VIVAS in TGI coup
VIVAS has signed up to become the exclusive wine supplier to the TGI Friday’s restaurant chain.
The deal, which will see VIVAS supply a range...
Honours up for honours
MARTIN Wishart and Paul Tamburrini’s Edinburgh brasserie The Honours is in the running for a top design award tomorrow night.
The restaurant, designed by...
Slice of Brazilian life for Glasgow
AUTHENTICITY is the name of the game at Glasgow’s newest Brazilian restaurant.
Viva Brazil, on the city’s Bothwell Street, is modelled on a traditional Brazilian...
Pubs blow final whistle on Sky
Operators are switching off Sky in favour of cheaper alternatives after the use of foreign decoders was declared legal by the European Court of Justice. Several publicans told SLTN last week they are quitting the broadcast giant in light of the ‘Murphy judgement’ – even though the ruling has yet to be enshrined in UK law.
City clubbers give scanner thumbs up
Almost 10,000 clubbers have given the thumbs up to a new fingerprint ID scanner – less than four weeks after it was installed at a Glasgow club.
The Scannet system, which operator Carlo Citti initially launched in Campus on Sauchiehall Street before rolling it out to sister venues O’Couture and Club 520, requires customers to register their passport or driving licence details and provide their thumb print.
Three shine in Scotland
Three Scottish restaurants were among the newest venues to receive stars from Michelin when the 2012 guide was published earlier this month. Castle Terrace in Edinburgh, Glenapp Castle at Ballantrae and Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond gained the honours in the latest edition of the annual guide to the UK and Ireland’s top restaurants, which was published three months earlier than usual.
Countdown to trade event of the year
There are just six days to go until the SLTN Awards 2011. West end musical star Denise Van Outen will dish out the gongs at the 16th annual SLTN Awards on November 3, with the presentation made before an audience of 700 guests at Glasgow’s Hilton Hotel on Thursday, November 3.
Scotland needs a policy rethink
OVER the last year we have seen new legislation affecting liquor licensing pass through Parliament – the Criminal Justice and Licensing Act 2010 and...
Mum’s the word as new cider launches
THE brothers behind cider producer Aspall are keeping it in the family with their latest launch.
Aspall Lady Jennifer’s is named after the mother of...
Chef’s special
Max Hogg, Head chef, Livingston’s, High Street, Linlithgow
Livingston’s is a family-run restaurant tucked away off the High Street in the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow....
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