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Cafe Strange Brew eggs

Cafe Strange Brew, Glasgow

Café Strange Brew – www.facebook.com/cafestrangebrew
1109 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 3YG

My trip to Cafe Strange Brew was long overdue.  But I am a city centre girl, so hopefully the distance makes it a little more forgivable. I can’t quite remember where I heard about the Cafe, but it was fresh in my mind after their collaboration with El Perro Negro in July. They’re always cropping up on Glasgow blogs so I assume I read about it somewhere else too…

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topolabamba

Topolabamba, Glasgow

Topolabamba – www.topolabamba.com
89 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5TF

My third visit to Topolabamba and still as impressive as ever. I guess you could describe it as Mexican-style tapas, with some larger dishes for the hungrier customer.  We visited the restaurant around 8.30pm on a Saturday and only waited around 20-25 minutes for a table (despite being told it would be 45).  Having the table wait cut in half was definitely a good start.

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Smoke BBQ, Glasgow

Smoke BBQ – smokebbq.co.uk
2 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 1RW

So I don’t normally check out new chain restaurants in Glasgow, purely because I like supporting local restaurants and kitchens. But between the social media praise and the real-life recommendations, I really wanted to pay this place a visit.  So June’s date night took us to a Saturday evening booking around 7pm to Smoke BBQ on West Regent Street.

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Papercup Coffee, High Street, Glasgow

Papercup Coffee – www.papercupcoffee.co.uk
274 High Street, Glasgow, G4 0QT

Anyone who knows Papercup Coffee will probably be familiar with their Great Western Road location – one which I have never actually visited. So when I saw they were opening a city centre location in May, the prospect of another new regular coffee haunt in my ‘hood was exciting.  I finally popped in last week to sample their coffee and, of course, their cakes.

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Dear Green PopUp, Glasgow

Dear Green Coffee – www.facebook.com/deargreencoffeeroastersglasgow
Pop Up at 68 Clyde Street, Glasgow, G1 4LH

If you’re in need of some good coffee and fancy going somewhere new, head south down to The Briggait where you’ll find the Dear Green Pop Up.  I made my first visit here last year around October, and they’re opening their doors again Friday-Sunday for the rest of summer.

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Hutchesons, Glasgow

Hutchesons – WWW.HUTCHESONSGLASGOW.COM
158 Ingram St, Glasgow G1 1EJ

Each month I try and visit at least one new restaurant in Glasgow, in an attempt to make the most of the fact I live in the city centre.  When you find somewhere amazing it’s so easy to fall into a delicious foody rut, so as of January 2015 we committed, and have visited somewhere new every month. We finally, FINALLY went to Hutchesons on Ingram Street.

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Supper Club, Laneways, Glasgow

Laneways – WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/LANEWAYSCOLLECTIVE
5-7 Gordon St , Gordon Lane, G1

In case you haven’t wandered down Gordon Street in a while, you should definitely go take a peek at Gordon Lane and see what’s popped up.  Next to Bier Halle you’ll spot the yellow sign for Laneways – a 9 month pop-up bar/kitchen which started in April this year. Before I get into the Supper Club event, here’s a quick description of Laneways from their Facebook:

“Laneways is a 9 month project bringing together the best street eats, back street cocktails & street art collectives the Glasgow pop scene has to offer.”

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tantrum doughnuts

Tantrum Doughnuts, Glasgow

Tantrum Doughnuts – www.tantrumdoughnuts.com
35 Old Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G3 8RD

So a few weeks ago when it was like a real life summer in Glasgow, Rick and I went for a walk (as we always do) to catch some rays.  And now said rays have (inevitably) disappeared I thought I’d reminisce about the time we stopped into Tantrum Doughnuts at random and treated ourselves to our first Tantrum experience.

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Best Burger Ever: El Perro Negro, Glasgow

El Perro Negro
https://twitter.com/perronegroglas

Yes, I said it.  The elusive pop up kitchen that is El Perro Negro makes me the best burger I have ever eaten a few times a year at his pop-ups in Glasgow. I don’t know a whole lot about the backstory of El Perro Negro other than what I’ve read online, but you can find a bit more info about the chef himself on James Vs. Burger (he has a more recent review of the last kitchen takeover too if you want to take a look).  I think he had one pop-up at Bloc on Bath Street, and for the past two years he’s been taking up residency in Brewdog’s kitchen on Argyle Street, satisfying the burger needs of the Glasgow population.  Good beer + best burger = happy days.

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Trans Europe Cafe

www.transeuropecafe.co.uk

25 Parnie St, G1 5RJ

So a brunch date to the Trans Europe Cafe happened.  I’d been wanting to visit for a while, ’cause I feel like the Cafe holds some kind of reputation for being an ideal casual/delicious brunch spot in the city centre.  

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CAU Glasgow

WWW.CAURESTAURANTS.COM
222-224 Ingram St, Glasgow, G1 3BX

Last weekend Rick and I made our first visit to CAU, Glasgow.  Their Glasgow restaurant opened up a few months ago I think, and being settled in the beaut of a building I walk past every day was really ramping up the temptation.  I originally wanted to go for brunch (sweet potato and chorizo hash – hello) and Rick wanted to go for Sunday roast, but we happened to miss both… So dinner it was. 

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Glasgow City Centre

New Years Day 2016

The beauty of staying in on New Years Eve watching Inside Out (which, by the way, was amazing) means no New Years Day hangover.  So this January 1st Richard and I headed out for a winter’s day walk, because it also happened to be the first day in forever that it wasn’t raining.

I was thinking of writing down some new years resolutions but it all seems a bit too cliché.  I definitely have some personal goals for the year ahead but I can maybe discuss them in a later post.  But I believe in start as you mean to go on, so here’s to exploring and taking more photographs in 2016!

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