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The tipo sign hangs above the entrance of a white Georgian townhouse, reached by a short flight of stone steps and black railings.
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Tipo

Small plates of fresh pasta and charcuterie up a stair on Hanover Street, opened in 2023 by Stuart Ralston and Jade Johnston, with his brother in the kitchen.

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On Hanover Street, a small hanging sign with the name in black script marks a white Georgian townhouse, up a short flight of steps.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

The dining room is upstairs, warm with natural wood. Cane-backed chairs are drawn up to wooden tables set with candles and little vases of daisies and dried flowers, with a long banquette against a grey panelled wall hung with lamps. Wooden stools line a tiled bar, its shelves stocked with wine and spirits, and window tables look out over the New Town's rooftops. The plates come to share: pappardelle and tagliatelle under grated cheese and breadcrumbs, flatbreads with toppings, sliced bread with olive oil, and a piped mousse terrine scattered with nuts. Take the window table if it is free, and order a glass from the bar.

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Lunch and dinner seven days a week: pasta made in the kitchen, charcuterie, vegetable plates and a few mains, with classic cocktails and wines from small family producers.

Seats at the bar suit anyone dining alone.

Where
Upstairs at 110 Hanover Street, in the New Town.

Opening hours

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Monday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Tuesday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Wednesday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Thursday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Friday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Saturday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm
Sunday
noon–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9pm

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A hanging sign reading tipo in black script is mounted outside a pale stone building with columns.
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Named for the flour.

Tipo takes its name from the finest grade of Italian flour, the one most used for making pasta.

A restaurant table is set with a bowl of pasta, a plate of topped flatbread, a glass of white wine, sliced bread with olive oil, and a small vase of white daisies.
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Her idea.

Jade Johnston had long wanted a pasta restaurant. Stuart Ralston had not planned another, but she, in his words, twisted his arm.

A wooden table holds a bowl of pasta with grated cheese, a plate of topped flatbread, a glass of white wine, and pale stoneware side plates with teal napkins.
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A brother in the kitchen.

The head chef is Stuart's older brother Scott, formerly an executive chef with Compass Group in Edinburgh.

A bowl of pasta with grated cheese sits centre table beside a topped flatbread, sliced bread with olive oil, a lit tealight candle, and glasses of wine and water.
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Once The Dogs.

The upstairs rooms were once The Dogs restaurant, and later The Perch.

Chopped nuts and small pink pieces top a piped mousse terrine on a speckled plate, photographed close with a bowl of pasta blurred behind.
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A whole fried fish.

It gave the team room for dishes they had long wanted and could not cook at Aizle or Noto, among them a whole fried fish.

Sliced bread, a bowl of pasta, and a plate of topped flatbread sit on the wooden table at tipo, with a candle and a small vase of flowers behind.
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Where it is

Upstairs at 110 Hanover Street, in the New Town.

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  1. Bramble BarBramble BarA cocktail bar in a Queen Street basement, its door marked by a small brass plaque.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. NotoNotoStuart Ralston's small plates on Thistle Street, inspired by New York.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Lucky Liquor CoLucky Liquor CoA Queen Street cocktail bar named for thirteen and played on vinyl.Under a mile 1 min by road
  4. Lowdown CoffeeLowdown CoffeeA basement coffee bar beneath George Street.Under a mile 1 min by road
  5. Café St HonoréCafé St HonoréA candlelit French bistro down a New Town lane.Under a mile 1 min by road
  6. Corinthian columns wrapped in fairy lights with a red-bowed wreath at the entranceThe DomeA George Street institution since 1996, behind a Corinthian portico.Under a mile 3 min by road
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Cobbled mews lane with lit lantern leading towards a stone clock towerAttractionsThe New TownA step away
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