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These are the five worst restaurants you could pick for a Valentine's Day date

If you’ve been clever enough to book your Valentine’s Day dinner weeks in advance, well done. I’m sure you’re feeling pretty smug right now....

11.02.2026 20

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Sarah Campbell

This American-style chain has been in Glasgow for 30 years but for how much longer?

The news that 16 TGI Fridays restaurants, including two in Scotland, are set to close comes with a side order of déjà vu more potent than one of...

15.01.2026 10

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Sarah Campbell

From sitcom dreams to doubled losses - why Costa has lost its grip on coffee lovers

Costa Coffee has seen its UK losses more than double as rising costs and weaker high-street trade hit performance, adding to pressures facing major...

10.01.2026 7

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Sarah Campbell

This new coffee shop is like a Sci-Fi film set - but is it really worth queuing for?

Matcha. Reformer Pilates. Açaí. Labubu. If none of the above buzzwords feature anywhere in your wheelhouse, then Glasgow’s newest ‘concept’...

13.09.2025 30

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Sarah Campbell

'Toxic' BrewDog is a fading relic of millennial cringe and I won't be back

Although nothing could ever justify that eye-watering £7.69 price tag, I’ll admit to quite liking this pint - a hoppy IPA with tropical tasting...

30.08.2025 10

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Sarah Campbell

Is there really such thing as a 'cursed' restaurant unit? You'll likely know somewhere that fits the bill. The kind of spots that never quite take off, regardless of what exciting new concept moves in.

Hold off on calling in a priest or settling down for a séance. When I talk of cursed units, I don't mean that sort of cursed. Aside from the...

28.06.2025 10

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Sarah Campbell

Dear trendy sandwich shops, please step away from the focaccia After six months of our Lunch Review series, I have a plea for the trendy sandwich shops which favour focaccia on their menus.

A slab of freshly baked focaccia is a joyous, life-affirming thing. Oily, doughy, bubbly, salty. There are few foodie pleasures greater than...

19.06.2025 20

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Sarah Campbell

Going out for dinner is supposed to be fun - please, put your phones down Chef partners Alan Keery and Sarah Baldry opened their first restaurant, Nàdair, in Edinburgh’s vibrant Marchmont neighbourhood last year. This week, Alan answers our Chef Q&A.

Chef partners Alan Keery and Sarah Baldry opened their first restaurant,  Nàdair , in Edinburgh’s vibrant Marchmont neighbourhood last year. ...

11.04.2025 20

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Sarah Campbell

Don't be a sheep when it comes to 'viral' chains like Blank Street Coffee

There are few things in life more irritating than a spoilsport. Energy vampires, fun sponges, naysayers, whatever you want to call them. The people...

21.02.2025 10

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Sarah Campbell

Mortons vs McGhee's: My winner in the great roll debate I taste-tested soft morning rolls from Scottish bakers Mortons and McGhee's - but who came out on top?

There are many great questions in life that we might never settle on a definitive answer for, like: brown sauce or ketchup? Soft or crispy? ...

21.02.2025 10

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Sarah Campbell

Naan bread for breakfast? I try the hit Indian restaurant that could open in Glasgow Food and drink writer Sarah Campbell tries the bacon breakfast naan at Dishoom in Edinburgh amid Glasgow restaurant plans.

I'm of the opinion that the beauty of any breakfast rests solely in the eye of the beholder. Tall stacks of American-style pancakes drowning in a...

19.02.2025 6

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Sarah Campbell

This pub has been named as one Europe's best - but I understand why it's 'love-hate' It takes around 10 minutes from arriving at one of Europe’s ‘100 Best Pubs’ to be sure that I’m in the right place.

It takes around 10 minutes from arriving at one of Europe’s ‘100 Best Pubs’ to be sure that I’m in the right place. It’s late afternoon at...

15.01.2025 20

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Sarah Campbell