Glasgow: Drink

The Lab: Lively bar off Buchanan Street

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Perfect for a summer’s evening, The Lab combines elements of a traditional Glasgow city centre pub with something a little more upmarket. It offers a wide range of draught and bottled beers, along with a good selection of spirits and their ‘test tube’ shooters — oh, and apparently the white Russians are good, too.

It can […]

Vodka Wodka: Bar on Ashton Lane

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

There are no ugly people, only too little vodka.

From the Vodka Wodka website

Vodka Wodka is a tiny bar on Ashton Lane in the city’s West End. It serves a range of Polish, Russian and Scandinavian vodkas, along with cocktails and draught and bottled beers.

It’s an ideal place to grab a quick drink, or […]

Ashton Lane: Bars and restaurants in the West End

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Ashton Lane, which runs parallel to Byres Road, features pretty universally in guide books to the city — it’s an attractive cobbled street, full of cosy (and not-so-cosy) bars, pubs and restaurants.

It’s very easy to spend a whole evening there, perhaps starting in the Ashoka, one of the Glasgow-based Harlequin Group’s popular Indian restuarants, or […]

Where The Monkey Sleeps: Café/gallery with outstanding sandwiches

Monday, December 26th, 2005

Where The Monkey Sleeps (WTMS), which opened in 2001, offers an eclectic range of sandwiches, film-star-themed smoothies and great coffee to boot.

A popular haunt with office workers and bicycle couriers alike, it can get very busy on weekday lunchtimes — however, pop in later in the day or mid-morning and you’ll find it blissfully calm, […]