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Saint Luke's & The Winged Ox

A church of the 1830s by the Barras, reborn as a music venue, with the Winged Ox bar and kitchen open every day and bands under the organ pipes.

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Saint Luke's is a church of the 1830s on Bain Street by the Barras, in Glasgow's East End, given a new life as a music and arts venue with a bar and kitchen.

Work began in January 2015, with help from the Glasgow City Heritage Trust, and the old church has been restored to its original look while fitted with the latest sound and lighting.

The main hall is now a stage, where bands play beneath the organ pipes and the tall windows, under a spinning disco ball, and it hosts weddings, parties and special events. The Winged Ox, the bar and kitchen, is open seven days a week and serves stacked burgers and fries, comfort plates and cocktails, with a beer garden of long tables out in front of the church. A great winged ox is painted on the wall outside. Dogs are welcome, and there is a dog of the week. It opens from noon, eleven at the weekend, until midnight or later.

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Before you go

The Winged Ox is open every day: Monday to Thursday from noon to midnight, Friday from noon to 1am, Saturday from 11am to 1am and Sunday from 11am to midnight.

Gigs are listed on the website.

Hours
Mon to Thu 12:00 to 24:00; Fri 12:00 to 01:00; Sat 11:00 to 01:00; Sun 11:00 to 24:00.
Where
17 Bain Street, G40 2JZ.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–midnight
Tuesday
noon–midnight
Wednesday
noon–midnight
Thursday
noon–midnight
Friday
noon–1am
Saturday
11am–1am
Sunday
11am–midnight

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Where it is

17 Bain Street, by the Barras in the East End.

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  2. A whole thin-crust pizza with pepperoni, pesto, basil and a drizzle of sauce, in its box from Anxious Pete's.Anxious Pete'sUnder a mile as the crow flies
  3. The long room at Outlier, with tables down one side and the open kitchen and counter on the other.OutlierUnder a mile as the crow flies
  4. The BarrasThe BarrasGlasgow's weekend market in the east end, begun with Maggie McIver's barrows in the 1920s.Under a mile 1 min by road
  5. The People's PalaceThe People's PalaceThe red sandstone museum of 1898 on Glasgow Green that tells the story of the city's own people.Under a mile 3 min by road
  6. Glasgow Green from the air at golden hour, tree-lined paths crossing the grass to the People's Palace.Glasgow GreenThe oldest of Glasgow's parks, given to the people in 1450, on the Clyde.1 mile 3 min by road
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