World Buffet opens at Ramsden’s

RESTAURANT group Cook and Indi’s World Buffet has opened its biggest outlet to date in Glasgow. The firm, which operates venues in Bishopbriggs, Darnley, Hamilton,...

Potting Shed blooms again

THE Potting Shed in Edinburgh has been relaunched with a new-look interior and food concept. The Potterow venue, which was opened in August 2013 by...
• The newly refurbished bar area of The Titan in Clydebank.

Clydebank venue remembers the Titan

Bar, restaurant and hotel complex pays tribute to town’s heritage THE historic shipyards of Clydebank run through the veins of Greene King’s latest Scottish venture. Keen...
Pacific flavour in Glasgow’s Partick

Pacific flavour in Glasgow’s Partick

New venue carries tradition of Tiki cocktails into the city’s west end OPENING a Tiki bar and restaurant in Glasgow was nothing new to Pacific...
Bright future: the refurbishment is credited with changing consumers’ perceptions of Scribbles.

New chapter for Elgin venue

Business is booming on the back of refurbishment, says Scribbles owner WHEN Faith Houlding was first considering a revamp of her Elgin restaurant, Scribbles, her...
Phil Donaldson and AJ McMenemy

Operator to make merry in Glasgow

Expanding a business can be tough at the best of times, but in the midst of a pandemic it’s not for the faint hearted, as Phil Donaldson – the operator behind Dundee bars group Macmerry 300 – will attest.
Duck Bay

Family firm eyes further expansion

Independent multiple operator Cawley Hotels & Restaurants is set to launch a new group training facility and production kitchen at its former retail outlet in Gartocharn.

Match fit revamp

Sports haunt has a major facelift When Glasgow institution Coopers opened its doors for the first time in the city’s west end in 1868 it...

Eatery dream was right next door

Ralph Colaluca’s dream project of opening an Italian restaurant began with a chip shop. The journey towards the opening of Raffaelle’s Italian Kitchen & Bar started...

Fate has a hand in Sorn Inn’s future

A trip to Ayrshire to view a house last year was to take David and Karen Miller in a whole new direction – and a move into the licensed trade.

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