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Arts and Entertainment, Eating and Drinking

New Work Scotland Programme: Ash Reid, Jack McConville, Amelia Bywater & Christian Newby

Scottish graduates collaborate again through the New Work Scotland Programme 2011

• Poetic Licence
• Hot Scots
• Kirsty Whiten: Breeder Badlands

Curiosi-tea »

In the most unlikely of locations, tucked away next to the old Odeon on Clerk Street, hides an unusual little gem. Inside Anteaques, you might be forgiven for believing that this delightful antique shop has not changed since Victorian times. It is ha...

Thu 15 Oct 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

Turkish Delight »

Walking into Hanedan on West Preston Street, visitors are warmly greeted by proprietor Gursel Bahar as he works the grill at the front of the restaurant. The restaurant's décor is a mish-mash of colourful throws, fairy lighting and curious arte...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

Catacomb cool is a feast for the i »

Boasting one of only three interactive i-bars in the world, the West-End’s One Below is a contrasting mix of ancient Edinburgh and chic virtual worlds. Unlike any of the city's other über-cool cocktail bars, the cavernous One Below is a &ldq...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

Holy burger »

It is not very often that I walk out of an atmospheric and tastefully-decorated pub on to Holyrood Road. In fact, before visiting Holyrood 9a, I had never done such a thing. Just around the corner from the tourist-traps of the Royal Mile and St Mary's ...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

In Good Company »

It’s official: the summer is over (some may dispute whether it ever got going this year). The remnants of the Festival have been packed away and only glimpses of the excitement that once was remain. A few signs and posters can be seen here and ...

Sun 13 Sep 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

For Kings and curry »

As one of the collection of curry houses and Indian restaurants lining the East side of the Meadows, Kings Balti needs to assert itself in order to stand out from the crowd. In rivalry to the well-established and much loved Mosque, the Buccleuch Street...

Sun 13 Sep 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

The price of cool »

Face to face across the George IV Bridge, Villager and The Outsider stare at each other, quietly sizing up the competition. Contrary to popular belief, these two restaurants are not under the same management. Villager is born of three “like-mind...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Natasha Bird | Read more »

The art of coffee »

Courtney Love once compared cocaine to “really evil coffee”. Coffee hasn’t always been a legal drug; its intoxicating effects have been reason enough for it to be banned in several communities in coffee’s long history. Now coffe...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Carol Chan | Read more »

The weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful... »

On the streets of Edinburgh, people are in a flurry as the snow goes on swirling around us – their boots, sneakers and heels stamping snow into snirt. These days, reading the news also feels like trudging through enough man-made ruins of our time...

Sun 08 Feb 2009 by Carol Chan | Read more »

Musseling Inn »

While it is the perfect antidote to a long day pushing past grey faces on Princes Street, the Mussel Inn is not the restaurant to celebrate a special occasion in, its dining room a bland sweep of plain walls and plainer furniture. The only decor that i...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 | Read more »

Marchmont's sweet secret »

No sun—no moon! No morn—no noon! No dawn—no dusk—no proper time of day— No sky—no earthly view— No distance looking blue— No road—no street—no "t'other side this way"— No end to any Row&...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 | Read more »

California here we come »

Before arriving at Calistoga Central, my dining companion and I feared dinner at Edinburgh’s only California-inspired restaurant might leave us still ravenous enough to eat whatever languished in our unloved kitchen cupboards. Sushi and dressin...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 | Read more »

The one that got away »

The bond between Leith and the great grey waters that bound it go back so far even The Old Man and the Sea have trouble remembering. The link between Edinburgh’s coastal community and fine dining is far more recent, but runs just as deep; the sta...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

A pint-sized pub guide »

It’s no small task to separate Edinburgh and the consumption of alcohol – Scotland’s oldest pub, the Sheep Heid, just happens to be situated in the city. Named after a snuff box carved in the shape of a ram’s head and presented to the landlord ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Stuart McHardy | Read more »

Nice caff, with a gallery on the side »

There’s a famous Saatchi & Saatchi sequence of adverts which, during the ‘80s, sold London’s V&A museum as “an ace caff with quite a nice museum attached.” Fortunately, Edinburgh, too, has a few “quite nice&r...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Rebecca Penneck | Read more »

Happy Meals »

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Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Ben Judge | Read more »

Eat, sleep, be merry: the hotel-restaurant »

Hotel-restaurants have to work that bit harder to win our custom. Offering an enclosed environment in which one can eat, sleep and drink to their hearts content without stepping foot outside, it is often hard to distinguish whether they are fully booke...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 | Read more »

The Orient Express lunch »

Japanese food has fallen victim to its own notoriety. Contrary to popular belief, there is a medium ground between the affluence of Nobu and the pre-packaged gems of Pret a Manger. The Japanese market in the West has for some time been labouring agains...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 | Read more »

Love food; hate love »

To dwell on the merits of Valentine's Day and everlasting love would be both stupidly boring and reasonably naïve: to denounce the whole day as a money-spinning corporate creation would be just as clichéd as the schmoozy shebang itself. Cer...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 | Read more »

Fine drinking: 99 Hanover Street »

There’s something about George Street that turns me off. When bar group Montpelier set out for world domination, New Town seemed like the obvious target. With the opening of Tigerlily and Lulu in 2006, the team who brought us Candy Bar, Indigo Ya...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »