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Brunch on a white table at Mesa on Duke Street: fried eggs over a spiced hash with pickled red onion in a blue bowl, a cappuccino beside it and a second plate behind.
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Mesa

A brunch café on Duke Street in Dennistoun since 2019, for big stacks of pancakes, eggs, sandwiches and good coffee, open every day.

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Mesa is a bright little brunch café on Duke Street in Dennistoun, and one of the east end's favourite places to start the day.

It has been cooking here since 2019, and the plates are generous. The pancakes come in tall, fluffy stacks, the halloumi and the chicken and bacon sandwiches come in big portions, and there are eggs for brunch, with good coffee alongside. Breakfast, brunch and lunch are all on the menu, and vegetarians are well looked after. It's a small room, with a few seats out on the pavement when the sun comes out, and dogs are welcome. Mesa opens every day from 9am to 4pm, so it's an easy one to fit in before a walk up to the Necropolis and the cathedral, or after a wander round the Barras at the weekend. It takes bookings, and Duke Street station is only a few minutes away on foot.

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Before you go

Open every day for breakfast, brunch and lunch, with a few seats outside.

Where
567 Duke Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow G31 1PY.
Open
Every day, 9am to 4pm.
Booking
Bookings are taken.
Price
About £10 to £20 a head.
Dogs
Welcome.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance.
Phone
0141 737 5011

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–4pm
Tuesday
9am–4pm
Wednesday
9am–4pm
Thursday
9am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
9am–4pm

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Where it is

On Duke Street in Dennistoun, in the east end of Glasgow, G31 1PY.

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