Taste of Glasgow

We received an unusual invitation recently… we were kindly invited to come along to The Living Room (St Vincent Street) to sample items from their new winter menu, on one condition… it was to be done blindfolded! It had been a while since we’d visited The Living Room and so we were excited and really [...]

Metropolitan is a stylish cocktail bar and restaurant located in the heart of Merchant City. I have visited this bar quite a few times as it focuses on authentic, well-made cocktails. One of the features I like most about Metropolitan is their ‘outdoor’ area, by outdoors I mean the courtyard of Merchant square which is actually [...]

I have been interested in visiting this bar for quite some time as I pass it pretty much daily and had witnessed it changing from its previosuly incarnation into the bar it is today.

The first thing that came to my mind when thinking what to write for the Brass Monkey was the Beastie Boys song with the same name. After a quick google it turns out that the name is actually a cocktail made up of rum, vodka and orange juice.

You may remember this Byre’s Rd venue being Whistler’s Mother of old.  Refitted and resurrected  as the Blind Pig, this West End Bar and dinning room describes itself as: Taking inspiration from the secret speakeasies of 1920′s & 30′s New York, the Blind Pig offers a unique bar & dining rooms of unadulterated laid back [...]

Over the past few years many bars have appeared throughout Glasgow who advertise themselves as a cocktail bar. The reality of most of these places is that when you order your selected cocktail the bar staff will either first of all tell you that it’s not on the menu or secondly reach for the menu [...]