Crabshakk
The seafood restaurant that opened Finnieston up in 2009: scallops in the pan, oysters, lobster and octopus, on Argyle Street.
Crabshakk opened on Argyle Street in 2009 and was central to turning Finnieston into the eating street it is now.
John MacLeod, an architect, and his wife Lynn fitted out a tiny unit across from the Ben Nevis bar; for its first six months it had no sign on the door, and the Ben Nevis kept its menu behind the bar and served as the waiting room for a table.
It is still small and still busy, and the cooking is Scottish seafood kept simple: scallops sizzling in a cast-iron pan, oysters on ice, whole lobster with garlic butter, octopus and fried fish. John calls it the wee shakk; the bigger sister, Crabshakk Botanics, opened later in the old Botanics Garage on Vinicombe Street. Book ahead, especially at weekends.
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Crabshakk Finnieston opens from noon until 10pm, and 9pm on Sunday; it is closed on Tuesday.
- Hours
- Mon, Wed to Sat 12:00 to 22:00; Sun 12:00 to 21:00; closed Tue.
- Where
- 1114 Argyle Street, Finnieston, G3 8TD.
- Also
- Crabshakk Botanics, 18 Vinicombe Street.
Opening hours
Their website- Monday
- noon–10pm
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- noon–10pm
- Thursday
- noon–10pm
- Friday
- noon–10pm
- Saturday
- noon–10pm
- Sunday
- noon–9pm
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