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There’s lots of focus given to the latest new thing on the food and drink scene, but sometimes it’s good to acknowledge the places that have seen many fads and phases come and go. It may not be the most glamorous deli in town, but Real Foods’ Broughton Street shop is celebrating its ‘survival’ (see its 1976 advert, right) for 40 years. It probably ranks as many locals’ favourite food store — certainly among those who truly cook from scratch at home and aim to do so healthily and ethically. The business actually started in 1963 selling organic vegetables on a market stall in the south of England, with a shop on Morrison Street in Edinburgh following in 1974. Their Brougham Street shop opened in 1981. Look out elsewhere in the magazine and online for the launch of our Eating & Drinking Guide Reader Awards. In association with Birra Moretti we’re looking to celebrate your choice of the best restaurants in Glasgow and Edinburgh: voting is online via list.co.uk/readeraward
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has Edinburgh a distinctive newcomer in the shape of the Red Bus Bistro, a nattily reconfigured 1966 Routemaster Bus offering daily tours of all the iconic sights of Edinburgh while serving either afternoon tea or gourmet burgers. Much less prominent is Forage & Chatter, which has set up in the secretive space vacated by the Edinburgh Larder Bistro on Alva Street, offering their take on precisely sourced, deeply seasonal Scottish-crafted food. And a couple of new Italian-inspired spots we’re liking: elegant Il Calice with all the wines (and some nibbles) on Picardy Place and friendly Café Bellina on Elm Row.
openings Glasgow include Websters Bar & Bistro in the former Lansdowne Church on Great Western Road, pizza specialists Baffo in the old Pelican Café opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, and Chaakoo Bombay Café, a mix of Indian and Iranian food in the former Fáilte Bar on St Vincent Street from the same outfit that brought us Topolabamba.
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