From the garden to the shore

Ed Murray (left) and Dale Mailley are the owners of both venues.
Ed Murray (left) and Dale Mailley are the owners of both venues.

THE operators behind the Gardener’s Cottage restaurant in Edinburgh have expanded with the launch of a new venue in Leith.

Occupying a former bonded warehouse on Commercial Street, Quay Commons is described as an open-plan bakery, with a bar and eating space offering a daily market menu alongside bread and house-cured charcuterie. The new venue, which also operates as a wine shop, stocks a range of wines supplied by De Burgh and local Leith brews from Pilot Beer.

Co-founder and chef proprietor, Dale Mailley, who launched the Gardener’s Cottage with Ed Murray in 2012, commented: “We are humbled to be opening a sister restaurant to our much-loved Gardener’s Cottage and that Leith – an iconic part of Edinburgh with a rich heritage of food – will be our home.”