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Nic's NYC Deli

An American-style deli at the top of Byres Road, with a cabinet of doughnuts, pressed New York sandwiches and pancake stacks.

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Nic's NYC Deli brings a little of New York to the top of Byres Road, a minute's walk from the Botanic Gardens.

It is an American-style deli behind a pink and green counter, and it sells doughnuts, sandwiches, pancake stacks and American sweets.

The doughnuts are what most people come for. They fill a glass cabinet in rows: glazed and drizzled, dipped in chocolate and piled with sweets, marshmallows and biscuits, pink ones, rainbow ones and, now and then, a unicorn swirled in bright icing. They go home in boxes of six or a dozen. For something savoury there is a salad bar and pressed deli sandwiches built the New York way, with names like the Manwich and the LA Club, alongside kitchen sink salads, hot dogs, milkshakes and smoothies, and coffee from the machine behind the counter. It is a handy stop for a picnic before the Botanic Gardens or Kelvinside. Nic's opens every day from ten, until five from Monday to Thursday and six from Friday to Sunday.

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Before you go

Nic's NYC Deli opens every day from 10am, until 5pm Monday to Thursday and 6pm Friday to Sunday.

Hours
Mon to Thu 10:00 to 17:00; Fri to Sun 10:00 to 18:00.
Where
396 Byres Road, G12 8AS.

Opening hours

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Monday
10am–5pm
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–5pm
Friday
10am–6pm
Saturday
10am–6pm
Sunday
10am–6pm

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Where it is

396 Byres Road, near the Botanic Gardens.

Close byAt the top of Byres Road.
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  6. Glasgow Botanic GardensGlasgow Botanic GardensGlasgow's botanic gardens at the top of Byres Road, free every day, with the Kibble Palace of 1873.Under a mile 3 min by road
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