventive Turnip & Enjoy closed down at the turn of the year but the same owners are back having refurbed and reinvented themselves as te Seba, a pasta and prosecco restaurant with a good line in Bellini cocktails. Also arriving opposite Merchant Square, in the former Pancho Villa’s venue, is Mharsanta, from the folks behind Bourbon bar Van Winkle, dishing up some Scottish favourites in a smart set-up. Recent closures include Moskito on Bath Street after 18 years in business, while Liberté at Charing Cross has also shut up shop. In April we printed our Eating & Drinking Guide. We’d like to correct a couple of errors. Our review of Honu in Glasgow (p145) wrongly mentioned artificial colours in the Rawnchy cake. In fact, Rawnchy’s handmade vegan cakes, produced in Glasgow, are all free from artificial colourings and flavourings, as well as ditching the dairy, gluten, soya and refined sugar (rawnchy.co.uk). Our tiplist on p57 for cafés on Glasgow’s Southside
Scott Smith
The ink was barely dry on our 25th annual Eating and Drinking Guide when Hitlisted restaurant Norn announced the shock departure of founders Scott and Laura Smith. Despite initial indications that the restaurant would keep trading, the restaurant has now closed. Scott and Laura have since taken over the Broughton Street space formerly occupied by Seasons (yep, also Hitlisted) and plan to open as Fhior in June. The name means ‘true’ and there’s a casual bar space planned alongside a more formal restaurant, with their brilliant bread finally available to take away too. Elsewhere, in Leith, we’ve waved a sad farewell to cult restaurant Stack Dim Sum Bar, while Morningside favourite Salt Café also closed its doors for the last time.
FOOD & DRINK
News to nibble on included Lagom Kitchen, but had the wrong copy describing Dandelion Café in Newlands Park: they are, of course, both well worth visiting. Our review of Soul Sushi (p109) in Edinburgh drew attention to the amount of plastic used. They’ve since been in touch to let us know that they’ve changed some packaging to biodegradable PLA, use more wood and cardboard items and wash and re-use their eat-in platters.
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