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Winning cocktail bar originally planned to sell ‘lots of beer’

Daddy Marmalades' owners Mari Chierchia and Kim Toft originally saw the Glasgow venue as more of a general neighbourhood bar

UK drinks industry: ‘Now is not the time to raise excise duty’

Ahead of her Autumn Budget, seven trade bodies have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves not to raise the duty on alcohol

In Conversation with SLTN: The art of great service dissected

“When I was behind a cocktail bar it was very ego-driven. Everything was about it being my bar, my drink, my tunes, my scene..."

Panda & Sons named as Number One in the World’s Top 500 Bars!

This stunning news came last night in Italy, where the global bar community gathered for the reveal of the 2025 Top 500 Bars list.

Kochchi promises to bring Sri Lankan heat to Glasgow’s West End

The launch is a milestone for the brand, which began in Edinburgh’s St James Quarter streetfood marketplace Bonnie & Wild

Celebrating 40 years of cultural transformation by the Clyde

To mark its 40th anniversary, the SEC has released a new video telling the story of its creation and development.

Community-owned Glenuig Inn applauded in the Scottish Parliament

From being threatened with closure, the Inn is now ‘abuzz’, with turnover above projections and reviews ‘through the roof’

Getting to know a Rock Angel in The Gardener down Ashton Lane

“We’re seeing a resurgence in rosé, because it’s a bit fruitier, a bit softer, mellow. It’s becoming much more versatile."

Sticks’n’Sushi to open new cocktail bar in Glasgow this winter

The group’s first UK site outside London is in George Square's Post Office building, once an outpost of the ‘Jamie’s Italian’ chain.

Kate Nicholls OBE appointed as the new President of PubAid

UKHospitality chair Nicholls will aim to keep positive stories about pubs at the forefront of public and political debate.

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Jack Cummins
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Jack Cummins
ONLY DRAMS
Andrew Dowson
Neil Morrison
ASK THE OPERATOR
Neil Morrison
THE GRAPEVINE
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