20 YEARS OF THE EATING & DRINKING GUIDE
For two decades The List Eating & Drinking Guide has brought you the best of Glasgow and Edinburgh’s rapidly changing food scene. Donald Reid looks back at the highlights
1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
• With the sixth edition we publish over 100 pages for the i rst time. • The guide goes online for the i rst time.
• New in Edinburgh are the Mussel Inn, La P’tite Folie, A Room in the Town and The Tower. • New this year in Edinburgh are The Apartment, Oxygen Bar & Grill, Rhodes & Co, Restaurant Martin Wishart.
• Talked-about arrivals in Glasgow include Air Organic, Bar Gaudi, Gamba and Tinderbox. • Notable openings in the city of Glasgow include Ad Lib, Eurasia, Mao and Rococo.
• High and low points for each review and an Out of Town section are introduced. • New entries include Café Marlayne, Gordon Yuill & Company and Tchai Ovna.
• Arrivals in Edinburgh include the Forest Café, La Garrigue, Oloroso, Rogue and Yo! Sushi. Rhodes & Co has gone. • New in Glasgow are Brian Maule at Chardon d’Or, Delizique and Quigley’s.
• To mark the 10th edition, the Eating & Drinking Guide Awards are launched. • New in Edinburgh are David Bann’s Vegetarian Restaurant, Forth Floor, The Outsider and Spoon Café.
• Edinburgh catches up with Glasgow as Martin Wishart earns a Michelin Star. You could eat lunch there for £12.50 for two courses.
• Andrew Fairlie departs for Gleneagles, as soon-to-be very famous Gordon Ramsay moves into One Devonshire Terrace with Amarylis. • Notable openings in Glasgow include Arisaig, The Dhabba, Mono and The Sisters. Ian Fleming takes over The Buttery with Willie Deans as head chef.
2009 2010
2011
2012 2013
• The guide records over 120 new openings in the year – more than one each week in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. • Newcomer of the Year gongs are collected by L’escargot Bleu and Crabshakk.
• Martin Wishart opens a restaurant in Cameron House by Loch Lomond. Khushi’s on Victoria Street closes after a dramatic i re.
• Roy Brett’s new restaurant Ondine wins our newcomer award. In Glasgow, Jim Kerr’s new venture The Dining Room opens, but doesn’t last the year. • The death is announced of pioneer restaurateur and chef Ronnie Clydesdale of the Ubiquitous Chip.
• Edinburgh’s Michelin Star total reaches i ve as 21212 joins the party.
• Hello – and newcomer awards – to Castle Terrace, Bia Bistrot and The Pelican Café in Glasgow. • Our Judges’ Special Award goes to Henderson’s, the vegetarian deli, café and bistro that celebrates its 50th birthday.
• Our newcomer award to Criterion in Glasgow is tinged with sadness as proprietor Allan Mawn died during 2010. • Other Edinburgh arrivals are Restaurant Mark Greenaway at Hawke & Hunter and The Honours. Atrium and Blue close.
• The newcomer awards go global, with Mithas (upmarket Indian), Kanpai (stylish Japanese), La Famiglia (homely Italian) and Martha’s (healthy takeaway) scooping the awards. • Michael Caines closes at Abode in Glasgow.
• It’s edition 20. This year you can read every entry in the guide on your smart phone. • Oloroso, Creelers and Heart Buchanan close.
• More openings than ever before, with 140 new places including Timberyard, two Galvin’s restaurants at the Caledonian Hotel and Central Market in Glasgow.
THE 2013 VERSION OF THE EATING & DRINKING GUIDE IS RELEASED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS EDITION OF THE LIST. IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH NEWSAGENTS, BOOKSHOPS AND SUPERMARKETS 18 Apr–16 May 2013 THE LIST 15