Highly rated Greater Manchester pasta specialist Sugo has changed its name to Sud following a long-running dispute with a Glasgow restaurant of the same name. Founded in Altrincham in 2015 by brothers Alex and Michael de Martiis (pictured left and right), the venture now has branches in Sale and Ancoats – the latter hailed for its […]
Three chef brothers from the foothills of Mount Vesuvius near Naples plan to erupt on the Glasgow dining scene with an ambitious Italian restaurant in the city’s Royal Exchange Building. Called appropriately Banca di Roma, the venue is set to open early this year and will reflect their upbringing on the family tomato farm. The […]
A new seafood restaurant specialising in cooking over charcoal opens this weekend in Glasgow city centre. Scamp is from the team behind Glasgow small-plates venues Eighty Eight and Hooligan, and takes over the Renfield Street premises formerly occupied by Charcoals Indian Restaurant. Head chef Craig Maclennan said: “With Hooligan being wine-focused and Eighty Eight vegetarian […]
Crabshakk, the pioneer of high-quality fish and seafood at everyday prices in Glasgow, is launching a second, much bigger branch in a listed former garage in the city’s West End. Crabshakk Botanics in Vinicombe Street opens next Friday, 22 April. The original Finnieston venue has won high ratings since it opened in 2009, and is […]
The next month sees the opening of two ambitious new seafood restaurants in Glasgow, reflecting a nationwide shift in tastes towards fish and seafood. First out of the traps is Shucks, from the Charalambous brothers Paul and Chris (left and right in picture) with head chef Shaun Haggarty (centre) – the team behind Cal Bruich, Glasgow’s […]
Prolific Glasgow chef-restaurateur Nico Simeone is to launch his latest venture in his home town next week – Chateau-X, with a short menu built around two Chateaubriand steaks for £30. Opening on Wednesday 8 December in Finnieston, it comes hot on the heels of Beat 6, which opened last month on the opposite side of the […]
Nico Simeone, the chef behind the fast-growing bargain tasting-menu chain Six by Nico, is opening a new restaurant in his native Glasgow next week and donating all its profits to charity. Beat 6 in Whitehall Street, Dennistoun, has been set up to provide funds for Glasgow’s Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, which treated Nico’s […]
Miguel Angel Major has been appointed head chef at Glasgow’s Rioja restaurant. The Spanish chef previously led the team at Sucede in Valencia, steering the kitchen to its first Michelin star in 2017. He comes with yet more peigree, having worked as a research and development collaborator at Ferran Adrià’s El Bulli foundation until 2015. […]
Glasgow restaurateurs Rusk and Rusk have opened their third venue, the Spanish Butcher, in the Merchant City district. As the name suggests, the new outfit adds a Spanish element in the form of whole turbot, grilled octopus, salt-cured Iberico jamon and Galician beef to the Scotch beef that is the mainstay of their menus at […]
⦿ Fay Maschler of the Evening Standard reviewed Elystan Street 4/5, Phil Howard’s new restaurant in Chelsea, where she ate some “sublime” dishes but gasped at the prices and missed having a tablecloth. “Smoked mackerel velouté with Porthilly oysters — from the River Camel estuary — with leek hearts and eel toast is a secular […]
