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Big Slope benefits from a hunting lodge-style int’rior designed by NORD Amhitects. with murals by Timorous Beasties
Steep learning curve
Barry Shelby finds the new cafe/deli Big Slope fitting in
smoothly to the fabric of the West End’s ‘High Street’.
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(ilaxgou'x \Vext lind. .-\\\;t} l‘rom the loeu\ ol' .»\\hton |.ane. ouner ('olin .\lael)ougall hrought in a hip (Elaxgou-haxed dexigner. l)ene llappell. eomhining hix i‘etro-luturixtie look \xith heads tip manageix \ueh ax lx'e\an (‘argill or ('laire (iordon. and a \xith-it entertaimnent polie}.
Nothing laxtx l‘ore\er. though: .\lael)ougall t.\lr .>\nna R-uler Riehardxont \old tip and the team slipped a\\a_\ l'rom .-\ir ()rganie. Bttt laxt _\ear the lirxt liloor hixtro heeanie a ne\\ hraneh ol' the Sixterx rextaurant. and more reeentl}. ('argill returned to the site mm a new idea tor the \emi- haxement har. iI'tttItt). the \ite l\ harel_\ reeogniurhle. ()ne ean onl_\ enter from a Kelxingrm e Street. .-\ har \\ith SIOUI\ liill\ one end ol the lung room. adiaeent to a ne\\ l_\ installed kitehen.
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THE CONCISE COCKTAIL LIST FEATURES THE ‘BLACK CAT' WITH STOLI, CHERRY BRANDY, CRANBERRY JUICE AND COLA
naturall_\ prmed a hit during the t'ortnight ol~ \\ arm \xeather la\t month. Should \umnier-like \unxhine return. \o \ltall itx popularit}.
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'l‘he all tltt} menu tltttttl l\ \er\ etl noon ‘lpmi l'a\our\ Italian ereationx. l'roni a quattro \tagiotti pi//a tartiehoke. lttlhltt‘tititll. parma ham and tomato) to tni\ed antipaxti. .4\dditional|'\. the optioth go l‘rom \atttl\\ielte\ txa} \ttllA tlt‘letl tttlllttltt. talleggio elteexe tttttl a\oeadoi to \alad\ ttr_\ ltallottnti. heetroot and PL‘PPL‘I'\l to main dixhex \ueh ax \eared hutterl'ixh \\Illt lemon and parxle} rimtto. .\'oI ordinar} puh gruh then Ixee re\ ie\\. rightl.
'lhe entertainment rota ineludex 2S-}t‘;ii'-ti|tl 'l‘om (‘hurehill l'rom 'l‘ra\\ on Saturda) nightx tor a pre-eluh 9pm to midnight rexidene) and the laid hack lo—l'i groo\ e ol' \Vilxon Ian on late Sunda} al'ternoonx until ‘lpm. Dr Paul eondueh lti\ itlioxineratie qui/ on 'l’hurxda) night»
('an Big Slope reereate the hu// ol' :\ir ()rganie\ earl} e\i\tenee in l‘WS.’ It ma} not \\i\h to. l)e\tination harx are p;t\\e. Big Slope’x unxtudied. natural attitude ltax et'eated a \olid loeal that'x \\ ell \xorth tra\elling aeroxx to\\ n l'or.
36 Kelvingrove Street, 0141 333 0869
Barry Shelby discovers that the food at the Big Slope is as impressive as the decor.
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